Jim Rost, Director
Office: Room 103A
Phone: 615-898-5610
E-Mail: jrost@mtsu.edu

Jim Rost begins his second year as the Director of Student Athlete Enhancement at Middle Tennessee during the 2007-08 academic year. Jim is the academic counselor for varsity football and men’s and women’s golf

Rost joined the Middle Tennessee staff after four years as Associate Director/Football Coordinator at LSU and previously served four years as Academic Counselor/Life Skills Coordinator/Eligibility Coordinator at Southern Cal.

Rost earned his bachelor’s in Athletic Training at Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan., in 1994. He lettered three years in baseball at Mid-America. He then earned his master’s in Physical Education with a specialization in Sport Psychology from San Diego State in 1999.

Wynnifred Counts
Associate Director
Office: 103E
Phone: 615-898-5581
E-Mail: wcounts@mtsu.edu

Wynnifred Counts is beginning her eighteenth year with the Enhancement Center currently serving as Associate Director. Prior to joining the center staff Counts taught school in the Bedford County School System. She earned both her B.S. and Masters Degree from Middle Tennessee. She initiated the tutorial program and the life skills program and has been an adjunct faculty for the past fourteen years. Wynnifred is the academic counselor for men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and coordinates the Champs Lifeskills program.

Debbie Carroll
Office: 103L
Phone: 615-898-5638
E-mail: dcarroll@mtsu.edu

Debbie Carroll has been an Athletic Academic Counselor with the SAEC from January 2005 to present. She has a M.A. in Clinical Psychology and a B.S. in Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University. Prior to joining the staff in the SAEC, she was an Academic Advisor with MTSU’s Academic Support Center. In addition to her duties for the SAEC, Ms. Carroll is an adjunct faculty member for University Seminar and the Freshman Summer Institute Academy. Debbie is the academic counselor for volleyball, soccer, men’s and women’s track.

Shirley Luscinski
Phone: 615-904-8492
E-Mail: sluscins@mtsu.edu

Shirley has been a member of the MTSU community for 18 years. She began her serves in the office of the Student-Athlete Enhancement Center in December 2005. Prior to joining the center staff she was employed in the health and Human performance Department.

Angel Nathan
Office: 103K
Phone: 615-898-5498
E-Mail: anathan@mtsu.edu

Nathan joined the enhancement center staff in June 2007 and serves in the role of assistant Director. Prior to joining the Enhancement Center staff angel was with Florida International University as an academic coordinator for the sports of men’s and women’s track and men’s and women’s basketball. Angel is a graduate of the University of Georgia and intern in academic center while completing are masters at Georgia. She is a current member of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletes. Nathan serves as the academic counselor for freshmen football, men’s and women’s tennis, and directs the tutorial program.