Alexis Garrett currently serves at the Director of Student-Athlete Development & Letterwinner Engagement as of July 2024, after joining the Owls as the Assistant Director of Student-Athlete Development & Letterwinner Engagement in December of 2022.
As the director, Garrett supports the mission of the SOAR program and the R Association, which is designed to empower and equip student-athletes with the personal and professional training they need to thrive in, through, and beyond Rice University.
Additionally, she serves as the point of contact for both Rice letterwinner events and mentorship programming. Garrett will also lead the Career Development Pillar in the SOAR office, leveraging relationships with alumni, campus, corporate and community resources to provide student-athletes with opportunities for personal growth and professional preparation.
She also is responsible for overseeing the SOAR internship program meant to provide internal and external support within the office.
Garrett holds a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management from Troy University, where she was former track and field student-athlete stand-out and actively engaged in NCAA and SunBelt conference committees. She later earned a Master of Science in Sport Management from West Virginia University, where she dedicated two years as a Graduate Assistant in the Office of Student-Athlete Engagement.
Garrett is actively involved with the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A), Women Leaders in Sports, and was recently selected to the 2024 MOAA Rising Stars Mentoring program.
Garrett is a native of Union, South Carolina and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.