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Ellie Brecht Headshot 2025-26

Ellie Brecht

  • Title
    Associate Athletic Director - Development
  • Email
    ebrecht@omavs.com
  • Phone
    402-502-4911
Experience
  • Associate Athletic Director - Development, Omaha (NCAA Division I – Summit League) - 2024-Present
  • Associate Director of Development, Major Gifts, Arizona State (NCAA Division I – Big 12) - 2024
  • Director of Development, Major Gifts, Omaha - 2024
  • Associate Director of Development, Omaha - 2023-24
  • Assistant Director of Development, Omaha - 2022-23
  • Executive Assistant, House and Family Management - 2021-22
  • Communications Manager, Identify Creative Group - 2021
  • Deputy Press Secretary, Office of U.S. Senator John Thune - 2020-21
  • Staff and Press Assistant, Office of U.S. Senator John Thune - 2019-20
Personal
  • Bachelor of Arts, Communications, University of Nebraska at Omaha (2019)
  • Four-year letterwinner for Omaha women's basketball (2015-19)
  • Sioux Falls, S.D. native
  • Currently resides in Omaha
At Omaha
  • Returned to her alma mater in 2022 after stints in Washington, D.C. and Tennessee
  • Later appointed associate athletic director - development in 2024
  • Contributed to a record-breaking fundraising fiscal year 2024, where Omaha Athletics secured $6.1 million in commitments from a record 2,565 donors
  • Launched Maverick HERoes, Omaha’s first-ever women’s athletics funding initiative
Arizona State Highlights
  • Developed and executed tailored solicitation strategies for high-capacity donors
  • Primary liaison for more than 50 contributors to ASU Athletics
Office of U.S. Senator John Thune Highlights
  • Planned events and strategized communications with U.S. senators and staff
  • Expanded national press lists and led communications with constituents
  • Crafted press releases and managed social media content
Honors and Committees
  • 2024-25 Jason Galaska National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD) Rising Star award winner
  • 2023 NAADD Diversity Initiative Recipient
  • Four-time Summit League Academic Honor Roll member
  • Three-time Summit League Distinguished Scholar
  • Two-time Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence honoree
Playing Career
  • Two-year starter and captain for Omaha women's basketball
  • Averaged 10.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in the 2017-18 season, starting all of her 18 games played before her season and career were ultimately cut short due to injury