Entering her seventh season at Bemidji State University and her fifth as assistant athletic trainer, Bekah Hessinger serves as the head athletic trainer for football and women's basketball. Hessinger previously served as a graduate assistant on Bill Crews staff working for two seasons with the football and women's basketball programs.

Hessinger graduated from the University of North Dakota in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training and is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association-Board of Certification. She received her Master's of Science degree in sports studies from Bemidji State University in 2011. She is originally from Bismarck, N.D.