Nicole Alderson - Assistant AD/Associate Director of the SASC (football, volleyball and men's golf) - Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Nicole Alderson

Title:
Assistant AD/Associate Director of the SASC (football, volleyball and men's golf)
Email:
Phone:
561-297-1005

Nicole Alderson joined the Florida Atlantic University SASC staff in 2015 and was elevated to the Assistant AD, Director of Student-Athlete Development in the spring of 2017. In addition to her role as an academic counselor, Alderson also serves as the director for student-athlete development and career services programming and in the Spring of 2020 she add sport oversight duties (volleyball).

Prior to joining the FAU, Alderson worked as the assistant director of academic and vocational services at the University of Louisville. Alderson was responsible for overseeing academic support for women's field hockey, lacrosse and volleyball. She also assisted with coordinating student-athlete development programming and served as the advisor to the Louisville International Family Enrichment (L.I.F.E.) program for international student-athletes.

Alderson is involved in the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A), as she currently serves on the Board of Directors as Division Director of Membership Services. She previous served as the Chair of the N4A Membership Committee and the Chair of the N4A Mentor Program. In 2009, Alderson participated in the N4A Professional Development Institute - New Practitioner Track.

A native of Carlisle, Ontario, Canada, Alderson was a four-year letterwinner on the women's rowing team at the University of Louisville. Nicole earned both her Bachelor of Science in health and human performance, with a double concentration in exercise science and physical education, and her Master of Science in sport administration, from Louisville.