Jessica Emfinger joined the University of Cincinnati staff in July 2023 as Assistant Athletic Trainer, working primarily with women's basketball and women's golf. Her responsibilities include the prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illnesses.
Prior to UC, Emfinger worked at Baylor University as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the football and men's golf programs.
A native of Salt Lake City, Emfinger graduated from the University of Utah in 2021 with her bachelor’s degree in athletic training, and received her master's in sport pedagogy from Baylor in 2023. She was an athletic training student at Utah where she worked with the football team, Utah club sports and local high schools. She also held a summer internship with the Minnesota Vikings in 2020.