Joel Luedke is in his second year as UW-La Crosse's Assistant Athletic Director of Athletic Training Services and Sports Performance in 2020-21. Prior to being named assistant athletic director, Luedke was UWL's Director of Athletic Training Services from 2014-19. He also served as UWL's Director of Sports Performance from 2015-19. Luedke oversees the athletic training office and sports performance center located in Mitchell Hall.
Luedke arrived at UWL after serving as an assistant athletic trainer at Oklahoma State University from 2012-14 with primary responsibilities of the women's and men's cross country teams.
He earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology-athletic training from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008 and his master's degree in science education, exercise science from the University of Kansas in 2011.
While at Wisconsin-Madison, Luedke worked with football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, wrestling as well as high school. He was the lead student for football and volleyball.
Serving as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Kansas, Luedke was responsible for the women's and men's cross country and track & field squads.
Prior to working at Oklahoma State, Luedke was an athletic training fellow at UWL, serving as lead ATC for wrestling and assistant ATC for football.
Luedke is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and earned National Board of Athletic Trainers' Association Certification.
