Davis hired as Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services at Clayton State
MORROW, Ga. – June 18, 2009 – Clayton State Athletic
Director Mason Barfield announced on Thursday the hiring of Kristen
Davis as the new Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services
at Clayton State.
As Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services, Davis will be
assisting with the overall administration of the Department of
Athletics with specific responsibilities for supervising,
coordinating and implementing all systems of adherence to NCAA,
Peach Belt Conference and Clayton State University compliance and
eligibility rules and regulations. In addition, she will also
provide rules education for student athletes and staff, prepare and
submit official reports, appeals and waiver requests, be
responsible for the NCAA tracking system, act as an advisor to SAAC
(Student Athlete Advisory Council) and monitor progress and advise
student-athletes in all academic matters.
Davis officially starts at Clayton State on June 24.
"I’m delighted to serve Clayton State," said Davis. "I look
forward to assisting the administration in providing a great
experience for the student athletes."
A graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Law, Davis brings
a combined 12 years of NCAA administrative experience to Clayton
State. Most recently, she served as Assistant Director of
Compliance at the University of Connecticut from 2004-2006.
Davis also served as Associate Director of Athletics and Senior
Woman Administrator at Arkansas State from 2002 to 2004, Senior
Woman Administrator at the University of Central Arkansas from
2001-02 and Director of Compliance Services at Virginia
Commonwealth University from 1994-1995.
In addition to her on-campus experience, Davis also worked six
years (1995-2001) at the NCAA Headquarters as a Member Services
Representative. While on the NCAA National staff, she served on
eight NCAA committees, ranging from Initial Eligibility Waivers to
Satisfactory Progress Waivers to Academic Requirements and
Interpretations and Legislation.
"We are very fortunate to have a person with the experience of
Kristen come to us with the skills and knowledge that she has
accumulated over a very accomplished career," said Barfield. "The
combination of her experience working with student-athletes at
various campuses that she has served, plus her years of service at
the NCAA office, will provide us with an even greater capacity to
serve our student-athletes here at Clayton State, as well as help
us better represent the institution as a whole."
A native of Boston, Mass., Davis graduated from Washington
University in St. Louis with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political
Science in 1988. She earned her Doctor of Laws Degree from
Vanderbilt in 1993 and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in
1994.
Over the last couple of years, Davis has served as an Adjunct
Professor of Legal Studies at Strayer University, and started her
own business – Collegiate Eligibility Initiatives – in
East Point, Ga.