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Kaci Cheavtharn
Kaci Cheavtharn
  • Title:
    Athletics Senior Dietician
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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, with  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. 

Prior to Michigan, she was the Gatorade Sports Nutrition Immersion Fellow at Ohio State University from 2023-24, where she worked with men’s soccer and women’s rowing while assisting with men’s and women’s 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. 

Cheavtharn is also a registered dietitian and a certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD).
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