Lauren Link

Lauren Link is a registered dietitian and board certified specialist in sports dietetics. She earned a bachelor's degree in dietetics and in nutrition, fitness and health from Purdue, where she played soccer and was a member of the 2007 Big Ten Tournament championship team.  After completing her dietetic internship through the Coordinated Program at Purdue, she worked as a clinical dietitian with Touchpoint Support Services and St. Vincent Health. In January of 2014, she returned to her alma mater by stepping into a part-time position with Purdue Athletics, and by July was able to transition the position into Purdue's first full-time sports dietitian. Link now serves as assistant athletic director - sports nutrition, and works specifically with football, men’s basketball, volleyball and soccer. In addition to promoting optimal performance during student-athletes' athletic careers, she is also passionate about helping them successfully navigate the transition into the real world. She has led multiple initiatives to this end, founding a student-athlete community garden, spearheading a transitional program called BLAST (Boiler Life After SporT), and most recently publishing her first book on the subject, “From Athlete to Normal Human.”