Katie Astrauskas
Sun Prairie,WI
Summary
Detail-oriented team player professional and administrator with strong organizational and communication skills and a plethora of academic, student-athlete and staff advisement experience. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Academic Advisor
Ripon College
06.2011 - Current
- Attend multiple freshman orientation summer advisement sessions each year to advise incoming freshman students
- Actively advise underclassmen and declared EXS major and minor students to help them fulfill Ripon College academic requirements, encourage academic growth and prosperity, provide career pathway connection and information, and keep them on track for a timely graduation
- Advised up to 41 Exercise Science majors and minors per year
- Provided support and guidance to students experiencing academic and personal troubles
- Mentored students, offering advice and support on topic selection, appropriateness and academic value
- Monitored student progress to drive successful academic outcomes
- Connected students with student support services for tutorial and other academic support services
Professor of Exercise Science
Ripon College
08.2023 - Current
- Taught four credits during the fall 2023 semester of EXS 342 School Health Curricula.
- Established and maintained inclusive, collegial and collaborative culture within classroom.
- Conducted engaging in-class discussions to facilitate learning and encourage participation.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Engaged the students in active learning, lesson planning, peer review evaluations, teaching presentations, and video review self-reflections to help prepare the students as future educators.
Head Volleyball Coach
Ripon College
07.2010 - Current
- 142-221 overall win/loss record, 61-56 MWC record
- Coached two MWC Players of the Year, seven 1st Team All-MWC players and eight 2nd Team All-MWC players
- Coordinate the yearly competition schedule
- Script and implement in-season (fall) and non-traditional season practices (spring)
- Abide by all NCAA and MWC bylaws of compliance
- Scout opponents game video using Volleymetrics and develop match strategy based upon statistics, offensive and defensive patterns, and strengths and weaknesses of opponents
- Organize and plan all team travel including transportation, lodging, and food and create travel itineraries for each trip
- Organize senior night, catered year-end banquet each year, Play for the Cure, Spooky in Storzer and Wicked in Willmore event matches
- Construct and follow the program’s budget, never exceeding the allotted yearly budget
- Mentor student-athletes athletic, academic, and personal growth
- Conduct out-of-season Leadership Training for volleyball student-athletes to strengthen team culture
- Recruit quality student-athletes into the Ripon College Volleyball program though emails, phone calls, text messages, social media, on-campus visits, and scouting high school and club tournaments on nights and weekends
- Oversee three Ripon College Volleyball social media accounts for program promotion (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram)
- Direct and host two full home tournaments in the fall season the Ripon Red Hawks Invitational and Ripon College Classic
- Organize, promote, and direct a spring volleyball clinic for middle school and high school students as a fundraiser for the volleyball program (2011-2019)
- Organize and host an alumni match and alumni social event in our non-traditional season
- Edit and create a yearly highlight video via PowerDirector to present at our year-end volleyball banquet
Assistant Athletic Director– Compliance
Ripon College
01.2020 - Current
- Handle and research compliance questions, communication with the MWC office, staff compliance education, overseeing compliance of the athletic department coaching staff, submit self-reports to the NCAA when violations occur, submit requests for interpretations to the NCAA for clarification on bylaws and how they may or may not apply to specific situations
- Work on special projects, collaborate with the Director of Athletics and act as an consultant on departmental issues as needed
- Attended the 2020 NCAA Administrator’s Convention in Anaheim, CA and in 2010 in Indianapolis, IN in place of our Director of Athletics
- Organized the hosting of the 2019 MWC Women’s Basketball Tournament, support subsequent tournament directors in running campus championships with document preparation
Senior Woman Administrator
Ripon College
07.2010 - Current
- Female Athletic Representative
- Act as an athletics administrator and attend MWC Administrator meetings twice yearly in Beloit, WI
- Participated in monthly “Power 30” MWC Senior Woman Administrator zoom or conference calls as scheduled
- Serve as a formal committee of SWA’s for the MWC in the review process of applicable MWC legislation
- Chair of the MWC Nominations Committee (spring 2023 - present)
- ·Served on the Awards and Recognition Committee (2019-2023 spring), Competition Committee (2016-2019), Championships Committee (2014-2016) for the Midwest Conference governance committees on back-to-back terms
- Attended the NCAA National Administrator’s Convention in Indianapolis as the Ripon College Administrative representative in December 2010 and in Anaheim, CA in December 2020.
Director of Compliance
Ripon College
06.2012 - Current
- Stay abreast of NCAA Division III Compliance and Midwest Conference Bylaw legislation
- Field questions on compliance issues from athletic staff and Ripon College administrators
- Worked in consultation with the MWC Executive Director on compliance RSRO's and NCAA interpretation requests
- Administrate Transfer Portal requests from Ripon College student-athletes.
