William & Mary Athletics

Jay Joya joined the Tribe Athletics staff as an Assistant Athletic Trainer in August 2024. She came to Williamsburg by way of Western Carolina University, where she worked most recently with women’s basketball and cheerleading.

Joya earned her Bachelor of Science in health and exercise science from Bridgewater College in May 2022, and a Master of Science in Athletic Training in April 2023. She is also a member of Minority Women in Sports Medicine and is a certified mental health first aider.

While at Bridgewater in 2021 and 2022, she had clinical rotations with their football, women’s lacrosse, and indoor/outdoor track and field programs. In the fall of 2022, she worked with East Rockingham High School football, basketball, volleyball, coed-cheerleading and wrestling teams. In her last clinical rotation she spent the spring of 2023 back in her hometown of Harrisonburg, Va., with James Madison University's men’s basketball team.