Dr. Renee Ramos joined the athletic counseling staff in October 2019.  For the past five years, Dr. Ramos served as an Academic Advisor for the University of Southern California in the Student-Athlete Academic Services department. In this role, she helped monitor NCAA eligibility and assist with advising, registering, and tracking the overall academic progress of student-athletes. Previously she worked in student-athlete services at the University of New Mexico as the Football Advising Intern. While at UNM, she worked closely with the football team, monitoring their progress towards a degree, assisting with study skills, academic course planning, and supervising group and individual study sessions. Renee started as a mentor at the University of California, Los Angeles working with Olympic Sports in the Bruins’ Academic and Student Services department.

A native of Chino, California, Renee was a four-year letter winner in softball at Boston College, playing second base for the Eagles from 2005-2010 and two-time tri-captain. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 2009 and completed a master’s degree in Administrative Studies in 2010.  In the spring of 2018 she completed her doctorate in Educational Leadership at USC Rossier School of Education. Dr. Ramos’s dissertation titled “Latino/a College Student-Athletes: Influences on Recruitment, Enrollment, and Degree Completion” is a topic that is understudied, with a clear purpose of promoting social justice in athletics. Despite completing a terminal degree, Renee earned her second master’s degree in Education Counseling at USC Rossier School of Education in spring 2019.