- Complete yearly Declaration of Season forms for each Ripon College sport for the MWC and NCAA reporting
- Review and sign-off on all NCAA hardship waiver requests.
- Issue and collect all sport sponsorship and non-traditional training hours forms for each sport
- Research applicable legislation to educate staff on recruiting rules, training regulations, eligibility issues, and any questions that may arise
- Present newly proposed and passed NCAA and MWC legislation to athletics staff
- Write and submit self-reports (RSRO) of any departmental or student-athlete violations to the NCAA rules
- Oversaw the ACS forms database as an administrator, now ARI program collected
- Completes Tracer forms to account for transfer student-athlete’s academic and athletic eligibility
- Created Kahoot quizzes for athletic staff participation to review NCAA compliance bylaws at our athletic department monthly meetings
Associate Professor of Exercise Science
Ripon College
08.2016 - 08.2023
- Taught four to six credits during the fall semester and spring semesters
- Carried an increased credit load during the fall semester at the department’s request for help
- Updated course curriculum on a yearly basis, pulling in new topics, statistics, case studies, articles, current events, and other research to provide accurate course content
- Combined the EXS 221-Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco, EXS 232-Personal and Community Health Problems, and EXS-231 Health and the Consumer classes into what is currently offered as EXS 232-Personal and Community Health to adapt to the altered Health minor requirements as well as the changing exercise science department course offerings and academic pathways
- Contributed in EXS department meetings and assisted with restructuring of the offered EXS majors and minors that took effect in 2020
- Collaborated through informal committee work with Dr. Mark Coles and Dr. Brittany Followay to brainstorm the potential EXS Graduate degrees for Ripon College in the newly developed Exercise Science Graduate program
- Took over teaching EXS 342-School Health Curricula in spring 2019, and redesigned the course curriculum to better address the needs of our education students within the health minor and performance on the then required edTPA
- Courses taught: EXS 342-School Health Curricula, EXS-232 Personal and Community Health Problems, EXS-300 Dept. Studies Coaching of Volleyball and Soccer, EXS-221 Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco, EXS-231 Health and the Consumer, EXS-270 Methods and Techniques of Golf and Volleyball
Acting Athletic Director of Ripon College
Ripon College
02.2019 - 08.2019
- Named Acting Athletic Director by the college upon the permanent medical leave of our Director of Athletics, and maintained the position until a new Athletic Director was hired and officially took over on August 16, 2019
- Managed daily operations of the athletic department
- Oversaw and approved weekly financial billing for the department
- Reconciled spending on spreadsheets, tracking the input of busing costs and other large expense items by sport season and yearly cycle
- Supervised athletic department and sport budgets
- Provided guidance and permission for spending within the department
- Met weekly with Acting President, Dr. Ed Wingenbach to go over budgetary and admissions reports
- Lead athletic department staff monthly meetings and encouraged coaches to reach recruiting goals set by admissions
- Established new department and sport recruiting goals for 2019-2020 academic year
- Attended Game Management and Weiske Golf Scramble Committee Meetings with the alumni engagement office and worked the Weiske Golf Scramble as an Athletic Administrator
- Prepared the athletic department for the commencement of fall preseason by organizing preseason meal counts for all sports with Sodexo and other necessary planning
- Interviewed and hired on emergency terms, both the Men’s Soccer Coach and Men and Women’s Tennis Coach during summer 2019
Co-Assistant Athletic Director
Ripon College
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Headed several special projects, reviewed and edited formal documents for the department such as the EADA, the NCAA Surveys, Title IX departmental documents, served as athletic representative, and acted as lead administrator in the case of our then Director of Athletics, medical absence
- Acted as the MWC administrative contact taking occasional monthly A.D calls, communicated with MWC Executive Director, and lead athletic staff department meetings
- Covered the role of Athletic Director/Athletic Rep on the Storzer Building Project Committee in the absence of our Director of Athletics during 2016-2017 and during her long-term medical leave
- The role of Assistant Athletic Director was made official by contract for the 2017-2018 academic year, although I was put in charge of the department and handled many of these tasks since 2016 during the Athletic Director’s long-term medical leave or short-term absences.
