The WNBA is expected to name Donna Orender is its new commissioner tomorrow.

Orender is currently the PGA Tour's senior VP for strategic development. In 2003, Golf Digest named her and her husband golf's most powerful couple. She was recently nominated for the WISE Woman of the Year Award.

When LPGA commish Ty Votaw announced his resignation earlier this year, Orender was seen as a leading candidate to replace him. Golf Digest listed her TV background as a strength and her "hard-edged personality" as a weakness.

Before entering the golf business, Orender (nee Geils) played hoops in the WBL.