"We are very excited to have Sara Davis join our Lion athletic family.  She brings a wealth of track and field knowledge to our program and her relationships in the track and field community will keep us focused on the vision of becoming a national leader in college athletics," said athletic director Carlton Cooper.

Davis, who founded the Sprinters Elite Track Club, brings to A&M-Commerce valuable experience as a former runner at UCLA and as a coach. As the founder of the Sprinters Elite Track Club, she was involved with teaching young, talented athletes to train and compete at their optimal level. Davis still competes in track and field at the Masters level, where in 2006 and in 2007 she was second in the nation in her age division in the 100 and 400-meter sprints and ninth in the world in each distance.

At UCLA, she was coached by one of the nation's most successful track and field coaches Bob Kersee and was a teammate to standouts Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Gail Devers and Florence Griffith-Joyner "FloJo." She earned All-American honors in the sprints and was a member of a school record setting relay at UCLA, where she graduated with her bachelor's degree. In addition to her experiences in track and field, Davis is a certified personal trainer by the National Academy of Sports Medicine.