A native of Beaverton, Ore., Lynn Zhang joined the Nebraska Athletic Department as an assistant director of sports nutrition in July of 2015 and was later promoted to associate director. Zhang works directory with baseball, softball, women's basketball, men's gymnastics, swimming and diving, men's golf, women's golf and bowling.
Zhang holds one-on-one nutrition consultations/counseling sessions with student-athletes, provides her team's with nutrition education and assists with meal/menu selections. She also provides body composition analysis, hydration assessments and supplement evaluation. The nutrition staff collaborates with Nebraska strength and conditioning staff, athletic medicine staff and team coaches to help student-athletes reach their goals.
Along with receiving her bachelor's in nutrition from Oregon State, Zhang also completed a dietetic internship at the Oregon Health and Science University. Before coming to Nebraska Zhang worked as a sports dietician/nutrition operations manager at the University of Oregon.