Carrie Le Crom, Ph.D.
Assistant director of instruction and academic affairs
Phone: (804) 828-6443
E-mail: cwlecrom@vcu.edu
A member of the Center for Sport Leadership staff since 2003, Carrie Le Crom became the assistant director of instruction and academic affairs in 2008. As a Lynchburg College undergraduate with a dual major in Business Administration and Sport Management, Le Crom was honored as an Athletic and Academic All-American soccer player on a team that advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2001 Division-III NCAA Women’s Soccer National Championship.
In 2003, Le Crom graduated from the Center for Sport Leadership at VCU and, realizing her passion for academics, then completed her doctoral studies in the VCU School of Education in 2007. Her main responsibilities at the Center for Sport Leadership include handling academic and advising matters, teaching (focusing on research, global sports issues and sport sociology), coordinating and overseeing student research, expanding the global reach of the program through grants and other opportunities, and serving as the alumni contact.
Her most recent global initiatives include travel to Ethiopia, Africa, for a coaches training program, as part of a U.S. State Department-funded grant that VCU and the Academy for Educational Development were awarded in 2007. She also initiated the Center for Sport Leadership's participation in an international conference where students and faculty traveled to Paris, France, to attend the 2007 World Cup of Rugby and participate in the World Sports Forum held in St. Denis, France. Additionally, since 2004, Le Crom has coordinated the European Model of Sport course, a 12-day study abroad trip offered annually where students travel overseas to various European cities to gain new perspectives on much more than sport.
