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Dr. Jessica Leger, the Deputy Director of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ and Senior Woman Administrator for the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ Ragin’ Cajuns, has been a member of the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ’s Department of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ staff since Summer 2007, when she became the Assistant Director of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ for Compliance.

In 2012, Leger added oversight of the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ-Athlete Academic Center and was promoted to Senior Woman Administrator (SWA). Her role grew with the Ragin’ Cajuns in July 2016, as she ascended to the position of Deputy Director of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ.

Additionally, Leger was named Interim Director of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ in November 2016 to assist in the department’s transition in leadership. During that time, she has developed strong relationships with a variety of external groups that impact the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ campus, including: the Sun Belt Conference, the NCAA and other national organizations. 

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team for the Ragin’ Cajuns, Leger oversees the department of Compliance, ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ-Athlete Academic Services, the Geaux Cajuns ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ-Athlete Success program, the Athletic Performance department, and the Sports Medicine department. She also serves as the sport program administrator for the softball program, and is the Title IX Coordinator for ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ.

Leger joined the Department of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ staff after spending three years in the teaching profession. A former member of the Ragin' Cajuns softball team, she earned a Bachelor’s of Science in marketing from the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ at Lafayette in 2003. She later earned her Master’s of Education in education administration with a supervision concentration from the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ in May 2006. She received her Ph.D. in higher education administration in 2010 from ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ State ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ.

As a ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ, she was an active member of the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ’s academic community and ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ body, serving as the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ Government Association President and Homecoming Queen in 2002. Leger was also the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ at Lafayette's Outstanding Graduate in the Spring 2003.

Leger and her husband, Lance, reside in Lafayette with their daughter, Estelle, and son, Landon.

ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ State ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ

• Ph.D., Educational Leadership – Higher Education Concentration (2010)

ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ at Lafayette

• M.Ed., Education Administration and Supervision (2006)
• Teacher Certification Requirements (2005)
• Non-Master’s Alternate Teacher Certification Program (2005)
• Bachelor of Science, Marketing (2003)

Dr. Leger's research interests are in ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ-athlete success

• Selected as Sun Belt Conference SWA Committee Chair 2014-2017, 2022-2025
• Serve as Sun Belt Conference SWA Liaison to Men’s Golf Head Coaches’ Committee 2021-Present
• Selected as member for the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ’s Strategic Planning Committee 2021 - Present
• Selected by Sun Belt Conference and NCAA to serve on NCAA Division I Softball 2022-2025
• Committee 
• Served as dissertation committee member for Ph.D. ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ, ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of New Orleans 2019-2022
• Served as Institution’s NCAA Voting Delegate during monumental vote 2018
• Appointed as member to UL Lafayette Council for the Accreditation of Educator 2016-Present
• Preparation Advisory Committee
• Selected by Sun Belt Conference and NCAA to serve on NCAA Awards, Benefits, 2013-2014 
• Expenses, and Financial Aid Committee 
• Honors:
• ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ System Management and Leadership Institute Participant 2019-2020
• Advised ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ-Athlete Advisory Committee; won 1st place award for community 2020-21, 2021-22
• service participation in the Sun Belt Conference
• Selected to attend LEAD1 Executive Training Institute 2017
• Selected to attend NACDA Senior Administrators Mentoring Institute 2016, 2022
• ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ-athlete on the Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Team 2000-2001