The newest member of the Clayton State athletic family, Kristen Davis is 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.

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.

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.