Christina Shields will begin her second year on the University of Delaware Athletic Training staff as a graduate assistant for the 2011-12 athletic season.
A native of Millersville, Md., Shields, has primary responsibilities with the Blue Hen women's soccer and women's lacrosse squads, earned her degree with honors in kinesiology with a concentration in athletic training from Penn State University in May, 2010.
She served as a student athletic trainer at Penn State for two years, working primarily with the Nittany Lion baseball, fencing, and swimming and diving squads. She served in the same capacity at Lewistown (Pa.) High School in 2009. She also served as a research assistant in the Penn State Athletic Training Laboratory two seasons and was a human anatomy teaching assistant at the Kinds 202 Lab.
In addition, she also served internships with the Baltimore Blast and Baltimore Blackbirds professional soccer teams, at Penn State University sports camps, at Howard County Community College Summer Camps, and at The Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Millersville, Md.
She is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, the Maryland Athletic Trainers Society, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. While at Penn State, she was a member of the Athletic Training Club and participated as a member of the Women's Lacrosse Club and Sailing Club.
Updated 8/15/11
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