Hannah Gavin

Hannah Gavin (B.S. ’19, MBA ’21), a home-grown talent with a decorated history at New Jersey City University, was appointed to the newly-created role of Athletic Academic Success Advisor with NJCU Athletics in August of 2021. She has also served as an assistant coach on the Gothic Knights’ softball staff since the 2020 season.

As the Academic Success Advisor, Gavin plays a key role in the long-term success of the department and its student-athletes, serving as the primary academic advisor. She assists with registration, engagement, enrollment management, implementation and adaptation of new and current processes in order to ensure academic success, student retention, degree completion and much more. Additionally, she is the liaison between the department and the University Advisement Center and attends all UAC meetings while maintaining relationships with Admissions, ResLife, Enrollment, Financial Aid and many other departments across campus.

On the softball side, Gavin manages academic success, retention and progress toward graduation for her student-athletes. She also focuses on the physical and mental training for her athletes to ensure they are prepared for game action. Additionally, Gavin manages the @NJCUSoftball social media accounts.

Previously, from the Fall of 2019 to the Spring of 2021, Gavin served as a graduate assistant under the supervision of Associate Director of Athletics, Dr. Danielle Beam, working directly with the Rising Knight Institute in addition to her softball coaching duties. In February of 2020, Gavin helped organize National Women and Girls in Sports Day programming for over 200 female athletes. She also assisted with the first NJCU Athletics career fair, as well as other virtual career engagement programming. Gavin managed RKI documents for several programs and worked closely with the UAC to monitor and ensure the academic success of student-athletes.

A four-year member of the Gothic Knights’ softball program, Gavin earned her undergraduate degree in business management from NJCU in 2019. She served as a three-year team captain and ended her career as a member of the illustrious 100-hit club (114). Her career line ended with a .294 batting average with 137 starts in 138 games played. She scored 73 runs, collected 53 RBI, notched 27 doubles, seven home runs and five triples and drew 32 walks. Off the field, she was a two-time Academic All-New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) selection, earning first team honors as a senior.

Originally from South Jersey, Gavin resides in her native Bordentown. In 2021, she graduated from NJCU’s school of business with her MBA.