While as a student athletic trainer at San Diego State University I had the opportunity to work with elite athletes with the football team for spring football and into the season. This exposure prepared me greatly as a student athletic trainer with heat related illnesses, concussion protocols, and high impact injuries. After football, my senior year I was assigned to work with the baseball team led by Aztec and Padres great Tony Gwynn. This team also held the first overall pick in the 2009 MLB draft, Stephen Strasburg. This exposure led to being selected to an internship with the Portland Trail Blazers in July of 2009.