Indiana State University Athletics

Kirby Smith joins the Sycamores by way of stints at Ohio Dominican, Eastern Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Eastern Illinois. Most recently, she served as the Director of Compliance at Ohio Dominican University over the 2025-26 athletic year.
 
Smith takes over the NCAA Compliance Assistant Director role following the departure of Melissa Burke who accepted the role of Assistant Director of Athletics/Compliance and NIL over the winter break.
 
Over her year at Ohio Dominican, Smith oversaw the student-athlete certification process and worked on managing initial and continuing eligibility for incoming and current student-athletes in this modern era of NCAA Athletics. She also monitored changes in legislation and regulations while providing continue staff education.
 
Prior to her time at Ohio Dominican, she spent three years as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at Eastern Kentucky University. She worked to oversee compliance of the NCAA, Atlantic Sun Conference, and EKU’s policies and procedures.
 
Smith graduated with her Juris Doctorate from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2022. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a Criminal Justice emphasis and a minor in Forensic Studies from McKendree University in 2019. While pursuing her law degree, she served as a Compliance Intern at both Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois.
 
No stranger to the college athlete experience, Smith competed as a sprinter, pentathlon, heptathlon, long jump, high jump, shot put, and javelin over her four-year career with the Bearcats track & field program.