Lexi Luke joined the UCF rowing program in September 2024, joining the Knights as team’s director of operations.
A Lake Nona native, Luke attended Lake Nona High School, where she founded the Lake Nona Rowing Club. She was also a member of the South Orlando Rowing Association while in high school, serving as team captain from the 2017-18 season.
Luke rowed for Stetson from 2018-2020 before becoming the team’s administrative assistant for both the men’s and women’s teams in January 2020. She worked with the program through 2021 while earning her degree in sports business.
Luke returned to the South Orlando Rowing Association as a coach from 2022-23. She assisted with high school and middle school rowing clubs, along with coaching the learn to row program.
Away from the water, Luke was a member of the corporate sponsorship activation team and a business alliance intern for Orlando City SC from 2021-23. Her final stop before arriving in Orlando to work with the Knights was in Charleston, West Virginia where she was a box office and merchandise assistant for the Charleston Dirty Birds.