Serving as Director of Sports Medicine at Augsburg since 1998, Missy Strauch (North Dakota State '89) has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the most respected sports medicine professionals in the MIAC and in all of NCAA Division III athletics. Strauch is Augsburg's Athletics Heath Care Administrator and is the primary certified athletic trainer for the Augsburg football and men's hockey teams, in addition to supervising the sports medicine program for all 22 Augsburg varsity athletic teams.
In 2016, Strauch received the Fred Zamberletti Award from the Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Federation at the ninth annual Minnesota Football Awards, honoring her outstanding service to the Augsburg athletic community. Before earning the Fred Zamberletti Award, Strauch received a 25-year award from the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) in 2014, and was awarded the Outstanding Staff Award by Augsburg in 2015. In addition, she has served as the president of the Minnesota Athletic Trainers Association.
Outside of Augsburg, Strauch works with the NFL and the Big Ten in the independent concussion spotter programs. She has provided athletic training services for the Special Olympics, the 1992 cycling Olympic Trials and the Paralympic games in Atlanta in 1996.
Strauch earned her bachelor's degree in athletic training from North Dakota State and her master's degree in human performance from Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1994.
Prior to coming to Augsburg, Strauch served as an athletic trainer at Orono HS (Long Lake, Minn., 1989-92), Augustana College (Ill., 1994-97) and at the University of Minnesota (1997-98). Strauch is actively involved with the MIAC and the College Athletic Trainers' Society.
A native of Perham, Minn., Strauch lives in Robbinsdale, Minn., with her dog Lyla.
