ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/COMPLIANCE Donna Kirk

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Email: dkirk@ju.edu

Tel: (904) 256-7473

Donna Kirk enters her 12th year as the associate athletic director for compliance and her 15th year overall at Jacksonville University. She serves as the NCAA compliance contact for all 21 Division I sports, while monitoring amateurism, recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, camps/clinics and playing and practice seasons, as well as the Academic Performance Program/APR.

Kirk is also responsible for NCAA rules education and interpretations for administration, staff and coaches while also writing and submitting self-reports, waivers and appeals to the Atlantic Sun Conference and NCAA. She also serves on the faculty athletic committee and the certification and compliance committees with faculty, admissions, registrar and financial aid offices.

Kirk has served on NCAA Division I certification peer review teams and serves as a member of the NCAA Divisional Academic Performance Program Advisory Group.

Prior to her compliance responsibilities, Kirk was initially hired at JU as the ticket manager in August 1997. She managed ticket operations for all ticketed sports, including the inaugural 1998 football season and post-season tournaments for men's basketball, men's soccer and volleyball.

Kirk received her bachelor's degree in communication from Florida State University in 1993 and earned her master's in sport management from Georgia Southern University in 1995. She and her husband, Chuck, have two daughters, Emily and April.