Official Site of the Timberwolves · Feb 5, 2020
Sierer Paves The Path For Women In Athletic Training
Injuries are often riddled with unfortunate circumstances, but Erin Sierer believes spraining her ankle as a young girl guided her to the career path she was destined for.
Sierer, an assistant athletic trainer for the Minnesota Timberwolves, sprained her ankle while playing softball during her sophomore year of high school and ended up going to physical therapy before she could get back on the field.
“I was like, ‘Wow, this is amazing. I want to do this when I grow up,” Sierer said. “It was there in that clinic that I met my first athletic trainer, and he told me what the field was. Then I was like, ‘Never mind physical therapy. I want to be an athletic trainer.’”