Kristian Hudson was hired as a women’s basketball graduate assistant coach for the Lancers in the summer of 2024.
A native of Birmingham, Ala., Hudson appeared in 114 games at guard over five seasons at FIU (2015-18) and Nebraska (2018-20), accumulating 1,109 points and 400 assists.
Hudson graduated FIU in just three years with a degree in psychology before transferring to play for the Cornhuskers. She appeared in the first seven games of 2018-19 prior to sustaining a season-ending injury.
Hudson was part of the WBCA’s “So You Want to be a Coach” class, an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar, a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and an Academic All-Big Ten honoree, all in 2020.
She was also a four-time selection to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll and named to the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in both 2019 and 2020.
Hudson is pursuing a master's degree in education with a concentration in health in physical education at Longwood.
