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NATE NATE BAUKOL BAUKOL
ERIKA ERIKA HUNT HUNT
Director of Strength &
Conditioning
2nd Season
Nate Baukol is in his second season as UND’s director of
strength and conditioning, and sixth season overall at UND.
Baukol served as assistant strength and conditioning coach
at UND from 2002 to 2005 before taking a similar position at
the University of Wyoming in May 2006.
A native of Moorhead, Minn., Baukol graduated from
Minnesota State Moorhead in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in
exercise science. He received his master’s degree in kiniesiology
from UND in 2004.
Baukol is a certified strength coach through the Collegiate
Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and the
National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a
certified Level I Olympic lifting club coach.
Baukol’s family includes his wife, Jennifer, and their daughter,
Emma.
TRAVIS TRAVIS KAHLBAUGH
Equipment Equipment Manager Manager
5th Season Season
Having served the past three seasons as equipment manager
for UND’s women’s hockey team, Travis Kahlbaugh added
women’s and men’s basketball, volleyball and soccer to his
duties in 2006-07.
Kahlbaugh is a 2000 graduate of the University of North
Dakota with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and
teaching and learning. Before coming to UND, he spent the
previous four years teaching in Grand Forks and Rugby, N.D.
Kahlbaugh’s hockey background includes a stint as a player
in the AFHL, as well as coaching experience in Grand
Forks and Rugby (N.D.).
A native of Grand Forks, Kahlbaugh is a 1996 high school
graduate of Grand Forks Central High School.
Certified Certified Athletic Athletic Trainer Trainer
5th Season Season
Erika Hunt is in her fifth season at UND and her third as
certified athletic trainer for the women’s and men’s basketball
teams. Hunt was hired as a full-time athletic trainer in the summer
of 2005 after having served the previous two seasons as a
graduate assistant at UND, working primarily with the
Fighting Sioux volleyball and softball teams.
A native of Rock Lake, N.D., Hunt is a 2003 graduate of
the University of Mary and received her master’s degree in
kinesiology from UND in 2005.
JAYSON JAYSON HAJDU HAJDU
Media Media Relations Relations
6th Season Season
Jayson Hajdu is in his sixth year as assistant director of athletic
media relations at UND. He serves as the primary contact
for women’s and men’s basketball, football, softball and
men’s and women’s golf.
A member of the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA), Hajdu has garnered 16 CoSIDA
Publication Awards, including six “Best in the Nation” citations.
Hajdu is a 2000 graduate of UND with a bachelor’s
degree in communication. A native of Regina, Sask., Hajdu
served as a graduate assistant in the UND athletic media relations
department for two seasons prior to being appointed fulltime.
Prior to that, he served as an undergraduate student assistant
from 1995 to 2000.