Hannah Ledger joined the Longwood athletics department in October 2016 and was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Academics and Student Services in the summer of 2022 before assuming her current title of Senior Associate Athletics Director for Mental Health and Wellness in May, 2023.
In her current role, she offers counseling and mental health support to student-athletes on an individual basis as well as in group settings.
Ledger will provide mental health workshops and help educate student-athletes, coaches and staff about relevant mental health issues.
Prior to transitioning to her current position in mental health and wellness, she worked in academic services and oversaw the compliance department. While there, she helped the program post record GPA’s year after year, culminating with a 3.40 spring GPA and 3.37 overall GPA for 2022-23 that were the best in recorded history for the department at the time.
In January of 2021, she was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director/Academic Services in January, 2021 after serving as Director of Student-Athlete Enhancement. At the time, she was responsible for overseeing academics for all student athletes, including tutoring, study tables and one-on-one meetings.
Ledger previously served Longwood University as an Education Support Specialist II from 2011 until 2014 and Director of Degree Audit until October 2016, when she transitioned into the athletic department.
She also oversaw the ‘Lancer Legacy’ program, which welcomes freshman student-athletes to Longwood and teaches them how to be successful. She managed the new life skills programming that teaches student-athletes how to be successful in areas off the field, and in their future beyond Longwood.
In addition to serving with ‘Lancer Legacy,’ life skills and academics for student-athletes, Ledger served as an advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.), an organization made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience and to offer input on the rules, regulations, and policies that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.
Ledger also has experience with NCAA Compliance, Centra Southside Farmville Medical Center, Pasquotank County Social Services, CitiFinancial and Northeastern Family Medicine. She graduated from Longwood University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in history and received her Master of Science in community & college counseling in 2014 from Longwood. She has training from the Longwood Online Technology Institute, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Longwood’s Teaching and Learning Institute, Embracing Change and Supervisory Management Seminar
