Softball
Verbiar, Jen
Jen Verbiar
- Title:
- Athletic Trainer (WSB)
- Email:
- jverbiar@athletics.pitt.edu
- Phone:
- 412-735-8158
Jen Verbiar returned to the University of Pittsburgh athletic department as part of the Sports Medicine staff in August of 2020. Verbiar serves an Athletic Trainer working with the women’s softball program, out of the Petersen Sports Complex. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, she is a preceptor for Pitt’s accredited athletic training program and a part of the Pitt Athletics United Way committee.
Prior to her arrival at Pitt, Verbiar spent three years at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, as an assistant athletic trainer working with the women’s softball and men’s football teams. During her time with the Chattanooga Mocs, the women’s softball team won the Southern Conference Championship in 2019. While at Chattanooga, Verbiar was the Sports Medicine mental health liaison and the staff director for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Additionally, Verbiar was an adjunct professor in University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Health and Human Performance.
Verbiar was as an athletic trainer at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell for two years from 2015-2017, working with the women’s softball and women’s soccer programs. She was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Mansfield University working with the men’s football, men’s and women’s basketball and women’s softball teams, while completing her master’s degree in the advanced clinical practice of athletic training from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.
A 2014 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training, Verbiar worked as an athletic training student with the Pitt men’s football, women’s softball, and men’s wrestling teams. She also completed clinical rotations with the men’s and women’s soccer teams at nearby Carnegie Mellon University.
Verbiar is a board-certified athletic trainer, licensed through the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. She is trained in the ASIST and QPR suicide prevention methods, a certified KAATSU blood flow restriction specialist, and is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, College Athletic Trainers Society and Women Leaders in College Sports.
Born and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Verbiar now resides on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.
Beyond the Bio
Favorite quote?
“'Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is a chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt
What do you love most about the University of Pittsburgh?
The people here and this incredible city make the University of Pittsburgh feel like home. My dad, sister and brother-in-law are also Pitt alums, so Pitt has been a part of my family for decades!
Hobbies outside of work?
I enjoy biking, hiking, happy hour trivia, hanging out with other people’s dogs, trying as many of Pittsburgh’s restaurants as I can, and attending festivals and sporting events in the city!
Prior to her arrival at Pitt, Verbiar spent three years at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, as an assistant athletic trainer working with the women’s softball and men’s football teams. During her time with the Chattanooga Mocs, the women’s softball team won the Southern Conference Championship in 2019. While at Chattanooga, Verbiar was the Sports Medicine mental health liaison and the staff director for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Additionally, Verbiar was an adjunct professor in University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Health and Human Performance.
Verbiar was as an athletic trainer at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell for two years from 2015-2017, working with the women’s softball and women’s soccer programs. She was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Mansfield University working with the men’s football, men’s and women’s basketball and women’s softball teams, while completing her master’s degree in the advanced clinical practice of athletic training from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.
A 2014 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training, Verbiar worked as an athletic training student with the Pitt men’s football, women’s softball, and men’s wrestling teams. She also completed clinical rotations with the men’s and women’s soccer teams at nearby Carnegie Mellon University.
Verbiar is a board-certified athletic trainer, licensed through the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. She is trained in the ASIST and QPR suicide prevention methods, a certified KAATSU blood flow restriction specialist, and is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, College Athletic Trainers Society and Women Leaders in College Sports.
Born and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Verbiar now resides on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.
Beyond the Bio
Favorite quote?
“'Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is a chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt
What do you love most about the University of Pittsburgh?
The people here and this incredible city make the University of Pittsburgh feel like home. My dad, sister and brother-in-law are also Pitt alums, so Pitt has been a part of my family for decades!
Hobbies outside of work?
I enjoy biking, hiking, happy hour trivia, hanging out with other people’s dogs, trying as many of Pittsburgh’s restaurants as I can, and attending festivals and sporting events in the city!
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