Melissa

MS, LAT, ATC | CUW ‘16 | ISU ‘19 | she/her

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

Every AT department deserves a media day. Thank you @KTG_012 and @iwusports for giving our staff a fun morning!

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

What about anxious people working in sports and the 23 people know you very well and rely on you to keep them healthy so they can win? 😅

[delaney @delaneyhwill]

sports are actually great for anxious people like why be worried about my job when i can be worried about 23 men who do not know i exist

[Jason Kelce @JasonKelce]

The guy squirting water into Zach Ertz’s mouth is Joe O’Pella. He’s an athletic trainer that’s been with the team for over 15 years at this point.

NFL teams don’t really have water boys, athletic trainers are usually the ones responsible for having water on the practice field and during games, but this post is absolutely hilarious.

A guy who rehabbed my ACL tear in my second year, has a masters degree from Pitt, and has years of experience keeping Eagles players healthy and on the field being called a “Waterboy” is crazy, and I’m already giving him shit for it, but good lord this post is so wildly misleading.

Either way, thought I’d clear the air, that the people with Water Bottles during games actually serve much bigger roles on NFL Teams.

[Academic All-America®, selected by CSC @AcadAllAmerica]

Jen Kuhn is a standout for @iwusports on the diamond and a leader on campus at @IL_Wesleyan.

Now, she's @CollSportsComm's Academic All-America Team Member of the Year from across all of @NCAADIII softball 🚨🚨🚨

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

If you’re in ath comm and you want to be a rockstar, go join Katie and her crew!

[Katie Gonzales @KTG_012]

🚨 WE’RE HIRING 🚨

Looking for the next person to join our team as an Assistant Director of Athletic Communications!

Apply ⤵️
https://t.co/KgZFEVORHN

[MLB @MLB]

Major League Baseball today announced a strategic investment in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), marking a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive partnership with a women’s professional sports league.

The new pro softball league launches its inaugural season with Opening Day on Saturday, June 7th with games in Rosemont, IL and Wichita, KS.

[NCAA Division III @NCAADIII]

NATIONAL CHAMPION🏆

Imani Ogunribido of @iwusports wins the women's triple jump with a best leap of 12.96 in the final round!

#WhyD3 | #D3tf

[IWU Softball @IWUSoftball]

We’re heading to the Supers ❕❕

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

A rogue dust storm was a fun new reason that I had to tell a whole stadium of people we couldn’t play softball. 🤙🏼

[National Fastpitch Coaches Association @NFCAorg]

🥎 @IWUSoftball sweeps final DIII @wilsonballglove Pitcher & @sluggerFP Player of the Week honors of the 2025 season.

🔗 https://t.co/8iOzva64PV

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

@KTG_012 Love you KG ❤️❤️

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

The state of athletic training hiring right now is just competing with your friends in the Facebook groups trying to attract applicants to your open positions. We have great vibes and I bring baked goods all the time please come work for me 🙏🏼

[Illinois Wesleyan Sports Medicine @IWUSportsMed]

Happy All In Day! Help support the IWU student athletes by supporting our sports medicine program! Follow along here and on instagram: @iwusportmedicine
for more content all day!

https://t.co/xJjTsPUtns
(Click athletics and then athletic training to donate)

[Illinois Wesleyan Athletics @iwusports]

Gallisath & Mahoney Named to CSC 30 Under 30 Class #TGOE

https://t.co/fXmfrt2dd7

[Illinois Wesleyan Athletics @iwusports]

Norm Eash Announces Retirement After 38 Years Leading IWU

#TGOE | @IWUTitanFball | #d3fb

https://t.co/8PUsD7JEm7

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

I love our little game day tradition of texting my co-football AT from the other bus “did we pack tape?” And then her saying “yeah for sure except now that you ask I’m panicking” and then sprinting off the bus to grab an extra box.

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

We got ourselves a football camp miracle. Morning treatments was a blur but by the end they have all of the hot pack wraps hanging up. I’m so proud 😭

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

@atc_hogan I require my students to ask a question of the day about anything AT (content, experience, job searching, etc). They can have it prepped, they can come up with it when they have one. It’s always a good opportunity to have a lengthy conversation especially when there’s downtime.

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

@BaderEvan We bought square restaurant kitchen containers to stock and give it more structure otherwise when it’s upright and rolling it’s a disaster. Just make sure to get the height that fits your size kit but two fit perfectly to hold all of our tape.

[Melissa @Perkins_ATC]

@quillons A trifle! Angel food cake with the whites and a custard with the yolks. Some fresh fruits and a quick whipped cream. Perfect summer dessert.

Or 72 deviled eggs.