Jadin Wagner is in her fourth year (2025-26) as Assistant Director - Athletic Compliance. The position was created three years ago thanks to Wayne State receiving the NCAA Women in Athletics and Ethnic Minorities Grant which provides funding for WSC to hire a person to assist in the area of compliance for 10 months. Wayne State qualified for the NCAA Division II Strategic Alliance Matching Grant that is designed to provide financial assistance to Division II member institutions committed to enhancing ethnic minority and gender representation in mid-to-senior level intercollegiate athletics administrative positions.
Wagner has five years of experience assisting Associate Athletic Director for Internal Affairs/Senior Woman Administrator Linda Anderson in the Wildcat Athletic Department. She started as a student worker in September, 2020 and continued her work with Anderson as a graduate intern in August, 2021 through May, 2022 while also gaining athletic experience working with game day operations and ticket management.
A graduate of Lawton-Bronson High School in Iowa, Wagner was a standout track and field athlete at Wayne State from 2017-2022. She was a three-time NCAA national qualifier and two-time All-NSIC thrower for the Wildcats. In the 2021 outdoor season, Wagner was an NCAA outdoor national qualifier in the hammer throw. As a freshman in 2018, Wagner earned All-NSIC honors in the shot put (2nd place / 47' 9") and qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships while repeating the feat the following year (2019) during the indoor season taking third at the NSIC Indoor Championships (46' 10 3/4").
Wagner was also active in the WSC Student Athlete Advisory Committee, serving as President in 2021-22 and Vice-President during the 2020-21 school year.
Wagner earned her bachelor's degree from Wayne State in August, 2020 in business administration/management and obtained her master's degree from Wayne State in May, 2022 majoring in sport management.
Updated 7/10/25
