ASHLEIGH DEBOUE

ASHLEIGH DEBOUE has joined the Syracuse University women’s basketball team as director of basketball operations. DeBoue will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Orange women’s basketball program. Prior to joining the Syracuse staff, she was a learning specialist at Baylor. The two-time Baylor graduate was a women’s basketball manager with the Bears from 2013 to 2017, where she helped supervise the daily roles and responsibilities of five student managers, managed inventory of team apparel and equipment, aided the team’s recruiting coordinator with design and distribution of printed materials, and organized trip information and tournament schedules for coaches. She also charted statistics for games, worked with Nike representatives on uniform and apparel orders, and assisted with the university’s basketball camps. DeBoue earned a bachelor’s in psychology with a minor in sociology from Baylor in August 2016 and completed a master’s degree in sports pedagogy in December 2017. After graduating, DeBoue was hired as an assistant academic coach in the Baylor University Student-Athlete Center for Excellence. In 2018, she was promoted to learning specialist, where she worked with student-athletes from various Bears sports teams to achieve academic success.