Alexis Harris was named as Averett University's first head coach of its newly launched dance team in March 2019.
Harris comes to Averett with a background in dance. She was a four-year member of Limestone College’s dance team from 2013-17. Including serving as the team captain for two seasons. While at Limestone, she helped the Saints when the 2016 and 2017 Cheer LTD National Championship in hip-hop, as well the 2016 championship in open variety. In addition to attending the ProAction Dance Convention twice, she remained involved in dance since graduating. In 2018, she was the choreographer for Limestone’s game day dances. She also served as the assistant dance coach at Spartanburg Preparatory School in 2018.
Outside of dance, Harris has worked as a lead placement specialist with Integrity Staffing Solutions in Spartanburg and is a licensed insurance agent.
A native of Spartanburg, Harris earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from Limestone in May 2017.