Adrienne Wilson is in her first year at Tennessee Tech, joining the Sports Medicine staff in October 2009 after earning her master's degree at the University of New Mexico.

A native of San Diego, Calif., Wilson received her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Dakota, and brings a wide range of experiences to the Tech staff, ranging from high school and college athletics to professional soccer and international competition at the ESPN Winter X Games.

As an undergraduate, Wilson was an athletic training student at North Dakota, where she received her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Athletic Training. She also held an internship with the Grand Forks, N.D., high schools for several sports including wrestling, ice hockey, basketball and soccer.

She took a graduate assistant position at the University of New Mexico, earning her master’s degree in Sports Administration. She was the primary athletic trainer for the softball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis teams while at UNM.

In 2008, she gained additional experience with two temporary positions. She was on the medical staff at the ESPN Winter X Games in 2008, providing services for an international field of extreme sport athletes, and later served an administrative internship with the Chicago Red Stars women’s professional soccer team.