Personal Life
On July 23, 2011, Roethlisberger married Ashley Harlan, a physician assistant from New Castle, Pennsylvania.
Roethlisberger is a spokesman for Swiss Roots, a campaign intended to help Americans of Swiss origin reconnect with their Swiss ancestral heritage. In May 2006, Roethlisberger and his family traveled to Switzerland for a week.
He has his own line of barbecue sauce, Big Ben's BBQ.
His younger sister, Carlee Roethlisberger, played women's basketball for the University of Oklahoma.
In 2012, Roethlisberger returned to Miami University to complete his college degree, graduating with a Bachelors of Science in Education on May 6th, 2012. Roethlisberger walked with the other graduates at the commencement ceremony, with his parents, grandmother, and wife Ashley in attendance. He had planned on finishing his degree sooner, but the Steelers having deep playoff runs earlier in his career prevented him from registering for classes in time for the winter term, only being able to do it after the Steelers were eliminated in the Wild Card round against the Denver Broncos the previous season. Roethlisberger became the second member of the Steelers in less than a year to return to college and complete his degree, with teammate Troy Polamalu doing the same thing the previous offseason during the 2011 NFL lockout.
On June 9th, 2012, Roethlisberger announced through his official Facebook page that he and Ashley are expecting their first child, a son, later in 2012.
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