Staff Directory
- Title:
- Administrative Assistant
- Email:
- Phone:
- 212-854-5213
Alyssa McKenzie joined Columbia Athletics in 2026 as the Administrative Assistant for Success Through Well Being. In her role, she coordinates daily office operations and provides administrative support for the Success Through Well Being department.
Prior to arriving in Morningside Heights, McKenzie spent six years at Eastern Washington University in various athletic and administrative capacities. Her roles included serving as a Student Assistant Soccer Coach, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Athletics Community Affairs Assistant, and Administrative Assistant for the Athletic Fund. Throughout these positions, she coordinated practices, training sessions, and halftime entertainment, managed donor relations, executed philanthropic events, authored stewardship letters, and provided mentorship to student-athletes.
McKenzie earned her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Eastern Washington University in 2023, where she also assisted faculty with exercise science research and undergraduate lectures. She went on to complete her Master of Science in Wellness and Movement Sciences in 2025, concentrating her thesis research on depression and anxiety among female student-athletes and active populations.
A native of Corona del Mar, California, McKenzie played club soccer for LA Galaxy Orange County before competing at the NCAA Division I level for Eastern Washington University until 2022.
