Women's Basketball

- Title:
- Director of Marketing, Alumni and Community Relations
- Email:
- krodriguez@huntsman.utah.edu
- Phone:
- 801-581-4839
Kendall Rodriguez will enter her 10th year overall with the Utah women’s basketball team and her sixth season as the Director of Operations and Administration in 2024-25. She spent her first four seasons as the Director of Marketing, Alumni and Community Outreach.
In her time as Director of Operations and Administration she handles all team travel and team budget. She serves as liaison for admissions, financial aid, compliance, housing and NIL operations. She also works closely with the equipment and facilities staff to cultivate effective day-to-day and event operations. Rodriguez also handles all administrative related duties within the program.
In her role as Director of Marketing, Alumni, and Community Outreach, Rodriguez has been responsible for cultivating positive relationships with community members throughout the Salt Lake Valley as well as with alumni who take pride in the rich heritage of the University of Utah's women' basketball program. During her first three seasons at Utah, Rodriguez contributed to a 55 percent increase in attendance at Ute home games in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Rodriguez has continued to contribute to increasing home game attendance and program awareness through social media, community outreach (clinics, school assemblies, camps, etc.) and alumni functions.
Rodriguez played for Roberts at the University of the Pacific from 2009 through 2013 and was a two-time All-Big West Conference First Team selection and three-time team captain for the Tigers. During her senior season is 2012-13, Pacific won the Big West regular season title.
At Pacific, Rodriguez was one of six players in school history to record more than 1,200 career points and 700 career rebounds. The La Habra, Calif., native is among the top 10 in the school record book in both scoring and rebounding: tying for sixth with 1,315 career points and ranking seventh with 743 career rebounds.
She turned in 14 career double-doubles with 67 games with 10 or more points and 17 double-digit rebound outings for the Tigers.
Rodriguez played professionally for the GiroLive Panthers in Osnabrück, Germany (DBBL First Division) and the McKinnon Cougars in Melbourne, Australia (BigV Conference) since graduating from the University of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Marketing and a minor in Communications. She graduated with her MBA from Utah.