Sonja L. Herman, MS, ATC, LAT, NCMT

Head Athletic Trainer / Instructor

Hometown: Conde, SD
Bachelors' Degree: Athletic Training, North Dakota State University, 2005
Masters' Degree: Kinesiology and Health, University of Wyoming, 2007
Massage Therapy Certificate: Southeastern School of Neuromuscular Massage Therapy, Greenville SC, 2003

Sonja Herman is in her first year as the Head Athletic Trainer at Neosho County Community College. She came to NCCC in January 2008 after serving as an intern athletic trainer for New Century Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Pittsburg, Kansas for six months. While with New Century, she served as the athletic trainer for Pittsburg High School Athletics and Pittsburg State University Men's and Women's Basketball.

Prior to moving to Southeastern Kansas, Sonja attended graduate school at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY. She received her Masters Degree in Kinesiology and Health in May 2007. While attending the UW, she worked as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer primarily with the wrestling, women's soccer, and football teams. She also served as the UW Athletics Team Massage Therapist. Sonja completed her Bachelors Degree in Athletic Training in May 2005 from North Dakota State University, passed the Board of Certification Exam, and became a certified athletic trainer (ATC) in June 2005. In the midst of completing her bachelors degree, Sonja moved to Greenville, South Carolina for a year where she completed a certificate program in Massage Therapy.

Sonja is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA), the Mid-America Athletic Trainers' Association (MAATA), the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

Sonja submitted her thesis work as a manuscript to the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and is waiting on publication within the year.

Sonja resides in Parsons, Kansas.