- Served as a consult to the Athletic Director for athletic staff hires
- Reviewed official NCAA documents such as the EAD report
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science
Ripon College
08.2010 - 08.2016
- Taught two credits during fall semester and four to six credits in spring semesters
- Constructed an encompassing curriculum to cover the important topics of each course
- Encouraged critical thinking and class discussion to examine issues objectively
- Included a variety of media means to integrate the lessons – news articles, documentaries, PowerPoint presentations
- Provided interactive opportunities for student development including class discussion, debates, small group discussion, hands-on activities, demonstrations, and student presentations
- Updated course curriculum on a yearly basis to better organize and develop the units
- Researched current issues related to covered topics to provoke thoughtful class discussion
- Identified changing socioeconomic or demographic trends in relationship to various EXS topics
- Courses taught: EXS 221 – Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco, EXS 231 – Health and the Consumer, EXS 232 – Personal and Community Health Problems, EXS 315- Advanced Concepts of Personal Training, EXS 352 – Sport Psychology, EXS 270 – Methods and Techniques in Golf and Volleyball, EXS 111 – Volleyball Activity Course, EXS 111 – Swimming Activity Course
Assistant Volleyball Coach, Full-Time, Division I
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
06.2008 - 06.2010
- Evaluated individual knowledge, skills, and strengths, and assigned team positions to maximize talent areas.
- Assisted in leading team to 17-12 and 18-11 overall records
- Member of the highly competitive Missouri Valley Conference (M.V.C.)
- Team reached their first appearance in the top 100 RPI rankings in 2008 and 2009
- Assisted in Coaching three M.V.C. All-Conference Players and one M.V.C. Freshman of the Year on the team
- Full-time position
- Primary Defensive Specialist Coach
- Assisted in developing practice and game plans
- Completed NCAA Division I Recruiting Certification and CPR/AED training
- Planned all team travel including flights, busing, lodging, and travel itineraries
- Planned all pre-season and pre-game meals for the team and staff
- Oversaw student-athletes academic progress
- Coordinated Game Tape Exchange
- Assisted in recruiting talented and academically sound student-athletes
- Orchestrated Senior Night, the year end banquets, and fundraising efforts
- Developed team and individual highlight videos
Assistant Volleyball Coach, Full-Time, Division II
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
08.2007 - 06.2008
- Assisted in leading team to a 27-7 overall record, 17-2 GLVC record
- Finished season with NCAA Division II #14 National Ranking
- Team reached first Top Ten volleyball ranking in school history
- Assisted in Coaching one All-American, two All-Tournament Team Members, three All-Conference Players, one All-Region Player, and one GLVC Player of the Week
- Full-time position
- Completed NCAA Division II Recruiting Certification
- Monitored student-athlete academic progress and handled at-risk students with success
- Maintained statistical databases for both matches and practices
- Distributed and maintained accurate inventory of all team issued equipment
- Organized and distributed summer volleyball camp materials
- Orchestrated senior night and year end team banquet
Sales Account Manager
Direct Supply, Inc
- Managed medical sales accounts for skilled nursing facilities
- Contacted regular and prospective customers to explain product features and solicit sales
Property Damage Claims Representative
American Express Property & Casualty
- Handled insurance claims for auto accidents, negotiated liability and monetary settlements.
Education
M.S. in Education – Kinesiology: Sport Studies - Kinesiology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL05.2010
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration
St. Norbert College
De Pere, WI05.2002
Skills
- Academic Advisement
- Team Leadership
- Lectures and Discussions
- Classroom Presentations
- Leadership abilities
- Problem-solving
- Project Management
- Ethical decision-making
- Diversity awareness
- Effective communication
- Interpersonal Relations
- Critical Thinking
Committees Served
- EXS Search Committee for the Assistant Professor of Exercise Science Sport Management position – January 2023-March 2023, September 2023–Present
- Sports Information Director hiring committee *Chair – March 2023–May 2023
- EXS/BSA Search Committee for the Assistant Professor of Business Management/Sport Management position – October 2021-December 2021 and January 2021-April 2021 (two separate searches)
- Senior Woman Administrator Committee for the MWC – (formalized MWC committee 2021-present)
- MWC Nominations Committee - *Chair – spring 2023-present
- MWC Awards and Recognition Committee – 2019-2023
- MWC Competition Committee –2016-2019
- Director of Athletics Search Committee –June-July 2019
- Assistant Director of Athletics Marketing and Communication Internship Search Committee –Co-applied and awarded the NCAA grant for marketing and communications position in spring 2019.
