Autumn Hultberg joined the Youngstown State Sports Performance team on a full-time basis in July 2024. She had previously served as a graduate assistant in the office for the 2023-24 academic year.
In her current role as Assistant Sports Performance Coach at YSU, Hultberg works directly with the women’s basketball, women’s golf and diving teams.
As a graduate assistant, Hultberg was directly in charge of all program design and implementation for the soccer, lacrosse, men’s and women’s swimming, and men’s and women’s cross country programs. She traveled with the lacrosse team to help the Penguins maintain performance standards on the road.
Before coming to Youngstown State, Hultberg was a strength and conditioning intern during the 2023 spring semester at the University of Pittsburgh. She led the Panthers’ women’s basketball team’s offseason training program, and she also worked with Pitt’s volleyball, softball, lacrosse, track and field and cheer/dance teams.
Hultberg is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She also holds certifications for Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED by the American Red Cross and Adult Mental Health First Aid USA by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
Hultberg was a women’s basketball student-athlete at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania before transferring to Slippery Rock to finish her undergraduate experience. She earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science from SRU in May 2023, and she is on track to finish her master’s of health and human services from YSU in August.
