Kennadi Carlisle joins the PLU Athletics Department staff as the Assistant Athletic Director in June of 2023.
Carlisle joins the Lute staff after serving as the operations manager at the Foundation For Tacoma Students, an organization with the mission of helping every child achieve success from cradle-to-college-to-career by aligning goals, data, resources, and partners.
Prior to Foundation for Tacoma Students, Carlisle was the administrative assistant for ROOT Sports, was a Group and Corporate Event Coordinator for We R Tacoma and the Tacoma Rainiers, and for two seasons was the head track & field coach at Auburn Riverside High School.
Carlisle has a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership from the University of Washington. Carlisle was a member of the track & field team while at Washington, earning First Team All-American honors in the indoor 60-meters and Honorable Mention All-American honors in the 100-meters. Carlisle twice was named Pac 12 All-Academic Honorable Mention and set school records in both the indoor 60- and 200-meter dashes.
