Washburn Athletics Director Loren Ferré has announced Brittany Lauritsen has been named assistant athletic director / senior women's administrator at Washburn starting on Oct. 20, 2014.

Lauritsen graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in pre-professional studies emphasizing in pre-medicine. She was a four-year member of the soccer team and was a three-time captain earning academic honors all four years.

After graduating from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, she moved on to law school at the University of Indiana Robert H. McKinney School of Law earning her Juris Doctorate in May 2014.

Lauritsen has spent time as an NCAA Enforcement Extern where she processed secondary violations from NCAA DIvision I, II and III schools. She also was a compliance extern at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis athletic department where she worked with student athletes and the NCAA Eligibility Center helping to monitor 16 NCAA Division I sports.

While working as a law clerk for Adair W. Brent, she also externed with USA Football drafting and executing licensing and facility agreements for USA Football camps across the national as well as helping to review and create sponsorship agreements for the US National team events and USA Football Organization.

Lauritsen and wife Emily live in Topeka with their dogs, Gunnar and Mia and cat, Basil.

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