ROCHESTER, Mich. - Michelle Quinn was named an Oakland University Assistant Athletic Trainer, announced Assistant AD for Athletics Performance Chris Meny on Tuesday. Quinn spent the last year at Princeton as an athletic trainer.

"We are excited to have Michelle join us, she was highly recommended by her colleagues," said Meny. "She has made the most of her opportunities and has a wide variety of very high level experience. She has already made a positive impact by coordinating the first Horizon League Sports Medicine meeting, here at Oakland University."

A native of St. Cloud, Fla., Quinn served as an athletic trainer at Princeton where she worked with men's rugby, men's heavyweight and women's open crew teams. She assisted with practice and game coverage for football, men's hockey, men's and women's volleyball, and women's rugby. Quinn evaluated injuries, created treatment and rehabilitation programs, designed injury prevention plans and assisted with administrative duties for the sports medicine office.

She also served as a Post-Graduate Athletic Trainer Intern at the University of Michigan in 2012-13 where she worked with water polo, men's swimming and diving and women's swimming and diving teams. She also assisted with field hockey, volleyball, softball and tennis.

Quinn earned her master's degree from Wisconsin in education leadership and policy analysis in higher education. She also worked with the Badgers as a graduate assistant in the athletic training room, handling men's and women's swimming and diving teams, while also assisting with football and women's basketball for UW.

Quinn attended Florida State and received a bachelor's degree in athletic training. She worked three years in the FSU athletic training department, assisting with several different sports over her time.

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