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AnnaKathryn (AK) Prestridge was named the director of operations by Head Coach Toyelle Wilson in May of 2023. Prestridge also served in that role the past two seasons at Cincinnati. 

Before Cincinnati, Prestidge spent a year and a half as a graduate assistant with Auburn Women's Basketball, assisting the Director of Operations with coordinating team travel and events as well as other daily administrative tasks. She was also tasked with oversight of student managers, facilitating their day-to-day operations and duties.  

She spent four and a half years with the Tigers as a student manager, where she provided support in all facets of the program by overseeing practice, assisted with game day and travel operations as well as team camps, and assisted coaches and staff with various day-to-day administrative and organizational tasks.

She graduated from Auburn University in 2019 with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Human Resource Management. She graduated with her master’s degree in Higher Education Administration from Auburn in 2021.

She is from Auburn, Alabama and was a four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball at Auburn High School.