Kayla Branderhorst

Kayla Branderhorst joined Arizona State University in April 2018 and currently serves as director of athletics compliance. She began her ASU career as a compliance coordinator before being promoted twice to her current role. There, she oversees or activates all day-to-day NCAA compliance activities for the football program. An Arizona native, Branderhorst returned to Tempe after spending nearly three years at Middle Tennessee State University, first as an intern and ultimately as a compliance coordinator. During her time at MTSU, Branderhorst assisted the assistant athletics director with education, interpretations, and monitoring-system design and implementation for activities and programs to ensure compliance with all NCAA Operational Bylaws for MTSU’s 17 sport programs.  Before pursuing a career in athletics compliance, Branderhorst worked for five years as a managing paralegal at Davis Faas Blase, PLLC in Scottsdale. Branderhorst earned a master’s degree in sports law and business from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in May 2015. Before attending graduate school at ASU, she attended Northern Arizona University, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 2010.