Niki Whitaker is currently in her second year as Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator.

Niki is responsible for developing annual marketing, advertising, community outreach plans for the department's sports programs. Whitaker will also provide oversight for Title IX compliance and prepare and submit various NCAA and Department of Education reports, among other duties.

Whitaker previously enjoyed a stand-out softball playing career at then USC. A power-hitting left fielder, she was named 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, homeruns and RBI. She also excelled in the classroom as she was named NFCA Academic All-American twice and Academic All-RMAC three times.

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.