William & Mary Athletics

Karai Lockley joined the Tribe in September of 2022 as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for finance and administration, and was promoted to Executive Associate Athletics Director for internal operations and Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) in March of 2024.  Previously, Lockley served as the Senior Associate Athletic director for business and finance and the Senior Woman Administrator at Florida A&M University.  
 
As the de facto chief financial officer for Athletics,  Lockley oversees the department's finances and business operations, and is responsible for student-athlete services, compliance, and academics.
 
Prior to Florida A&M, Lockley spent five years in Athletics at the University of Miami, where she was responsible for budgets for football and women's basketball, academics, compliance and the marketing and communications team.  She also served on the department's strategic planning committee, leaving Miami as the associate director of business operations and purchasing.
 
Before Miami, Lockley was the assistant business manager of student services for Georgia State Athletics, her first job in intercollegiate athletics.  She joined Georgia State after 13 years in a variety of accounting and finance jobs in the private sector.
 
As Lockley settles in at Tribe Athletics, she will encounter lots of firsts but there will be one area of familiarity.  She is a 2000 graduate of Hampton University, a new conference mate for W&M and the place where she "spent the best four years of my life" as she earned a degree in business management.  Lockley also earned a Master's degree in Sports Administration from Georgia State University in 2015. 
 
Lockley is a member of Women Leaders in College Sports, Minority Opportunities Athletic Association, College Athletic Business Management Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.