PENN STATE SPORTS PERFORMANCE

300-HOUR FIELD EXPERIENCE

During my undergraduate program, I had the opportunity to complete a 300-hour field experience with the Penn State Athletics department working with Kayla Martin, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN and Farrell Frankel, MS, RD focusing on sports nutrition. During this field experience I was exposed to the many aspects of collegiate nutrition such as counseling, body composition testing, education, and menu planning. I was able to practice my presentation skills by educating youth hockey players at the Penn State Hockey camp and interact with professionals in the department. I was also given the opportunity to interact with the student athletes at the Sports Performance Smoothie Bar and create post workout shakes for the football team based on their strength goals. I have created various types of handouts for the department to use as well. I enjoyed my time and experience working with my fellow interns and preceptors to achieve our goals and learn along the way. Click through the handouts below to explore some of the work I did.