Bridget Burger

Biography

Bridget Burger is in her fifth year at the University of Delaware as an athletics academic counselor in 2017-18. She is responsible for providing academic guidance, educational, developmental and career counseling and eligibility certification for student-athletes. A former standout college athlete at Alvernia (Pa.) University, Burger joined the University of Delaware staff as an intern with Student Services for Athletes in 2013-14 and was promoted to a full-time position the following year. A native of Lansdale, Pa., she is a 2010 magna cum laude graduate of Alvernia (Reading, Pa.) with a degree in sport management and went on to earn her master's degree in kinesiology and sports studies from East Tennessee State in 2013. While at Alvernia, Burger was a four-year letterwinner for the cross country team, earned all-conference honors in 2006, was a member of the conference all-academic team, and earned a sport on the All-Sportsmanship team. She earned Alvernia's Sportsmanship Award in 2008, was the first-ever recipient of the Alvernia Athletic Director's Award in 2010, and earned the Alvernia Senior Scholar Athlete Award in 2010. In addition to her athletic pursuits, she was a Business Honor Society and National Scholastic Honor Society student, served as a peer mentor, was a SAAC representative, and served as president of the Alvernia Intramural Athletic Board. Following graduation she worked for one year as an intern in the Athletic Director's Office at Villanova University