Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Asst. Dir. of Academic Services
In his role as Assistant Director of Academic Services since 2010, Kenny Donaldson is the liaison for the Athletic Department's Scholarship Book and Book Reimbursement Program, the Peer Learning Facilitation (Tutoring) Program and he also co-facilitates the Athletic Department's Campus Outreach and Diversity Related Programming.
Entering his eighth year on the UCLA staff as the Bruins' men's and women's basketball Academic Coordinator, Donaldson works with student-athletes, the basketball staff and athletic-academic staff to coordinate successful academic progress; meeting with athletes weekly to document and ensure academic progress; coordinating study hall and counseling student-athletes with personal as well as academic issues.
During the 2003-04 season, Donaldson was the part-time Academic Coordinator for the Bruin men's basketball team. His other UCLA counseling experience includes two years (1995-97) as a Peer Counselor in the UCLA Academic Advancement Program and as a Volunteer Counselor in the Academic Support Program for three years (1993-96).
From 2001-03, Donaldson was an assistant basketball coach at Alemany High School in Mission Hills, Calif. In fall 1995 as a student at UCLA, he was an intern on the UCLA Athletic Training Staff.
He was a three-year basketball letterman (1990-92) at Granada Hills High School.
Donaldson earned his bachelor's degree in physiological sciences (pre-med) from UCLA in 1997, and his master's degree in sports psychology at Long Beach State in 2008.
