A Nashville native and graduate of Hillsboro High School, June Stewart is recognized for her many contributions to Vanderbilt athletics and to the field of collegiate sports administration. Stewart attended Christian College in Columbia, Missouri and graduated with an Associate Degree in business before going to work in the Vanderbilt Athletic Department in 1973 as the Secretary for Sports Information and the National Commodore Club. Over the years, Stewart rose through the ranks from Assistant Sports Information Director to Associate Athletic Director at her retirement in 2003.

When June joined Vanderbilt, she was one of very few women employed by an athletic department of a major university. During her thirty years in athletic administration, June has been on the front lines for many changes in collegiate athletics including the widespread introduction of women's participation and the growing importance of marketing and technology. Her many responsibilities have included serving in the officer rotation and on the Executive Board of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), on the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee and three years on the SEC Executive Committee. Currently, Stewart is working with the Nashville Sports Council Steering Committee on the 2004 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament.

Stewart's athletic career has been highly regarded as she has received the All American Foundation Scoop Hudgins SID Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from CoSIDA, the Nashville Sports Council Volunteer of the Year Award, the Reese L. Smith Award for Achievement and Community Service, the CoSIDA Trailblazer Award and induction into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame. Stewart was appointed to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors in 1995. June's husband, Bill Stewart, a long-time athletic administrator died in 2001. They have three children.