Janelle Labiaga is a Registered Dietitian (RD) who joined Cal Athletics as the Assistant Director of Performance Nutrition in December of 2020 after serving for the last two years as a Sports Dietitian at Virginia Tech. She works closely with student athletes to empower them with nutrition knowledge that helps fuel their performance and academic success, while promoting a body positive culture.
Education: Labiaga holds a BS in Nutrition and a minor in Food Science from California State University, Long Beach in 2017, where she also held a role at UCLA and discovered a passion for sports nutrition. She completed a dietetic internship at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN in 2018. Labiaga received a Masters of Science in Applied Nutrition and Physical Activity at Virginia Tech in 2020 while serving as the sports dietitian for the Women's Soccer, Men's Wrestling, Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving, Cheer, and Dance teams.
