Colorado University Athletics
Sports Medicine
Andrew Hamstra
- Title:
- Head Athletic Trainer (FB)
- Email:
- andrew.hamstra@colorado.edu
Andrew Hamstra is in his fourth year as the associate athletic trainer overseeing the football program, as he was hired on August 6, 2019, one week into CU’s fall training camp.
Hamstra, 33, joined the Colorado staff from Washington State University, where he had served as the school’s head football athletic trainer from June 2018 through July 2019; before he was named WSU’s full-time athletic trainer, he was first the interim head athletic trainer for the 2018 spring practices and the initial summer workouts, a position he was promoted into from his assistant athletic trainer role in which he had performed dating back to 2014.
He has played a vital role in the department in his second year, working with CU’s sports medicine team in developing an extremely organized procedure for the testing of over 120 players and staff daily during the coronavirus pandemic that hit the nation in the spring of 2020.
He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification (NATABOC), the National Academy of Sports Medicine (corrective exercise specialist) and is also certified in CPR and First Aid.
He was selected as the 2019 Northwest Athletic Trainers Association (NWATA) New Horizons Award recipient, which is awarded to a young professional who has made a unique or immediate impact within the NWATA and athletic training profession.
Hamstra earned bachelor degrees in Athletic Training and Kinesiology in 2011 from Whitworth University (Spokane, Wash.), and earned his master’s degree in Exercise & Sports Studies from Boise State University in 2013. While at Boise State, he was a graduate assistant athletic trainer working primarily with the football and track and field programs (he was designated as the “leader graduate assistant” his second year there, the 2012-13 athletic season).
As an undergrad at Whitworth, he played football and was also a student athletic trainer; in 2010, he had an athletic training internship with the Spokane Chiefs on the Western Hockey League.
Following his graduation from Boise State, he was a seasonal athletic trainer for the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons for the 2013 season. He assisted the athletic performance and sports medicine staff with the daily care of the professional athletes. While in Atlanta, he also worked as an athletic trainer for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta,
He was born in Denver and graduated from Denver Christian High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. A huge Colorado Avalanche fan, his hobbies include fishing, movies and playing with his two sons. He is married to the former Danielle Van Eps, and the couple has two sons, Holden (7) and Brock (3).
Hamstra, 33, joined the Colorado staff from Washington State University, where he had served as the school’s head football athletic trainer from June 2018 through July 2019; before he was named WSU’s full-time athletic trainer, he was first the interim head athletic trainer for the 2018 spring practices and the initial summer workouts, a position he was promoted into from his assistant athletic trainer role in which he had performed dating back to 2014.
He has played a vital role in the department in his second year, working with CU’s sports medicine team in developing an extremely organized procedure for the testing of over 120 players and staff daily during the coronavirus pandemic that hit the nation in the spring of 2020.
He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification (NATABOC), the National Academy of Sports Medicine (corrective exercise specialist) and is also certified in CPR and First Aid.
He was selected as the 2019 Northwest Athletic Trainers Association (NWATA) New Horizons Award recipient, which is awarded to a young professional who has made a unique or immediate impact within the NWATA and athletic training profession.
Hamstra earned bachelor degrees in Athletic Training and Kinesiology in 2011 from Whitworth University (Spokane, Wash.), and earned his master’s degree in Exercise & Sports Studies from Boise State University in 2013. While at Boise State, he was a graduate assistant athletic trainer working primarily with the football and track and field programs (he was designated as the “leader graduate assistant” his second year there, the 2012-13 athletic season).
As an undergrad at Whitworth, he played football and was also a student athletic trainer; in 2010, he had an athletic training internship with the Spokane Chiefs on the Western Hockey League.
Following his graduation from Boise State, he was a seasonal athletic trainer for the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons for the 2013 season. He assisted the athletic performance and sports medicine staff with the daily care of the professional athletes. While in Atlanta, he also worked as an athletic trainer for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta,
He was born in Denver and graduated from Denver Christian High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. A huge Colorado Avalanche fan, his hobbies include fishing, movies and playing with his two sons. He is married to the former Danielle Van Eps, and the couple has two sons, Holden (7) and Brock (3).
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