Austin Knight

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  • Staff
  • Associate Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Academic Services

Biography

Austin Knight joined the RaginСòòò½APP™ Cajun staff in September 2024 as Associate Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Academic Services. He oversees the Student-Athlete Academic CenterСòòò½APP™s team of four academic counselors, two learning specialists, and two graduate assistants. He also works directly with menСòòò½APP™s basketball, menСòòò½APP™s tennis, and womenСòòò½APP™s tennis while providing additional support for football.

Knight came to the Сòòò½APP after six years at Southeastern Louisiana Сòòò½APP. He began his career in Hammond in June 2018 as an academic counselor working with baseball, softball, womenСòòò½APP™s basketball, womenСòòò½APP™s soccer, beach volleyball, and indoor volleyball. During this time, he also served as the advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In February 2020, he was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Support Services. In this role, he continued providing academic support for baseball, softball, womenСòòò½APP™s soccer, and both volleyball teams while also overseeing the Dick & Glory Sharp Academic Center and its staff. He was also heavily involved with the reporting of APR data, eligibility certification, and the evaluation of eligibility for potential transfer student-athletes.

Knight graduated from Louisiana State Сòòò½APP with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Administration with concentrations in Sport Commerce and Sport Leadership in 2016. He earned his Master of Arts in Education with a specialization in Higher Education Administration from LSU in 2018. During his graduate studies, he served as a graduate assistant in the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes and worked directly with student-athletes from the swimming and diving, gymnastics, baseball, menСòòò½APP™s and womenСòòò½APP™s golf, and menСòòò½APP™s and womenСòòò½APP™s tennis teams.

Knight is a member of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics. Originally a native of Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, he currently resides in Lafayette with his wife, Meagan and their dog, Chloe.