Jennifer Nyland is in her 17th year as part of Gonzaga University’s sports medicine staff, but she is in her 12th season as the lead athletic trainer for the men’s basketball team.
Nyland joined Gonzaga from the Community Colleges of Spokane in August 1999. A 1998 graduate of Washington State University, she is the primary athletic trainer for Gonzaga’s men’s basketball and women’s tennis teams and has also been responsible for women’s volleyball and rowing. She also assists with the oversees Gonzaga’s staff of five full-time 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 an undergraduate 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, supervising the CCS fitness center and providing instruction on the appropriate use of equipment.
She is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Washington State Trainers Association. Nyland is also certified in Adult CPR and Standard First Aid by the American Red Cross.
