Baseball
- Title:
- Associate Director/Academic Services
- Email:
- rachelo@GoCards.com
- Phone:
- 852-2578
Rachel Overton, a former UofL student-athlete, is entering her tenth year at UofL and serves as Associate Director of Academic Services. She is responsible for overseeing academic support for the field hockey and baseball programs. Overton also serves as the Houston-Bridgeman Fellows Degree Completion Program Coordinator and Chapter Advisor to the Louisville chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the student-athlete honor society.
Prior to working with the field hockey and baseball programs, Overton served as an Academic Counselor for football, and Assistant Director of Academic Services for rowing, men’s and women’s track and field, and men’s and women’s cross country.
Overton joined the staff in August 2010 as a Graduate Assistant with Academic Services, providing academic support for the men's and women's track and field, women's basketball, and football programs. She is an active member of the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A). Overton completed the N4A Professional Development Institute Learning Specialist Track in 2013 and currently serves as a Mentor for the N4A Mentor/Mentee program.
A member of the Women Leaders in College Sports organization, Overton attended the Women’s Leadership symposium in 2012 and completed the Institute for Administrative Advancement program. Additionally, she is a graduate of the Leadership Louisville Ignite program, Class of Spring 2017.
Overton was a four-year letter winner on the field hockey team at Louisville from 2002-2006. During her senior season (2005) she was selected to the BIG EAST preseason team, BIG EAST first team, and selected to participate in the Senior All-Star game. As a junior she was a 2004 All-Mid-American Conference second team selection.
The native of Newbury Park, California, earned her Bachelor of Science in Sport Administration (2006) and Master of Education in College Student Personnel (2012) from the University of Louisville.
