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Daren Nystrom, '02
Majors: Athletic Training and Physical Education

Career Path: Interned with the NFL's Miami Dolphins football team; earned a master's degree in kinesiology from Fresno State University in 2004. Currently an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Washington: assists with the care and prevention of athletic injuries to the Huskies football team; oversees the health care for the men's and women's swimming programs; manages the inventory/budget for the athletic training room.

Why Whitworth? Whitworth's athletic-training program appealed to me because of its reputation as being one of the top athletic-training-education programs in the West and because of its Christian-based mission.

Whitworth Activities: Warren Hall Health Coordinator; student athletic trainer; intramural sports; Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Quote: "I believe the key to excelling as an athletic trainer is to truly develop a servant's heart. Whitworth definitely helped me develop a heart for service and to take great pride in the profession. The Whitworth Athletic Training Program also provided the skill set I needed and instilled in me a passion for the job."

Influential Whitworth Experience: At Whitworth I was introduced to working with a diverse student-athlete population. A one-month study tour to Nishinomiya, Japan, in 2002, really helped prepare me to work with and relate to people from diverse cultures.

• Peter Clark,'08, is an athletic trainer for the Gonzaga University women's basketball team.

• Drew Park, '06, interned with the NFL's Green Bay Packers and is now an athletic trainer at a Los Angeles health club.

• Aubrey Prince, '07, is enrolled in the post-baccalaureate program in health professions at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Elaina Erickson, '03, is a physical therapist and athletic trainer at St. Luke's Rehabilitation, in Spokane.

• Tyler Assmus, '05, interned with the NBA's Portland Trailblazers basketball team and is now a personal trainer with The Club at Gig Harbor.

• Jordon Montgomery, '07, is enrolled in the pre-physical therapy program at Sacramento State University.

• Patti Stranger, '05, works as a clinical-instructor coordinator while pursuing a doctorate in higher-education leadership at Washington State University.

• Cynthia Wright, '05, is earning a doctorate at the University of Virginia.

• Gabe Merritt, '03, is co-owner of The Club at Gig Harbor, a private gym.

• Lisa Kenney, '04, is an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Puget Sound.

• Lindsay Davis, '07, is graduate assistant athletic trainer at Hastings College.

• Ame Powell, '06, is a personal trainer for PRO Sports Club, in Bellevue, Wash.

• Tucker Hopp, '07, is earning a master's degree in acupuncture at Bastyr University.