University of Albany

Siegel joined the UAlbany rowing program in the fall of 2024 as a coaching assistant.

Siegel joined the staff after coming across the country from California. She was an asset to the Pacific Rowing Club in San Francisco for years, originally serving as the first-assistant rowing coach for middle school crew (2019-2023) before taking on an additional role as the first-assistant rowing coach for men’s varsity crew (2021-2024). There, she oversaw the training of over 30 athletes and was also responsible for managing equipment sharing and regatta organization and attendance. Before joining the Pacific Rowing Club, Siegel served as the freshman rowing coach for women’s crew at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco.

Siegel’s own rowing background started at the Division I level as a walk-on athlete for Stanford University’s Lightweight Women’s Rowing team. She served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and helped facilitate the annual GameFACES event to promote mental health and well-being in the student-athlete population on campus.

Siegel received her B.A. in psychology and English literature from Stanford University in 2019 and earned her M.F.A. in writing from San Francisco in 2022. She is currently a student in the Clinical Psychology program at UAlbany working on identifying social and cognitive risk and resilience factors for eating disorders in athletes.