“Toni Kay will be a perfect fit in our program,” Carey says.
“She’s a West Virginia girl with a lot of background in
administrative duties which is exactly what we need in our director of
basketball operations position. I look for a very smooth transition and
we’re very excited to have her on staff.”
“This is a great opportunity to work with one of today’s
great minds in basketball,” Oliverio says of working on Carey’s
staff. “I’m extremely excited to be working with my home-state
Mountaineers. I want to make sure that everything runs smoothly so the
coaches can coach. I want to do everything I can to help with the
success of the program.”
A native of Clarksburg, W.Va., Oliverio comes to West Virginia
from the WVU Institute of Technology where she most recently served as
assistant athletic director/sports information director since March
2008. In that position she assisted with the overall management of the
athletic program including fundraising, external relations, facilities
and academics.
From last August until this past spring, Oliverio served as the sports
information director for the NAIA’s Mid-South Conference where she was
involved in all aspects of publicizing the conference. Also since August
2007, Oliverio served as assistant sports information director and
academic coordinator at WVU Tech.
She served an internship in the Mid-South Conference’s
commissioner’s office in 2006 where she played an integral role in
the administration and coordination of the track and field,
cheerleading, men’s and women’s basketball, softball and tennis
championships. During that same time period, she worked in
Louisville’s intramural and recreational sports department.
From August 2004 until December 2005, Oliverio served as a graduate
teaching and research assistant, also at UofL. She was also a sports
information intern at Louisville in 2005, where she assisted in game
management for women’s basketball, men’s tennis, softball and field
hockey.
From 2001-03, she served as head women’s tennis coach and assistant
women’s basketball coach at Salem College.
Oliverio garnered her bachelor’s degree in exercise science
from West Liberty State in 2001, where she was also a member of the
women’s basketball team from 1997-99. She received her master’s
degree in sport administration from Louisville in 2006.