Jacqui Gutierrez is serving as athletic trainer for the U.S Under-18 Men’s Select Team for the first time.

The Charleston, South Carolina, native, recently completed her first season as the head athletic trainer for the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays following a three-year stint (2019-22) in the USHL with the Sioux City Musketeers where she served as the team's director of athletic training and recovery. In 2022 while with Sioux City, Gutierrez became the first female staff member to win the USHL's Clark Cup.

Gutierrez graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a masters degree in athletic training. While at UNO, she served as an intern with the Mavericks hockey team and Creighton University’s basketball and baseball teams. She earned her undergraduate degree in biology from Pacific Lutheran University.