Jamie Meeks, the club's Director of Sports Nutrition since 2015, is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). She graduated from Louisiana State University in 2009 with a Bachelor's Degree in Nutritional Science (Dietetics). After graduation, she moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, to complete her Dietetic Internship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. After completing her internship and receiving her dietetics license, Jamie returned to LSU and earned her Master's in 2011 in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Physiology.
Meeks was a three-time team captain LSU Cheerleader, who cheered for some of their most successful sports teams, including the 2007 National Championship Football team, the 2006 SEC Champion/Final Four Men's Basketball squad, and the 2007 Final Four Women's Basketball team. Meeks also competed for LSU as a member of LSU Cheerleading's nationals team, which faced off against the elite collegiate cheerleading teams in the nation every year at UCA College Nationals in Orlando, Florida.
After completing her education, Meeks became Director of Sports Nutrition for LSU Athletics and was the first full-time dietitian on staff in the program's history, she developed the sports nutrition program, which functions to attend to the athletes' dietary needs and educate them on proper nutrition and fueling strategies for optimal performance. She played a key role in establishing the Athletic Fueling Stations and the initial planning for a multi-million dollar athletic dining facility at LSU. Aside from building the program, Meeks also created the Undergraduate Sports Nutrition Internship, which gave LSU's dietetic undergraduates an opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in the field for the first time.
With the Saints, Meeks helps the players maintain their nutrition and implement optimal strategies for fueling, hydrating, and supplementing their diets so that they're achieving peak performance both in their training and on the field. She also provides medical nutritional therapy and works closely with the athletic trainers, strength coaches, and team doctors in counseling the team and individual players.
Meeks is the Director of Finance & Administration for the Professional Football Dietician Society and a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Louisiana Dietetic Association, Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association, and the Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition dietetic practice group.
