Kristin Fasbender currently serves as a Director of Championships and Alliances. Fasbender is in her 26th year at the national office. In this role, Fasbender serves as the lead administrator and primary day-to-day contact for the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship and the National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship.  She has been highly committed to the continued growth of not only the volleyball championship, which set attendance and viewership records in 2023 but to the growth of collegiate sports across the board.

Before serving as a director, Fasbender was previously an assistant director and associate director for the Championships and Alliances group. During that time, Fasbender ran day-to-day operations for 13 different championships across all three divisions of the NCAA, including 23 years working with the Men's Frozen Four.

Before 1999, Fasbender served as an Assistant Director of Championships at the Big 12 Conference from 1998-1999.  While at the Big 12, she was the tournament manager for the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament and ran the daily operations for the conference championships in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field and men’s golf.  She also served as the liaison to those respective sports head coaches.

Fasbender started her career in collegiate sports as an intern in the NCAA championships department from 1997-1998.  

A former member of the University of Nebraska track and cross country teams, and an Omaha native,  Fasbender graduated with high distinction from UNL in 1997 with a Bachelor’s of Journalism in Broadcasting. Fasbender was honored in 2013 with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Nebraska. She is currently a member of CEFMA and Women Leaders in Sport. 

Kristin and her husband Shawn have three children, Kaitlin (21), Megan (18) and Will (16).