Amanda Garrison enters her second year at Southwestern University. Along with her assistant soccer coach duties Garrison will serve as the goalkeeper trainer and is the assistant coach for the Men's and Women's Tennis programs.

Garrison, a native of Kentucky, came to Texas to be a part of Rice University's inaugural women's soccer team. As a goalkeeper, she was a Second Team All-WAC selection in 2001 and was the team MVP in her rookie season for the Owls. Throughout her tenure between the pipes, she helped the Owls to winning the programs first Conference USA championship and received Academic All-Conference honors throughout her five years of competition.

Since 2002, she has worked as a goalkeeper coach/trainer for various camps and from 2005-2006 she was the Head Sports Camp Counselor at the Downtown Club in Houston, TX. After her graduation from Rice in 2006, Garrison has worked with kids as a ski instructor for the Aspen Ski Company.