Emily Roberts joined the Muskingum athletic training staff as an assistant athletic trainer in the spring of 2022.

Roberts is a licensed (Ohio) and certified athletic trainer. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in athletic training and minoring in music, from Muskingum University in 2020. While at Muskingum, Emily was a 3-year member of the women’s soccer team and a 4-year member of the wind ensemble. Her clinical rotations included working with Muskingum Athletics, West Muskingum High School, and Zanesville High School. Roberts earned her Master of Education through the School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies, specializing in kinesiology from Bowling Green State University in 2022. While at BGSU, Roberts served as a teaching assistant for MAT courses, served on the Exercise is Medicine On Campus (EIM-OC) Committee, and helped with BodPod testing; she additionally worked as a PRN athletic trainer for Mercy Health in the Toledo area, providing care in K-12 and community sports settings.

Roberts' past and personal experiences have inspired her interest in promoting the health and well-being of student-athletes and working with special populations. She presented her master’s project, a Critically Appraised Topic focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in athletes, at the 2022 Ohio Athletic Trainers’ Association (OATA) Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium. Roberts is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Athletic Training (DAT) degree from Ohio University, where she will be working on a project focused on abdominal injuries and GI conditions in athletes.