University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Success (Sport Supervisor: M/W Cross Country, Sports Performance, Sports Medicine)
- Email:
- Phone:
- 251-6919
Rebecca Nelms is in her 19th  year with UNC Asheville Athletics. As the Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Success her primary focus is in areas that affect Student-Athlete welfare. She supervises service areas within the Athletics Department that directly impact the students, such as Academic Enhancement, Lifeskills, Sports Medicine, Nutrition, and Strength & Conditioning.
Rebecca is a native of Asheville who earned her B.A. degree from UNC Chapel Hill, a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Duke University and a Master's degree in Education from Western Carolina.Â
She has a history of connections to the University including her first summer job (a lifeguard), an alumna daughter (Elizabeth, soccer player and Biology Major Class of 2013) and her mother (retired Accounting Professor Linda Nelms, also a UNC Asheville alumna (Literature Class of 1969).
