As a freshman at West Virginia University, Louis played 19 games and averaged 3.9 points and 1.5 assists in the 1993–94 season.
As a senior in 1997–98, Louis averaged 5.4 assists per game to rank fourth in the Western Athletic Conference in that statistic.
She moved to Cleveland and was associate head coach at Cuyahoga Community College in 2000–01 and James Ford Rhodes High School in 2001–02.
Louis earned Michigan Community College Athletic Association and NJCAA Region XII Coach of the Year honors.
[16] In addition to coaching, Louis has also worked at General Motors from 1999 to 2007, including as a Service Development Manager for the Northeast Region.
In 2003, she won the company's Corporate Woman of the Year Achievement Award for representing the Accessory Department.