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JENNIFER NYLAND is in her 10th year as part of Gonzaga University's sports medicine staff, but she is in her fifth season as the lead trainer for the men's basketball team. Gonzaga head trainer Steve DeLong relinquished the role after 25 years to devote more time to other aspects of the Bulldogs sports medicine operation. Nyland joined the Bulldogs from the Community Colleges of Spokane in August, 1999. The 1998 graduate of Washington State University has been the primary trainer for Gonzaga's women's volleyball and rowing teams, as well as assisting with the overall operation of Gonzaga's staff of four fulltime sports medicine specialists. At CCS she provided treatment and medical coverage for the men's and women's soccer teams; men's basketball; men's and women's track and field, and the Sasquatch men's and women's tennis teams. She also supervised and assisted in the clinical education of student athletic trainers. While a student at WSU, Nyland was a student athletic trainer with primary sport responsibilities including men's basketball; men's and women's track and field, and spring football. She also accompanied the WSU sports medicine team to the 1998 Rose Bowl. During her three years as a student trainer she also assisted with a variety of other sports. Her background included weight training, where she served as an instructor as CCS, and fast fitness, superfvising the CCS fitness center and providing instruction on the appropriate use of equipment. She is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Wasington State Trainers Association. Nyland is also certified in Adult CPR and Standard First Aid by the American Red Cross. |
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