10/27/2026 10:00:00 AM | General
LOWELL, Mass. – Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Athlete Excellence Alison Quandt Westgate has announced the hiring of Lauren Trapasso as Associate AD for Student Athlete Success. Trapasso, who previously worked at UMass Lowell for eight years, comes back to Lowell after spending the last year as a Clinician at Open Sky Community Services.Â
"We are thrilled to welcome Lauren back to UMass Lowell," said Quandt Westgate. "She was beloved in her first stint here and we are looking forward to her taking on a greater role in her return to River Hawk Nation."
While at Open Sky Community Services, Trapasso helped provide individualized clinical support to young adults with ASD, focusing on college navigation, campus integration, academic success, and effective us of campus resources. She also helped them develop job-readiness and professional skills while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, families, campus staff, and community providers to help coordinate support to help develop pathways for long-term success.
"I'm so excited to be part of the River Hawk family against, and I can't wait to work with the incredible teams around me," said Trapasso. "I feel like I'm coming back home, and I'm so honored to have this opportunity."
Before her time at Open Sky Community Services, and before a short stint with Action Apparel, Trapasso spent nearly a year at Total Performance Soccer, Center of Excellence, as the Head of School. During her time there, she supervised and evaluated all academic staff, managed every aspect of academic staffing, oversaw all day-to-day academic activities, and managed all the learning spaces. Beyond that, she was also in charge of overseeing all student-athletes' academic scheduling and dealt with any infractions of the Center of Excellence's policies.
No stranger to the University of Massachusetts system, Trapasso has time at both the UMass Amherst and UMass Lowell. Although she spent two years as the Associate Director Learning Enhancement Program at UMass Amherst, she started at UMass Lowell in 2014 as the Coordinator for Athletic Academic Support Services, before being promoted to Director of Student-athlete Academic Enrichment in 2018, spending four years in that role.
Before her start at UMass Lowell, she also spent time at the Boston College Student-Athlete Academic Services and Carroll School of Management.
Trepasso graduated from Assumption University with a dual bachelor's in sociology and philosophy in 2011, before earning her master's in applied developmental educational psychology from Boston College in 2014.
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"We are thrilled to welcome Lauren back to UMass Lowell," said Quandt Westgate. "She was beloved in her first stint here and we are looking forward to her taking on a greater role in her return to River Hawk Nation."
While at Open Sky Community Services, Trapasso helped provide individualized clinical support to young adults with ASD, focusing on college navigation, campus integration, academic success, and effective us of campus resources. She also helped them develop job-readiness and professional skills while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, families, campus staff, and community providers to help coordinate support to help develop pathways for long-term success.
"I'm so excited to be part of the River Hawk family against, and I can't wait to work with the incredible teams around me," said Trapasso. "I feel like I'm coming back home, and I'm so honored to have this opportunity."
Before her time at Open Sky Community Services, and before a short stint with Action Apparel, Trapasso spent nearly a year at Total Performance Soccer, Center of Excellence, as the Head of School. During her time there, she supervised and evaluated all academic staff, managed every aspect of academic staffing, oversaw all day-to-day academic activities, and managed all the learning spaces. Beyond that, she was also in charge of overseeing all student-athletes' academic scheduling and dealt with any infractions of the Center of Excellence's policies.
No stranger to the University of Massachusetts system, Trapasso has time at both the UMass Amherst and UMass Lowell. Although she spent two years as the Associate Director Learning Enhancement Program at UMass Amherst, she started at UMass Lowell in 2014 as the Coordinator for Athletic Academic Support Services, before being promoted to Director of Student-athlete Academic Enrichment in 2018, spending four years in that role.
Before her start at UMass Lowell, she also spent time at the Boston College Student-Athlete Academic Services and Carroll School of Management.
Trepasso graduated from Assumption University with a dual bachelor's in sociology and philosophy in 2011, before earning her master's in applied developmental educational psychology from Boston College in 2014.
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