Maria Fernanda Rodriguez joined UTRGV on July 1, 2024 after spending her spring semester with UTRGV Sports Medicine through an immersion experience where she worked with men’s and women’s tennis and assisted with other sports.
Prior to UTRGV, Rodriguez spent 18 months as a student athletic trainer at Abilene Christian in where she covered football, track and field, volleyball, and assisted with other sports. Rodriguez provided a wide range of physical assessment, therapeutic intervention, rehabilitation, performed pre-participation assessments, and collaborated with an orthopedic surgeon, physician, coaches, and parents to create a cohesive training or injury management plan.
Rodriguez earned her Master of Athletic Training from Abilene Christian in May and her Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology with Athletic Training Emphasis from St. Edward’s in May 2020. She is a Certified Athletic Trainer and a Texas licensed athletic trainer.
