Theresa Doherty begins her third year as an assistant athletic trainer at Northern Arizona University. She joined the NAU staff from the University of Florida. Doherty is the primary athletic trainer for the Lumberjack women's basketball team.

While at Florida, Doherty earned her master of science in applied physiology and kinesiology while working as the head athletic trainer at F.W. Buchholz High School for two seasons. She organized and delivered training coverage to the entire athletic department for the Class 6A high school, while traveling with the freshman, junior varsity and varsity football teams.

Prior to her graduate work, Doherty served as an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Maryland, working with the wrestling and men’s and women’s golf teams.

A native of Bowie, Md., she garnered her first athletic training experience as a student at her alma mater, West Chester (Pa.) University. She was also a two-year letterwinner in the sport of volleyball. She received her bachelor of science in athletic training in May of 2004, while serving as a member of Phi Epsilon Kappa, the honors fraternity for health sciences.

In her spare time, she has volunteered with the New York City Marathon, the Pennsylvania Special Olympics and the Five Points of Life Marathon (2007, 2008) in Gainesville.

She is a member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and licensed in athletic training in the state of Arizona.  She also is a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) and Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.