Completed Event: Football versus South Dakota on August 30, 2025 , Win , 55, to, 7

Kelli Fogt is in her fourth year at Iowa State and second as director of recruiting after serving as a student recruiting assistant for the Cyclone football program the previous four years. In 2023, Fogt served as director of on-campus recruiting.
The Cyclones have signed many of the best classes in school history with Fogt working with the program, including back-to-back top 45 classes in 2023 and 2024. Her efforts have helped Iowa State in reaching bowl games in six of seven seasons.
In 2024, Iowa State set the program standard with an 11-3 overall record, the first double-digit win season in program history. ISU reached its second Big 12 Championship game and defeated No. 15 Miami in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.
In her role as student football recruiting assistant, Fogt was heavily involved in carrying out official and unofficial visits. She oversaw gameday events and assisted in managing other student recruiting workers.
Fogt earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Iowa State in 2021 before working at Colorado State as director of on-campus recruiting from March of 2022 to August of 2022.