- Athletic Trainer/EXS Instructor Search Committee – Spring 2019
- Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach Search Committee – Spring 2018
- Exercise Science Ph.D. Faculty Search Committee – Fall 2017
- Head Women’s Softball Coach & Admissions Search Committee – Summer 2017
- Exercise Science Ph.D. Faculty Search Committee - 2016
- Student Athlete Affairs Committee – Chair – 2017-2018
- Senior Showcase Committee – 2014-2015 academic year
- Environmental Health and Campus Safety/Security Committee – Fall 2013-Spring 2015
- Regional Advisory Committee – September 2010 - November 2012
- MWC Championships Committee – 2013 – 2016
- Other Athletics Hiring Committees: Women’s Basketball Head Coach Search Committee (2013), Swimming Head Coach Search Committee (2012), Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Head Coach Search Committee (2013), Tennis Head Coach Search Committee(2015)
Conferences Attended
Becoming a Servant Leader Conference
· June 1-3, 2022, Boise State University, Professional & Continuing Education
AVCA/NCAA American Volleyball Association National Convention
· December 2010, December 2011, December 2012, December 2014, December 2018
· Professional Development Travel Grant as Participant used towards cost
MWC Administrators Conference
· November 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & March 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA Administrators National Convention
· January 2010, Indianapolis, IN & January 2020, Anaheim, CA
MWC Professional Advancement Workshop for Current and Aspiring Female Athletic Administrators
· May 2018, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Midwest Conference Leadership Seminar
· May 2013, Grand Geneva Convention Center, Lake Geneva, WI
Professional Presentations
- Guest Speaker for EXS 246.01 Theories of Coaching II course multiple years (2023, 2021)
- Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame, 06/19, Presenter on inductee, Sandra DeVries Ernst ’03
- Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association Spring Clinic, 05/18, Headlining Presenter Presented two on-court educational sessions: 1) Breaking down the dynamic attacker, and 2) Implementing strategy into competitive drills Participated on a Q&A panel on college recruiting
- Guest Co-Host for Pia Mariane Sundhage, Commencement Speaker, and Honorary Degree Recipient, Elaine Coll - Ripon College Commencement Weekend, 05/16
- Brown Bag Lunch, 11/14/13
- Think College Early event, 04/03/14
- Camp Director, Ripon College – Spring Volleyball Clinics, 2011-2019
- Camp Coach, Coaches Combine – Alverno College, 06/13
- Camp Director, Elkhart Lake High School and Middle School, 07/13
- Coach, Southern Illinois University Volleyball Camps, 2008-2009
- Coach, Northwood University Volleyball Camp, 2007
- Coach, St. Norbert Volleyball Camp, 2001
Collegiate Records Set
- Ranked 3rd All-Time in NCAA Division III History for Career Kills (2,296) (At time of entry)
- Ranked 4th All-Time Nationally in Kills Per Game (4.59)
- Ranked 6th All-Time Nationally in Attempts Per Game (10.85)
- Ranked 17th All-Time Nationally in Career Digs (2,015)
- One of three volleyball student-athletes in Division III history to have over 2,000 kills and 2,000 digs (current 2023 record listing)
Other Leadership Experience
- NCAA Division III - 2nd Assistant Coach- Volleyball, St. Norbert College, Aug. '04 - Nov. '04, Assisted in leading drills and participated in practices Served as the primary hitting coach on the team
- Head Coach for Green Bay Hang Time V.B.C. 16-1’s, Nov. '03 - June '04, Coordinated and implemented team practices and drills to better players with different levels of volleyball skill Completed the I.M.P.A.C.T. Coaching Course
- Collegiate Athlete, St. Norbert College, NCAA Division III, August 1998-November 2001
- Inducted to the St. Norbert College Athletic Hall of Fame – fall 2017
- 2001 – Earned Team Captain, Voted 1st Team All-Conference (Midwest Conference), AVCA Division III All-Region, and various All-Tournament awards, and MVP of the Team.
- 2000 – Floor Captain, Voted 1st Team All-Conference, various All-Tournament awards, and MVP of the Team.
- 1999 – Floor Captain, 1st Team All-Conference, and voted various All-Tournament awards.
- 1998 – Floor Captain, Voted 1st Team All-Conference, Midwest Conference MVP, MVP of the Team, and various All-Tournament awards.
Timeline
Professor of Exercise Science
Ripon College
08.2023 - Current
Assistant Athletic Director– Compliance
Ripon College
01.2020 - Current
Acting Athletic Director of Ripon College
Ripon College
02.2019 - 08.2019
Co-Assistant Athletic Director
Ripon College
01.2017 - 01.2020
Associate Professor of Exercise Science
Ripon College
08.2016 - 08.2023
Director of Compliance
Ripon College
06.2012 - Current
Academic Advisor
Ripon College
06.2011 - Current
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science
Ripon College
08.2010 - 08.2016
Head Volleyball Coach
Ripon College
07.2010 - Current
Senior Woman Administrator
Ripon College
07.2010 - Current
Assistant Volleyball Coach, Full-Time, Division I
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
06.2008 - 06.2010
Assistant Volleyball Coach, Full-Time, Division II
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
08.2007 - 06.2008
Sales Account Manager
Direct Supply, Inc
Property Damage Claims Representative
American Express Property & Casualty
M.S. in Education – Kinesiology: Sport Studies - Kinesiology
Southern Illinois University
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration
St. Norbert College
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