“I am thrilled to announce the promotions of MacKenzie and Marc,” stated Gretchen Fox, EMU Senior Associate Athletics Director for Health and Well-Being. “They each bring a wealth of sports medicine knowledge and experience, and have made an immediate impact on our department and have elevated the level of healthcare to our student-athletes. I can’t think of two more deserving people for these promotions.”
Meyer joined Eastern Michigan in July 2025 as an Associate Athletic Trainer and works because the athletic coach for the gymnastics program. A local of East Lansing, Mich., Meyer graduated from The Pennington School in Pennington, N.J., in 2013 earlier than attending Michigan State University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Michigan State in 2017 and accomplished a Master of Science in Athletic Training with a specialization in sports activities medication at Indiana University in 2019.
Meyer started her profession as a scholar intern at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in the course of the summer time of 2016. From 2017 to 2019, she served as a graduate assistant athletic coach at Indiana University, working with the ladies’s tennis and cheerleading applications. During her time with the cheerleading workforce, Indiana captured the UCA National Championship in 2019.
Following graduate faculty, Meyer labored as an assistant athletic coach on the University of the Cumberlands from 2019 to 2021. She supplied look after males’s lacrosse, swimming and diving, and bowling. Meyer additionally served as an adjunct professor, instructing programs in anatomy and physiology and first support. She later joined Ball State University from 2021 to 2022, working with the softball and subject hockey applications, earlier than spending three seasons on the University of Detroit Mercy from 2022 to 2025 because the assistant athletic coach for males’s soccer.
Malek joined Eastern Michigan in November 2024 and earned promotion from assistant athletic coach to Associate Athletic Trainer. He serves because the athletic coach for the Eagles’ rowing program.
Prior to arriving in Ypsilanti, Malek gained expertise throughout collegiate {and professional} sports activities settings. He served as head athletic coach at Madonna University and likewise labored with Michigan Stars FC.