Louisiana has found their new head of the Ragin Cajun Athletic Foundtion.
Trey Frazier has been named Deputy Director of Athletics and Executive Director of the Ragin Cajuns Athletic Foundation.
“Trey Frazier brings a tremendous amount of fundraising and revenue generation experience to our staff,” Director of Athletics Dr. Bryan Maggard said. “He is a great leader and strategist who will help us achieve necessary growth, both in the areas of RCAF membership and dollars raised.”
Frazier comes to Acadiana with major gifts and annual giving experience at Missouri, UAB, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, and Conference USA.
“The RCAF Board of Directors are proud to announce the hiring of Trey Frazier as our new Executive Director of the RCAF. Trey has the background, knowledge and experience to lead and elevate our organization to new heights,” Sam Landers, Chairman of the RCAF Board, stated. “We have a great team working for the RCAF and Trey will help hire and develop additional team members to better serve our investors and fan base. Trey stood out as the top candidate during a nationwide search. Our donors will love his personality and genuine desire to make the RCAF the best it can be. We are excited to welcome Trey, his wife Jenna, and their baby girl Emory to the Ragin’ Cajuns family.”
During his time at Missouri, Frazier developed plans to optimize Mizzou Athletics, including operational improvements, increased donor support, and annual giving.
Prior to that, he spent five years at UAB where he served as Senior Director of Development, helping to complete several capital projects including the football operations center, basketball practice facility, and more. Frazier also raised a school-record $9.5 million in his first season and in 2021, his team raised $2.7 million fo the annual fund, another school record.
He led the athletics department for football stadium sales where the Blazers sold 1,500 club seats and 34 suites. Frazier was also a member of the leadership committee that helped the transition to the American Athletic Conference and helped execute the return of UAB’s football, bowling, and rifle programs in 2017.
Frazier also spent four years in Blacksburg, Virgina at Virginia Tech with multiple roles. His most notable position was Director of Development, where he helped implement the Hokie Scholarship Fund program, an annual giving program consisting of per seat donation models for football and men’s basketball, priority points, benefits deadlines and a benefits chart. The program was an instant success, increasing annal giving 73% up to $17 million, an all-time record.
He also spent time at Wisconsin after being a graduate assistant at Ohio, an operations assistant for Conference USA, and a ssiatnt for the University Athletic Association at Florida. Frazier played baseball at Dallas Baptist University while earning his Bachelor’s in finance and his Master’s in sports administration and MBA from Ohio.