Katherine Kubancik

Biography

Katherine Kubancik is the Assistant Director of the Scripps Leadership and Career Development program. She joined the team in August 2019 as the program coordinator after acting as the Senior Student-Athlete Development Assistant with the University of Washington athletic department in 2018-19. In her current role, Kubancik works with the women's soccer, tennis, and volleyball teams as well as the men's & women's cross country and track & field, and golf teams. She focuses on student-athlete career readiness and leadership development initiatives. Kubancik completed her undergraduate degree in business marketing at the University of Idaho, where she competed for the Vandals on their swim team. After graduating, she went on to coach for the Seattle University men's and women's swim team for six seasons. Top accomplishments include coaching at the 2012 and 2016 US Olympic Trials and the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's National Championship Meet, and nationally ranked team GPAs among all Division I swim teams. Kubancik went on to earn her Master of Education at the University of Washington's Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership program. She received an Outstanding Merit award for her degree culminating project, focusing on how CU can holistically aid student-athletes in defining and utilizing transferable skills after graduation and in life. While in graduate school, she worked as a Herbst Academic Center Academic Mentor and Leadership Development Program Intern for the Buffs. A Bou