Kendall Machak enters her first year at Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2021-22.
Before coming to the banks of the Hackensack, Machak served as a full-time graduate assistant athletic trainer for Nichols College, serving as the head athletic trainer for the women's soccer, women's ice hockey, men's volleyball, softball and women's lacrosse teams, while covering and assisting in the treatment for several other of the college's varsity programs. Machak has expertise in rehabbing athletes following several major injuries, and has also created and performed weekly ACL preventative exercises specifically for soccer.
In fall 2019, Machak served as the Senior Athletic Training Student at Drew University, where she assisted in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple ACL tears, and also the recognition and management of a Pneumothorax until emergency personnel arrived. While still an undergrad, Machak also served as an Athletic Training Student at Kean University for two years for men's and women's lacrosse, where she covered all practices and competitions and diagnosed and treated injuries of several sorts.
Machak also served as a Summer Athletic Training Intern for the New York Jets in the 2018 training camp where she conducted and managed rehab treatments and programs.
Machak graduated from Kean University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training, and a minor in Health Education. In 2021, Machak graduated from Nichols College with a Masters of Business Administration.