Women's Basketball
Mella, Becky
Becky Mella
- Title:
- Assistant Athletic Trainer
- Email:
- rebecca.mella@qu.edu
Becky Mella joined the Quinnipiac sports medicine staff in 2011 as an assistant athletic trainer. Mella comes to Quinnipiac from Saint Joseph’s (Conn.) College where she worked as an athletic trainer from 2000 through 2011. She is entering her 13th year with the Quinnipiac women’s basketball program and as an adjunct professor in the undergraduate athletic training program. Currently she serves as a Senior Associate Athletic Trainer.
Mella held the title of head athletic trainer at Saint Joseph’s from 2000-2005 before moving into an assistant athletic trainer position in 2006 with the arrival of her first son. While at SJC, Mella coordinated all athletic training efforts for the Bluejays’ eight Division III women’s collegiate teams. In addition, Mella also developed and implemented a comprehensive strength and conditioning program for the college’s student-athletes and taught a variety of courses as an adjunct professor.
Following her stay at SJC, Mella was a part-time assistant athletic trainer at Trinity (Conn.) College from 2005 to 2007. With the Bantams, Mella worked with the football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s soccer, field hockey, women’s lacrosse, ice hockey, baseball and the nationally-ranked men’s and women’s squash teams while continuing to raise her young family.
Mella also held positions with William H. Hall (Conn.) High School as the head athletic trainer; with Eastern Rehabilitation Network (Conn.) and Metro Orthopedics and Sports Therapy (Md.) as a clinical athletic trainer and with the Washington (D.C.) Warthogs, a professional indoor soccer program, as an athletic trainer.
Mella graduated from Ithaca College in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training/exercise science and a minor in health. She went on to graduate from the University of Maryland with a master’s in exercise physiology in 1998. Mella is also NATA certified since 1995 and NSCA certified since 1999 and received certification in Graston Technique, Kinesiotape and educated in Mulligan Techniques.
She resides in Simsbury, Conn. with her husband Billy and three children Will, Patrick and Sarah.
Mella held the title of head athletic trainer at Saint Joseph’s from 2000-2005 before moving into an assistant athletic trainer position in 2006 with the arrival of her first son. While at SJC, Mella coordinated all athletic training efforts for the Bluejays’ eight Division III women’s collegiate teams. In addition, Mella also developed and implemented a comprehensive strength and conditioning program for the college’s student-athletes and taught a variety of courses as an adjunct professor.
Following her stay at SJC, Mella was a part-time assistant athletic trainer at Trinity (Conn.) College from 2005 to 2007. With the Bantams, Mella worked with the football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s soccer, field hockey, women’s lacrosse, ice hockey, baseball and the nationally-ranked men’s and women’s squash teams while continuing to raise her young family.
Mella also held positions with William H. Hall (Conn.) High School as the head athletic trainer; with Eastern Rehabilitation Network (Conn.) and Metro Orthopedics and Sports Therapy (Md.) as a clinical athletic trainer and with the Washington (D.C.) Warthogs, a professional indoor soccer program, as an athletic trainer.
Mella graduated from Ithaca College in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training/exercise science and a minor in health. She went on to graduate from the University of Maryland with a master’s in exercise physiology in 1998. Mella is also NATA certified since 1995 and NSCA certified since 1999 and received certification in Graston Technique, Kinesiotape and educated in Mulligan Techniques.
She resides in Simsbury, Conn. with her husband Billy and three children Will, Patrick and Sarah.
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