The 2025-26 academic year will be the fourth year for Ali Wilson in the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C). Wilson assumed her position on July 5, 2022 as the Sport Administration Assistant and gained the title of Assistant Commissioner ahead of the 2024-25 academic year. Wilson enters her fourth year with the A-R-C during the 2025-26 academic year.
Wilson is a May 2021 graduate of Lakeland University where she earned her bachelor's degree in sport management and leadership. She went on to earn her master’s degree at Lakeland in leadership and organizational development, graduating in December 2021. While at Lakeland, Wilson was a four-year member of the women’s golf program, picking up individual conference medalist honors in 2019 and leading the Muskies to a conference championship in 2021. Wilson was named the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 2021. Additionally, Wilson was a 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee.
As the A-R-C’s Assistant Commissioner, Wilson oversees promotion, information, and awards. She played an instrumental role in the administration of the 2023 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship and 2024 NCAA Division III Lower Midwest Wrestling Regional, held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She will serve as the Media Director of the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Wrestling Championship and 2027 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Semifinals and Championship.
While with the A-R-C, Wilson has served as the NCAA site representative at the 2022 NCAA Football Playoff Quarterfinal game between Wartburg College and Aurora College. Additionally, she was a member with the NCAA 50-Year Anniversary Committee. She served on the Division III Women's Golf Regional Advisory Committee before she began a four-year term on the Division III Women's Golf National Committee in September 2024. At the 2024 College Sport Communicators Convention, Wilson was named the D3SIDA Conference Liaison, which is a four-year term. She additionally serves as the Division III Assistant Commissioner Group Secretary. In May 2024, Wilson was selected to attend the Women Leaders Symposium after earning the Jan R. Gentry Memorial Endowed Scholarship.
Wilson is an active member in Women in Sports Helping Inspire the Next Generation (WISHING), Women in Sports & Events (WISE), Women Leaders in Sports, and College Sport Communicators (CSC). Wilson is the scoreboard operator for the Cayman Islands Classic, a Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament held over Thanksgiving.
Wilson previously served as an assistant coach for the women’s golf team at Mount Mercy University, in addition to working at the Cedar Rapids Country Club as an assistant golf professional. Prior to Mount Mercy, she served as the assistant sports information Director at Lincoln Christian University and was a student worker for the sports information department at Lakeland University for three years.
