Aug. 3, 2007

Notre Dame, Ind. – Willard Agnew, a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Northern Illinois University since 2005, has been named assistant athletic trainer at the University of Notre Dame and will work with the Irish men’s soccer and women’s tennis programs.

In his two seasons at NIU, Agnew worked with the Huskies nationally-ranked men’s soccer team and the women’s track and field and football programs. In addition, he served as an approved clinical instructor. He also was a certified athletic trainer and rehabilitation technician at local high schools.

During 2004, Agnew served an internship at the Provena St. Joseph Hospital in the Physical Rehabilitation and Sports Injury Center in Joliet Illinois.

A 2004 graduate from Illinois State University with a bachelor of science degree in athletic training and a minor in coaching, he also was a student trainer in the school’s athletic department. He received a masters degree in sports management from NIU in May of 2007.

An NATABOC (National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification) Certified Athletic Trainer, he also is licensed by the state of Illinois. Agnew was the recipient of an Illinois Athletic Trainers Association graduate scholarship in 2006 and received the Illinois State University Professional Development Award in ’04.