Stetson University Athletics

Toni Oliverio serves as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student Success & Academics, Senior Woman Administrator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Stetson University, a role she assumed in July 2025. Oliverio joined the Stetson Athletics staff in January 2022 and previously served as Associate Athletics Director for Student Success & Academics, Senior Woman Administrator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator. As a member of the Athletics senior staff, Oliverio helps support the development and execution of the department's strategic priorities and oversees student success and academic programming, athletic training and strength and conditioning. She also serves as sport administrator for Women's Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Cheer. In that role, Oliverio works closely with coaches and staff on operations, budgets, scheduling, departmental priorities and student-athlete success. Oliverio represents Stetson Athletics within the ASUN Conference and NCAA and serves as a point of contact with the Faculty Athletic Representative and Athletics Committee. She also collaborates with the University's Title IX Director in support of institutional Title IX compliance. Oliverio has more than 20 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics administration, with a career spanning student-athlete academic support, student-athlete development, compliance, sport administration, operations, communications and event management. Before joining Stetson, she spent more than 15 years at West Virginia University, most recently serving as Associate Director of Student-Athlete Development. In that role, Oliverio provided academic support and guidance to student-athletes in women's basketball, men's soccer and rifle while overseeing the department's tutoring program and working closely with coaches, academic units and compliance personnel. Prior to her work in student-athlete development, Oliverio spent seven seasons as Director of Operations for the West Virginia women's basketball program. Her responsibilities included team and recruiting operations, scheduling, camps and clinics, alumni relations, community service, marketing and coordination with numerous internal and external department partners. Her experience at WVU provided a broad foundation in both student-athlete support and the day-to-day administration of a nationally competitive athletics program. Oliverio began her career in intercollegiate athletics through administrative and sports information roles at West Virginia University Institute of Technology and the Mid-South Conference. She also served as head women's tennis coach and assistant women's basketball coach at Salem International University. Those early experiences helped establish a career that has included coaching, communications, operations, academic support and senior athletics administration. Oliverio has been involved with the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics and the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators. She also participated in the West Virginia University Women's Leadership Institute. A native of Clarksburg, W.Va., Oliverio earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science from West Liberty State College in 2001 and a master's degree in sport administration from the University of Louisville in 2006. Oliverio is married to Whitney Cayton. Together, they have three children — stepson Vaughn and daughters Cayton and Olivia.