Recruitment Team

At the University of South Alabama, we believe in the importance of providing personal attention to each individual within the context of the university admissions process. Our admissions counselors will be available and accessible to you throughout the college search and application process.

Use the Find Your Admissions Counselor page and select the options that will help you to find your personal recruitment counselor or choose from the list below.


	Kristin Odom Director New Student Recruitment Local Schools: Bayside Academy, UMS-Wright	Call or text: (251) 220-5505 Office: (251) 460-7795 kodom@southalabama.edu
	TBD Associate Director New Student Recruitment	(251) 460-7834 recruitment@southalabama.edu
	Kristi Clayton Senior Admissions Officer Local Schools: Saraland HS, Satsuma HS, Theodore HS, Alma Bryant HS, Alabama School of Math & Science Florida Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming	Call or text: (251) 220-6778 Call: 251-461-1916 kristiclayton@southalabama.edu
	Courtney Varner Recruitment Counselor AL Community Colleges: Bishop State, Coastal Alabama, Mississippi Gulf Coast Special: Second Bachelor's	Call or text: (251) 220-9873 Office: (251) 460-7971 courtneyvarner@southalabama.edu
	Lindsay Laubenthal Recruitment Counselor, Orientation Local Schools: Chickasaw HS, Citronelle HS, St. Paul's Episcopal, St. Luke's Episcopal, McGill-Toolen Catholic HS, Wesleyan Christian, Davidson HS Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington	Call or text: (251) 220-6297 Office: (251) 461-1913 llaubenthal@southalabama.edu
	Brandon Cox Admissions Officer Local Schools: Baker HS AL Counties: Baldwin Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia	Call or text: (251) 220-6081 Office: (251) 461-1674 brandoncox@southalabama.edu
	Emily Kennedy Admissions Officer Local Schools: Cottage Hill Christian, Faith Academy, Grace Baptist Academy, J.B. Shelton Academy, Mary G Montgomery HS, Mobile Christian, Stanford Christian Academy, All Mobile County Homeschools Louisiana	Call or text: (251) 220-7014 Office: (251) 460-6026 emilykennedy@southalabama.edu
	James Barlow Recruitment Counselor Local Schools: Al-Iman Academy, Lighthouse Baptist Academy, Murphy HS and Murphy Adult, Rock School, Williamson HS, BC Rain HS, Blount HS, Leflore HS, Vigor HS Mississippi	Call or text: (251) 220-6763 Call: 251-460-7721 jbarlow@southalabama.edu
Regional Recruiters
	Mike Hryndza Assistant Director, Out-of-State Regional Student Recruitment Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin	Call or text: (251) 220-6054 Office: (251) 533-5887 mhryndza@southalabama.edu
	Jennifer Henderson Senior Admissions Officer, In-State Regional Student Recruitment AL Counties: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Sumter, Washington, Bibb, Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker AL Community Colleges: Marion Military, Reid State, Bevill State, Shelton State, Gadsden State, Jefferson State, Lawson State	Call or text: (251) 220-9559 Office: (251) 525-3757 jenhenderson@southalabama.edu
	Ryan McLaughlin Admissions Officer AL Counties: Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, Marion, Winston AL Community Colleges: Calhoun State, Drake State, GC Wallace, NE Alabama, NW-Shoals, Snead State Tennessee	Call or text: (251) 220-0409 Office: (251) 525-3759 mclaughlin@southalabama.edu
	TBD Admissions Officer AL Counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Coffee, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Tallapoosa, Wilcox AL Community Colleges: Central Alabama, Chattahoochee Valley, Enterprise State, Ingram State, LB Wallace, Southern Union State, Trenholm State	Office: (251) 460-7834 recruitment@southalabama.edu
	Heather Fusko Regional Recruitment Counselor Pennsylvania, New Jersey	Call or text: (251) 220-6812 Office: (251) 533-8877 hfusko@southalabama.edu
	Kandace Cox Regional Recruitment Counselor Texas	Call or text: (251) 220-6610 Office: (251) 533-8874 kandacecox@southalabama.edu
Communication Center
	TBD Assistant Director Communication Center	Office: (251) 460-7774 usainfo@southalabama.edu

Kristin Odom
Director
New Student Recruitment

Local Schools: Bayside Academy, UMS-Wright

Call or text: (251) 220-5505

Office: (251) 460-7795

kodom@southalabama.edu

TBD
Associate Director
New Student Recruitment

(251) 460-7834

recruitment@southalabama.edu

Kristi Clayton

Senior Admissions Officer

Local Schools: Saraland HS, Satsuma HS, Theodore HS, Alma Bryant HS, Alabama School of Math & Science

Florida

Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

Call or text: (251) 220-6778

Call: 251-461-1916

kristiclayton@southalabama.edu

Courtney Varner
Recruitment Counselor

AL Community Colleges: Bishop State, Coastal Alabama, Mississippi Gulf Coast

Special: Second Bachelor's

Call or text: (251) 220-9873

Office: (251) 460-7971

courtneyvarner@southalabama.edu

Lindsay Laubenthal

Recruitment Counselor, Orientation

Local Schools: Chickasaw HS, Citronelle HS, St. Paul's Episcopal, St. Luke's Episcopal, McGill-Toolen Catholic HS, Wesleyan Christian, Davidson HS

Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington

Call or text: (251) 220-6297

Office: (251) 461-1913

llaubenthal@southalabama.edu

Brandon Cox

Admissions Officer

Local Schools: Baker HS

AL Counties: Baldwin

Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

Call or text: (251) 220-6081

Office: (251) 461-1674

brandoncox@southalabama.edu

Emily Kennedy
Admissions Officer

Local Schools: Cottage Hill Christian, Faith Academy, Grace Baptist Academy, J.B. Shelton Academy, Mary G Montgomery HS, Mobile Christian, Stanford Christian Academy, All Mobile County Homeschools

Louisiana

Call or text: (251) 220-7014

Office: (251) 460-6026

emilykennedy@southalabama.edu

James Barlow
Recruitment Counselor

Local Schools: Al-Iman Academy, Lighthouse Baptist Academy, Murphy HS and Murphy Adult, Rock School, Williamson HS, BC Rain HS, Blount HS, Leflore HS, Vigor HS

Mississippi

Call or text: (251) 220-6763

Call: 251-460-7721

jbarlow@southalabama.edu

Regional Recruiters

Mike Hryndza
Assistant Director, Out-of-State Regional Student Recruitment

Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin

Call or text: (251) 220-6054

Office: (251) 533-5887

mhryndza@southalabama.edu

Jennifer Henderson
Senior Admissions Officer, In-State Regional Student Recruitment

AL Counties: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Sumter, Washington, Bibb, Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker

AL Community Colleges: Marion Military, Reid State, Bevill State, Shelton State, Gadsden State, Jefferson State, Lawson State

Call or text: (251) 220-9559

Office: (251) 525-3757

jenhenderson@southalabama.edu

Ryan McLaughlin
Admissions Officer

AL Counties: Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, Marion, Winston

AL Community Colleges: Calhoun State, Drake State, GC Wallace, NE Alabama, NW-Shoals, Snead State

Tennessee

Call or text: (251) 220-0409

Office: (251) 525-3759

mclaughlin@southalabama.edu

TBD

Admissions Officer

AL Counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Coffee, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Tallapoosa, Wilcox

AL Community Colleges: Central Alabama, Chattahoochee Valley, Enterprise State, Ingram State, LB Wallace, Southern Union State, Trenholm State

Office: (251) 460-7834

recruitment@southalabama.edu