Lexi Weger

Lexi Weger is the Graduate Assistant Coach for the University of North Carolina Women's Basketball program. Prior to that, she played basketball at Princeton University from 2018-2023 where she won 4 Ivy League Regular Season Championships,  3 Ivy League Tournaments, and played in 3 NCAA Tournaments. She talks about growing up in Alexandria, VA, going to Episcopal High School where she boarded all 4 years, her outstanding high school career there, the recruiting process, and why she chose Princeton. Then, she discusses the transition to college basketball, the success of the Princeton program, Coach Courtney Banghart leaving after her freshman year, and current Coach Carla Berube taking over. Lexi describes the great 2020 team and what could have been had the NCAA Tournament happened, her decision to take a gap year, and what she did for that year.  She talks about several internships she's taken, her final two seasons at Princeton where they won a game as the lower seed in the NCAA Tournament both years, and  how she realized she wanted to get into coaching. Finally, Lexi shares how she ended up at UNC, what it's like being back with Courtney Banghart, and her duties as the Graduate Assistant.