Updated October 6, 2016
First Day at Johns Hopkins: August 1, 2022
Chris Girken joined the Johns Hopkins Sport Performance staff in August 2022 and serves the athletic trainer for the Blue Jay women's basketball and women's tennis teams and also assists with football.
Girken came to Baltimore from Salisbury University, where he earned his masters in athletic training. While completing his graduate degree, he completed an internship at Georgetown University in the spring of 2022. While with the Hoyas, he assisted with men's and women's lacrosse, football, and men's and women's golf. In addition, Girken interned at McDonogh School, working with football, soccer, wrestling and basketball.
Girken interned at Salisbury University in 2020-21, working with football and baseball. Prior to that, he worked as a physical therapy technician at Medstar Health Physical Therapy in Bel Air for two years.
Girken graduated from Towson University with bachelor's degree in exercise science in December 2019. He later earned his masters from Salisbury in May 2022.