
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.