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Maria Rello, MS, LAT, ATC
Maria joined the sports medicine staff at Amherst College in 1988 as an assistant athletic trainer and now serves as the director of the sports medicine program. She received a bachelor of science degree in 1989 and a master of science degree in 1994 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Her primary sport responsibilities are field hockey, swimming and diving, club sports, men and women's rugby, men and women's crew, men and women's tennis and students not associated with a sport. When not at work, Maria enjoys spending time with her family including her wife, Allison, and their children, Denison, Zachary and Matteo.
Contact Maria at mnrello@amherst.edu or 413-542-8467. |
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Mark Klingensmith, LAT, ATC
Mark joined the sports medicine staff at Amherst College in 1991 and was hired full-time as an associate athletic trainer in 1995. He received a B.S. in physical education with a concentration in athletic training from Westfield State College in 1991. He has worked as a self-employed personal trainer since 1994.
His primary sport responsibilities are football, men's lacrosse and men and women's squash and he assists with track & field.
Contact Mark at mtklingensmi@amherst.edu or 413-542-8472.
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Kathy Jekanowski, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS
Kathy joined the Amherst College sports medicine staff in the fall of 2005. She received her B.S. in movement science with a concentration in athletic training from Westfield State College in 1996 and was a member of the women's basketball team. She earned her M.Ed. in applied exercise science with a concentration in strength and conditioning from Springfield College in 2002.
Her primary sport responsibilities are men and women's cross country, women's ice hockey and men and women's winter and spring distance and mid distance runners.
Contact Kathy at kjekanowski@amherst.edu or 413-542-5284.
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Joe Ouimet,
Evan joined the sports medicine staff at Amherst College in the fall of 2026. He received his B.S. in science and kinesiology and M.S. in athletic training in 2023 from Castletown University.
His primary sport responsibilities are volleyball, men's ice hockey, and women's lacrosse.
Contact Joe at jouimet@amherst.edu.
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Kevin Konstant, MS, LAT, ATC
Kevin Konstant joined the Amherst College sports medicine staff in September of 2023.
Prior to arriving at Amherst, Konstant was an assistant athletic trainer at American International College, where he also acted as the assistant athletic director for sports medicine from November 2022 through August 2023.. At AIC, Konstant primarily worked with women's soccer, women's volleyball, women's basketball, men's and women's rugby, and baseball and assisted with football.
His primary sport responsibilities are women's soccer, men and women's swim and dive and baseball.
Contact Kevin at kkonstant@amherst.edu or 413-542-5713.
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Peng-Wen Washington-Ling, PHD, LAT, ATC
Peng-Wen Washington-Ling joined the Amherst College sports medicine staff in September of 2023.
Washington-Ling did her clinical rotation at Amherst College. She graduated from Westfield State in 2022 with a bachelor of science degree in athletic training.
Prior to that, Washington-Ling completed her doctoral studies at Springfield College, earning her PhD in psychology in 2017.
Her primary sport responsibilities are football, men's basketball and softball.
Contact Peng-Wen at pwashingtonlin@amherst.ed or 413-542-5303.
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Sammy Horowitz,
Sammy joined the Amherst College sports medicine staff in the fall of 2026.
Her primary sport responsibilities are men's soccer, women's basketball and winter and spring track & field.
Contact Sammy at shorowitz@amherst.edu. |
MS - Masters of Science
LAT - Licensed Athletic Trainer
ATC - Athletic Trainer Certified
CSCS - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
CES - Corrective Exercise Specialist
CKTP - Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner
For any non-acute/non-emergent injury, please contact the athletic trainer that works with your sport to set up an appointment. They will then coordinate your care.
All acute injuries will be seen by whichever athletic trainer is working during the time of injury.
