Former Gymnast Jamie Weinfeldt Joins Tribe Staff

09/12/07 10:00AM

Williamsburg - William and Mary head women’s gymnastics coach Mary Lewis has announced the hiring of 2004 graduate Jamie Weinfeldt as an assistant coach.

Weinfeldt brings an extensive background in training and administration and will primarily handle coaching the beam line-up, recruiting and strength and conditioning. Weinfeldt will also assist Lewis in coaching the floor exercise.

“I'm very excited to have Jamie join the program,” said Lewis. “As a William and Mary graduate, she understands what it takes and what it truly means to be a student-athlete here. Her drive and passion for the program are just as strong as when she was a William and Mary gymnast.”

Weinfeldt returns to Williamsburg after completing graduate work at the George Washington University, where she earned a Master’s of Science Degree in Exercise Science in May. While at GW, Weinfeldt was a graduate assistant for the Lerner Health and Wellness Center, while also serving as the Colonials women’s gymnastics meet director the past two years.

As the program’s meet director, she acted as a liaison between the coaching staff and officials and handled all aspects of meet organization. Weinfeldt held a similar position at Penn State during the 2005 competitive season.

Her primary responsibility as a graduate assistant at GW was personal training, designing and implementing individualized exercise programs for clients of all ages and physical abilities. Weinfeldt’s duties also included many administrative responsibilities, including supervising the undergraduate fitness center at GW, scheduling activities and student workers and marketing programs that promoted health and fitness on campus.

Weinfeldt was also an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Exercise Science, teaching undergraduate courses in the basics of resistance training and aerobic conditioning.

During her time in Northern Virginia, Weinfeldt also taught gymnasts of all levels at the Chantilly Academy of Gymnastics. She has also spent time during her summers working at the Woodward Gymnastics Camp in Pennsylvania supervising staff members and instructing gymnasts.

A native of New Jersey, Weinfeldt graduated from the College with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and helped lead the Tribe to three consecutive ECAC Championships from 2001-03. Weinfeldt was an ECAC Individual Champion on beam in 2001 and is the only Tribe gymnast ever to record two scores of 9.900 in the event. She qualified for the NCAA Southeast Regional as a freshman in 2001 and was a NACGC Scholastic All-American.