It's a Marathon, not a Sprint! Auburn Weisensale will remind you take your time and find value in every internship opportunity on your path to becoming a Sports RD. 

Auburn Weisensale joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Athletics in September 2016 as Director of Nutrition.

As a registered dietitian, Auburn works with baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, cross-country, gymnastics, lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball and wrestling teams. Weisensale does team nutrition education as well as one-on-one nutrition counseling. Additional services she provides to the student-athletes include body composition assessments, grocery store tours, cooking demos, supplement education, hydration testing, and weekly samples at the fueling station referred to as Taste it Tuesday.

Before her time with Pitt, Auburn worked as a Sports Nutrition Assistant for the University of Florida. While with the Gators, she assisted the men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse and cross country teams. Auburn also spent time at Indiana University as a Gatorade Sports Nutrition Immersion Program Fellow, working with men’s and women’s tennis, field hockey, and rowing teams. Prior to that, she spent time as an intern for Tara Gidus Nutrition Consulting with the Orlando Magic, University of Central Florida, and run Disney. She also worked as a Sports Nutrition Intern at the University of Virginia where she primarily worked with football.

A 2013 graduate of James Madison University with a Bachelor of Science in dietetics, Auburn was a four-year letter winner on the field hockey team. She was a four-year NFHCA National Academic Squad member and finished fifth in JMU history in freshman game-winning goals. Weisensale completed her dietetic internship/residency program through the Pennsylvania State University and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She went on to pursue her master’s degree in Applied Exercise Science with a concentration in Sports Nutrition from Concordia University Chicago.