Cat Hammer Named Head Sports activities Dietician

Basic | September 26, 2022

PHILADELPHIA – Cat Hammer, who has served Penn Athletics and its student-athletes the previous two years as a part-time sports activities nutritionist, has been named the Head Sports activities Dietician for the Division.

“I’m honored and grateful to Alanna Shanahan and Rudy Fuller to be getting into this new position,” Hammer stated. “During the last two years I’ve had the chance to work alongside Jill Joseph who has helped me develop as a dietitian and has taught me as a lot as doable concerning the Penn tradition. Though this new position will present a considerable amount of duty, I vow to supply one of the best care doable to all of the unimaginable athletes I’ll work with and stay up for persevering with to develop significant relationships with the remainder of Penn employees, coaches and College stakeholders.” 

Hammer oversaw the dietary methods and strategy for 16 of Penn’s intercollegiate groups, assembly individually with student-athletes in addition to offering staff and small group shows. She additionally served on a number of interdisciplinary committees with different members of Penn’s Sports activities Efficiency unit to raised serve the Division’s almost 1,000 student-athletes.

Senior Affiliate Athletics Director Rudy Fuller said, “Over the course of the previous two years, Cat has confirmed to be a useful member of our Sports activities Efficiency staff. The realm of vitamin has taken on a bigger and bigger position within the lives of our student-athletes and the general success of our groups. Cat and former nutritionist Jill Joseph have made nice strides in general engagement and training of our student-athletes. Her familiarity with our group will assist her hit the bottom working and elevate our dietary help to higher heights.” 

The Philadelphia native can also be the proprietor of Hammer Gas Sports activities Diet, a digital sports activities vitamin counseling and consulting enterprise to center college, highschool, collegiate {and professional} athletes. She can also be a guide with Ascent Athlete, previously Maplezone Sports activities Institute, and started her profession because the sports activities vitamin assistant with the Bradenton Marauders, the Excessive-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Hammer earned her bachelor’s diploma in vitamin and dietetics from West Chester College in 2018, the place she was a three-time all-region and two-time all-conference softball participant for the Golden Rams. She acquired a grasp’s diploma in train and vitamin science from the College of Tampa in 2019.