Staff

NCAA Sports Medicine Staff

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Staff

Melissa Stewart

MA, RD, CSSD, CD

Assistant Sports Dietitian

Start Date: 02/26/2024

Biography

Job Responsibilities:  

  • Guide and educate athletes on how they can use nutrition to perform at their highest level on and off the field
  • Sports I work with: Field Hockey, Men’s Soccer, Baseball, and Softball
  • Collaborative with an interdisciplinary team to provide quality care to atheltes
  • Manage department’s social media 

Undergraduate Degree:
B.S. Dietetics, Nutrition, and Food Science, University of Vermont, May 2020 

Graduate Degree:
M.A. Leadership Studies, Northern Vermont University, December 2022 

Past experience working in college athletics:

Nutrition fellow with a Kansas City Royals Minor League team (Columbia Fireflies), March 2023-September 2023. 

Responsibilities include:  

  • Coached players on their meal and snack choices 
  • Coordinated and planned meals with clubhouse managers, chefs, caterers, and restaurants 
  • Conduced individual and group nutrition strategies for players based on goals and/or needs 
  • Effectively collaborated with the performance nutrition team, medical staff, and strength and conditioning 

Registered dietitian at the EDGE Sports and Fitness December 2021-February 2024. 

Responsibilities include: 

  • Provide individual nutrition counseling and education to clients with varying health and performance needs  

Bio:
I am from Essex Junction, Vermont and currently reside in Lynchburg.  

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