Texas vice president and Lois and Richard Folger athletics director Chris Del Conte was named Athletic Director of the Year by the Sports Business Journal at its 17th Annual Sports Business Awards ceremony in New York City on Wednesday night, the school and organization announced. [Sign up for Inside Texas and get ONE MONTH for $1!] Del Conte topped current Texas A&M and former Nebraska AD Trev Alberts, James Madison’s Jeff Bourne, former Missouri and current Arizona athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois, and Virginia’s Carla Williams. The winner was selected by the SBJ staff, per release. A…