Keri Thoman joined the University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics in February 2008 and currently serves as an Associate AD for Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS).
She is also the director of academic services within SASS, serving as the athletics department liaison to university admissions. Thoman serves as an academic advisor for upperclassmen football student-athletes along with being a point of contact for former Bearcats who re-enroll at UC to complete their degrees. The football team has achieved multiple record-setting semesters, achieving high-level marks for both team grade point average and graduation rates among UC student-athletes.
In addition, Thoman is the sport supervisor for the women's lacrosse and soccer teams.
Thoman is an active member within the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) community, the national organization for athletics departments' academic services. She won the UCUAADA Sarah Grant Barber Outstanding Advising Administrator for her outstanding contributions to the quality of academic advising of UC students.
Prior to UC, Thoman spent seven years working for the National Football Foundation’s Play It Smart Program at Winton Woods HS and Holmes HS in the Greater Cincinnati area.
She graduated in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from St. Bonaventure University where she was a four-year women's soccer letterwinner and a three-year team captain. She earned an master's degree from Xavier University in sport administration in 2002.
Thoman and her husband, Bill have three children, Brooklyn, Will and Ryan.
Keri Thoman
Associate AD/Director of Academic Services (Sport Administrator, WSOC + LAX)