Jana Heitmeyer, director of performance nutrition, is responsible for nutrition education, body composition analysis and diet analysis for all Baylor student-athletes.
“At the core, it’s all about making the student-athletes more successful,” Heitmeyer said. “It changes everyday. I would say it’s best for someone who cannot sit still. You deal with all the different athletes and all the different sports.”
Heitmeyer said that the most rewarding part of her job is when “people get it.”
“It’s really fun to work with people who have an issue — whether it’s that they have no energy or if they need to lose or gain weight,” Heitmeyer said, “for the light bulb to go off and to see them reap the benefits in their performance is the most rewarding part of my job.