Jessica Siegele Hometown: Wexford, Pa. Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Kentucky '05

Jessica Siegele is in her first season as a member of Head Coach Chuck Knoles staff. Seigele will work specifically with the strokers and sprinters.

Siegele brings a variety of experience to Pitt after spending the last season as an assistant at Ashland University. There, Siegele helped lead the men's and women's teams to a fourth and fifth place conference finish respectively, while eight athletes qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships.

Prior to Ashland, Siegele served in an internship with the United States Association of Blind Athletes. Among the many duties included managing the membership database, producing press releases for the organization and acting as the events manager for World Youth and Student Games.

Siegele's background also includes a stint as an assistant coach with the Trinity Preparatory School and Trinity Preparatory Aquatics. Siegele has worked as a camp counselor at the Pine Crest Swim Camp and worked in the fan relations/game night staff of the NBA's Orlando Magic.

A native of Wexford, Pa., Siegele is a 2005 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she competed in swimming and diving for four years (2002-05). Later, she earned her masters degrees in sport business management and business administration from Central Florida in 2007.

At Kentucky, Siegele was a two-year co-captain, four-year letter winner, three-time school record holder and a two-time NCAA All-American. In 2003, Siegele competed at the Irish National Swimming Championships in Belfast, Ireland where she won seven gold medals.