Niki Toussaint-Whitaker will be entering her seventh year as Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Whitaker is responsible for the athletic department's NCAA compliance operations as well as direction of the athletic department's student-athlete community engagement projects, including serving as the staff director of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).  Additionally, as the Senior Woman Administrator of the department, she provides oversight for Title IX compliance.

Prior to taking on her current role in the department in 2012, she was responsible for developing annual marketing and advertising plans for the department, which grew exponentially in public awareness under her direction from 2006-12.

Whitaker also previously enjoyed a stand-out softball career at CSU-Pueblo (then-University of Southern Colorado). A power-hitting left fielder, she was named a NCAA Division II All-American in 2001 and earned the Jessie Banks Female Athlete of the Year Award. Throughout her career, she was among the league's leaders in batting average, home runs and RBI, and still holds numerous CSU-Pueblo career records in home runs and RBI. She also excelled in the classroom, as she was named NFCA Academic All-American twice and Academic All-RMAC three times.

In 2009, Whitaker was honored by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference as a member of the RMAC All-Century softball team.

Whitaker, who received her bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from CSU-Pueblo in 2001, most recently worked at the Historic Arkansas River Project as a marketing and special events coordinator. Prior to that, Whitaker served as the membership and marketing coordinator of the Latino Chamber of Commerce of Pueblo.

Whitaker and her husband, Ben, are parents to three children: Triston, Kamdyn and Macelyn.