Isabella Lopez joined the UCCS Athletic Training staff in August 2022 and provides primary coverage for the men's soccer and men's basketball programs.
An American Heart Association - Basic Life Support (AMA BLS) CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor, Lopez serves as a Preceptor for the UCCS MSAT program. In 2024, she served as the host athletic trainer for the NCAA Men's Soccer Second Round hosted, and has assisted with the women's basketball team the past two years in the RMAC and NCAA postseason tournaments, as well as the men's soccer postseason runs since 2022.
Lopez is a 2018 graduate from Colorado State University Pueblo with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and an emphasis in Athletic Training. Following the completion of her undergraduate degree, Lopez went on to obtain her Master of Science in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Corrective Exercise in June 2020 from A.T. Still University.
The Colorado native began her career as an Athletic Training intern at NCAA Division I Alabama A&M University, providing primary coverage for the Bulldogs’ women’s soccer, men’s tennis, and women’s tennis teams during the 2018-19 season. Lopez then returned to her alma mater, CSU Pueblo, as an athletic training intern for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, where she was the primary athletic trainer for the women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, cheer, and dance teams. In August 2021, Lopez was hired as a full-time athletic trainer at CSU Pueblo, providing coverage for the ThunderWolves’ men’s soccer, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball teams while also serving as a preceptor for the CSU Pueblo Athletic Training Master's program.
In addition to her duties as an athletic trainer, Lopez has been involved in the strength & conditioning efforts for the men's soccer and men's basketball teams since 2023. She provides summer weight room coverage for all UCCS student-athletes. She earned NSCA CSCS certification in February of 2023.
