Austin Peay State University Athletics

Thayer, who graduated from Austin Peay in 2000 and joined the Austin Peay faculty in 2015, became Austin Peay’s seventh Faculty Athletics Representative in July 2023.

A well-respected member of the Austin Peay faculty, Thayer received the AJ Taylor Distinguished Professorship Award and the Carmen C. Reagan Outstanding Leader Award from the College of Business in 2020. She also received Austin Peay’s Socrates Award for Excellence in Teaching, recognizing outstanding teaching for tenure-track faculty members, in August 2020. Thayer also has obtained recognition from Austin Peay’s student affairs division (2019), the military student center (2020), and the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce (2021).

Thayer leads Austin Peay’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) site, which she has done since 2018. She previously served as co-chair of Austin Peay’s academic affairs strategic planning steering committee and is the chair of the faculty awards committee. Thayer also is a member of the City of Clarksville Audit Committee.