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QUINN PETERSON
Strength & Conditioning
Coach
1st Season
Quinn Peterson is in his first season as the strength and
conditioning coach for the UND men’s and women’s basketball
programs. Peterson, a Stromsburg, Neb., native, joined
UND athletics in 2006.
Peterson, who graduated in 2004 from Nebraska-Omaha
with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, earned a master’s
degree in intercollegiate athletics from Kansas State in 2006.
He is a Strength and Conditioning Coach (SCCC) by the
Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association,
and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Peterson resides with his wife, Emily, and daughter, Lilly (1),
in Grand Forks.
ERIKA HUNT
Certified Athletic Trainer
4th Season
Erika Hunt is in her fourth 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.
TRAVIS KAHLBAUGH
Equipment Manager
3rd Season
JAYSON HAJDU
Media Relations
5th Season
Having served the past two seasons as equipment manager
for UND’s women’s hockey team, Travis Kahlbaugh adds
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.
Jayson Hajdu is in his fifth year as assistant director of athletic
media relations at UND and his second season as the primary
contact for women’s and men’s basketball. He also
serves as the primary contact for football and men’s and
women’s golf.
A member of the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA), Hajdu has garnered 12 CoSIDA
Publication Awards, including four “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.
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