Kristin Trotter enters her first year at SIU as an assistant athletic trainer. She works directly with the women's basketball team and is the supervising athletic trainer for the softball and swimming and diving teams. She is also an approved clinical instructor in the SIU undergraduate athletic training program.

Trotter is originally from Robinson, IL and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training from Millikin University. While at Millikin, she played for the basketball team that won a Division III NCAA National Championship in 2005. She went on to earn her Master's degree at Eastern Illinois University and was a graduate assistant athletic trainer with the track and field and cross country teams.