Aimee Miyazawa - Assistant Athletic Trainer (VB/WGLF) - Women's Golf Support Staff

Aimee Miyazawa

Title:
Assistant Athletic Trainer (VB/WGLF)
Email:
Aimee.Miyazawa@colorado.edu

Aimee Miyazawa joined the Colorado Athletic Department in July 2023 as an Assistant Athletic Trainer. In her role, she serves as the athletic trainer for the women’s volleyball and women’s golf programs, overseeing the evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries while supporting and managing all aspects of healthcare for both teams.

Prior to arriving at Colorado, Miyazawa worked with the UCHealth Limb Restoration Team alongside Dr. Jason Stoneback from 2020-23. She also spent time as an independent contractor and freelance athletic trainer from 2018-19 following a four-year stint as the Head Athletic Trainer for USA Beach Volleyball from 2015-18.

During her time with USA Beach Volleyball, Miyazawa served as the head athletic trainer for the United States at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where the beach volleyball pair of Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross earned a bronze medal. She also assisted the USA Women’s Indoor National Team during two weeks of Volleyball Nations League competition in 2018, helping the squad capture a gold medal. Earlier in her career, she worked the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, supporting both the men’s and women’s USA indoor national teams, with the women earning bronze.

Miyazawa previously spent a decade at the University of Kansas from 2005-15 as the assistant athletic trainer for the women’s volleyball program. She began her professional career as an Athletic Training Fellow with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from 2004-05.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in athletic training from the University of Northern Colorado in 2001 before completing a master’s degree in sports administration at the University of Nebraska Kearney in 2004.

Miyazawa has been an active member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers’ Association (RMATA), Colorado Athletic Trainers’ Association (CATA), and the Colorado Athletic Trainers’ Society (CATS). In May 2026, she received the Robert Ryan Educator Award from the Colorado Athletic Trainers’ Association.

Born on January 22 in Denver, Colo., Miyazawa has been involved in Japanese taiko drumming for most of her life. She has performed with Denver Taiko for more than 25 years as the group prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2026, and she first began playing as part of the organization’s original junior taiko group at eight years old. In her free time, she enjoys stand-up paddleboarding, playing guitar and performing taiko.