Kaci Cheavtharn joined the University of Oklahoma as an athletics senior dietitian in July 2026. Her work emphasizes performance optimization, injury prevention, and recovery through evidence-based sports nutrition, withĀ experience across multiple sports and settings.
Cheavtharn came to Oklahoma after spending the previous two years at the University of Michigan, where she served as a football performance dietitian from 2024-26.Ā
Prior to Michigan, she was the Gatorade Sports Nutrition Immersion Fellow at Ohio State University from 2023-24, where she worked with menās soccer and womenās rowing while assisting with menās and womenās basketball.
A native of Salem, Oregon, Cheavtharn earned her undergraduate degree in nutrition and dietetics from Oregon State University in 202 before completing a graduate degree in nutrition and integrative physiology from the University of Utah in 2023.Ā
Cheavtharn is also a registered dietitian and a certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD).