Kennesaw State University Athletics

Kennesaw State women's basketball head coach Octavia Blue named Lauren Bornstein the Director of Women's Basketball Operations on Wednesday, May 29.

Bornstein brings eight years of experience in operations and event planning to Kennesaw State, having been the Director of Women's Basketball Operations for the Furman Paladins since 2021.
 
While in Greenville, S.C., she was responsible for coordinating team travel arrangements, organizing and scheduling team logistics as well as film and strength and conditioning sessions. She also facilitated initiatives for annual giving to raise over $20,000 for the Paladin women's basketball operational budget.
 
Before her time at Furman, Bornstein served as the Director of Women's Basketball Operations for Cleveland State from 2019-2021.
 
She also assisted with men's and women's basketball tournament operations as a Basketball Operations Assistant with the Big East Conference in 2018 and 2019.
 
Prior to her time with the Big East, she was a basketball operations intern for both the Washington Mystics and Washington Wizards.
 
She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in sport management and earned a masters degree in tourism administration and sport management from George Washington University.