Victoria Ahlbrecht was hired by the Sun Belt Conference as Assistant Commissioner, Communications & Branding, in July 2024, and currently serves as the conference’s primary communications contact for men’s soccer, women’s basketball and men’s & women’s golf.
Ahlbrecht joined the Sun Belt following a year as the Social Media & Content Strategist for Minnesota football. While there, she grew the Gopher football Instagram audience by 345 percent during the 2023 season.
Ahlbrecht was a Strategic Communications Graduate Assistant at Tulane from 2021-23, working alongside three conference championship teams during her tenure. She was the primary communications contact for men’s basketball, women’s golf and beach volleyball, while serving as the secondary contact for football and baseball.
Prior to joining the athletic communications field, Ahlbrecht was a Rotational Production Assistant at NBC Sports from 2018-21, working on the Tokyo Olympics, Super Bowl LII and the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
A native of Alexandria, Minn., Ahlbrecht holds a Bachelor of Science in Sports Administration from the University of Minnesota (2019) and a Master of Science in Sports Studies from Tulane University (2023).