Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Football
Sanders, Natasha
Natasha Sanders
- Title:
- Director of Recruiting and Player Relations
- Email:
- Natasha.Sanders@mtsu.edu
- Phone:
- 615-898-2926
Updated May 2024
Natasha Sanders is in her first year on Derek Mason’s staff as the program’s Director of Recruiting and Player Relations.
Sanders makes her way to MTSU following six years at Auburn where she had the role of Director of Recruiting, Alumni Engagement and Newcomer Transition from 2022 until 2024. From 2020 until her promotion, Sanders was the director of on-campus recruiting.
Sanders served as a coordinator for on-campus recruiting for Auburn football during the 2018-2019 seasons. Her role consisted of coordinating unofficial visits, assisting with recruiting related events, social media management, and hosting prospective student-athletes.
From 2016-18, she was the discovery officer and associate of the Roadrunner Athletic Fund (RAF) at Texas-San Antonio, responsible for identifying donor prospects for the RAF, overseeing the development and implementation of cultivation strategies, and soliciting contributions for UTSA Athletics Annual Giving. She helped raise $2.61 million and increased the UTSA donor base of members.
Prior to UTSA, Sanders worked with athletic recruiting at Georgia, assisting the recruiting program coordinator with planning and coordinating all official and unofficial visits, facility and campus tours, game coverage, and overseeing more than 100 student workers. She was also a development assistant for The Georgia Bulldog Club, overseeing the Young Alumni program consisting of more than 1,000 football season ticket holders and the Gymnastics Endowment Fund.
Prior to Georgia, Sanders was a graduate assistant development officer at Georgia State, where she was instrumental in increasing membership for the Panther Athletic Club by 42 percent. Within her role, Sanders managed all Panther Athletic Club meals before home basketball contests and coordinated donor attendance at each game.
A native of Montgomery, Ala., Sanders served as a Tigerette/ S.O.A.R host at Auburn, assisting in the recruiting efforts for the 2011 BCS National Championship Team and providing facility and campus tours for 2010 and 2011 prospective recruits official and unofficial visits.
Sanders earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Georgia State in 2015 and a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Auburn in 2011.
Natasha Sanders is in her first year on Derek Mason’s staff as the program’s Director of Recruiting and Player Relations.
Sanders makes her way to MTSU following six years at Auburn where she had the role of Director of Recruiting, Alumni Engagement and Newcomer Transition from 2022 until 2024. From 2020 until her promotion, Sanders was the director of on-campus recruiting.
Sanders served as a coordinator for on-campus recruiting for Auburn football during the 2018-2019 seasons. Her role consisted of coordinating unofficial visits, assisting with recruiting related events, social media management, and hosting prospective student-athletes.
From 2016-18, she was the discovery officer and associate of the Roadrunner Athletic Fund (RAF) at Texas-San Antonio, responsible for identifying donor prospects for the RAF, overseeing the development and implementation of cultivation strategies, and soliciting contributions for UTSA Athletics Annual Giving. She helped raise $2.61 million and increased the UTSA donor base of members.
Prior to UTSA, Sanders worked with athletic recruiting at Georgia, assisting the recruiting program coordinator with planning and coordinating all official and unofficial visits, facility and campus tours, game coverage, and overseeing more than 100 student workers. She was also a development assistant for The Georgia Bulldog Club, overseeing the Young Alumni program consisting of more than 1,000 football season ticket holders and the Gymnastics Endowment Fund.
Prior to Georgia, Sanders was a graduate assistant development officer at Georgia State, where she was instrumental in increasing membership for the Panther Athletic Club by 42 percent. Within her role, Sanders managed all Panther Athletic Club meals before home basketball contests and coordinated donor attendance at each game.
A native of Montgomery, Ala., Sanders served as a Tigerette/ S.O.A.R host at Auburn, assisting in the recruiting efforts for the 2011 BCS National Championship Team and providing facility and campus tours for 2010 and 2011 prospective recruits official and unofficial visits.
Sanders earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Georgia State in 2015 and a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Auburn in 2011.
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