SEATTLE – Sarah Keller, former Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Compliance at the Virginia Military Institute, will join the Washington Rowing program as the new Director of Operations, head coaches Michael Callahan and Yasmin Farooq announced Tuesday.

At the VMI, Keller was a member of the Athletic Department Senior Management team where she was the sports supervisor for men's soccer, women's water polo, and men's and women's swimming and diving. There she oversaw the scheduling and planning for all of the home athletic events, including developing work orders, managing support, and coordinating event operations. During her time at the VMI she also served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Services and Compliance, operating as the primary academic coordinator for Olympic Sports.

Keller is well versed in the athletic operations field and has prior rowing coaching experience at the collegiate level, having been an assistant coach and recruiter for the Bucknell University women's rowing team and a volunteer assistant coach for the ACC champion women's rowing program at the University of Virginia. At Bucknell, Keller was the primary coach of the Freshman 4+, and assisted the Third Varsity 8+, and the IRA runner up Lightweight 8+.

Keller earned her B.S. in psychology & educational studies (with honors) from Trinity College and received her M.Ed. in higher education administration from the University of Virginia.

Keller will help the Huskies with team travel, budgets, compliance, alumni and community outreach, and scheduling. She succeeds Sandy Erickson, who is taking another position in the UW athletics department.

The Husky coaches and Washington rowing program as a whole would like to thank Sandy for her years of dedication and hard work during her time in Conibear Shellhouse.