Season 3: Penny Semaia

Join Shawn and this week’s guest, his former Pitt teammate and the current Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Life, Penny Semaia! The two discuss their time at Pitt, including how Semaia was able to maximize his college experience, doing everything from volunteering to joining student organizations and even being named Homecoming King. They also discuss his transition to life after sports, a time that gave him “the rude awakening he needed,” as he held seven jobs to make ends meet before being offered a job at Pitt. Now 15 years into the job he loves, Semaia gives an inside perspective on the relationships he builds with student-athletes and explains the growing connection between Pitt Life Skills and Orange Arrow.