Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Leah Siegel joined the EIU Athletic Department as an assistant director of academic services in late August 2024.  She moved across campus after working as an academic advisor in the Lumpkin College of Business and Technology.
 
She works with men and women’s swimming, men and women’s cross country/track and field, volleyball, and baseball as the primary academic support person for those intercollegiate sports.
 
Siegel worked at the Lumpkin College of Business and Technology for two years prior to the move to Panther Athletics.  In her role she provided academic and career advising to more than 250 students enrolled in the college.
 
A double graduate from the University of Illinois with both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Siegel has been involved in higher education academic services for more than five years.  She worked for two years as an academic coach at the University of Illinois from 2019-21.
 
She moved briefly into intercollegiate athletics as a learning specialist intern at the University of Maryland in the fall of 2021 working primarily with at-risk football students but also assisting other student-athletes.
 
She has additional years as both a tutor and instructor at both the high school and collegiate level.  Siegel holds memberships in NACADA and ILCADA.