Jamie Grodecki was hired as the school's new Associate Director of Athletics for External Relations and Facility Operations in the fall of 2023.  In August of 2024, Grodecki was named the department's Senior Woman Administrator.

Grodecki comes to Barton after serving as Assistant Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Ga., for the past eight years (2015-23).

In addition, Grodecki was the Head Softball Coach for the Bobcats for the past 13 years (2010-23) where she compiled over 500 victories and led the squad to five NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament appearances.  In 2013, Grodecki was named the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year

Grodecki was also the Title IX Coordinator for the Georgia College and State Department of Athletics for five years (2018-23).

Grodecki also served as Head Softball Coach at St. Petersburg College (2017-10) and Southern Arkansas University (2005-07) and as an assistant at Delta State (2003-05).

Grodecki earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2000 and her master's degree in physical education from University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2003.  Grodecki and her husband, Andrew, are the proud parents of one daughter - Allison - and reside in Wilson, N.C.