Travon Godette

Specializing in the hurdles, throws, jumps, and multis, Travon boasts almost a decade of experience coaching numerous national qualifiers, conference podium finishers, and school record holders across DI-III and 6A institutions such as McNeese State University, Amherst College, and Lincoln High School, where he currently serves as an Assistant Track & Field Coach. Travon holds certifications as a NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist, NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist, NASM Nutrition Coach, NASM Personal Trainer, INP New England Community Fellow, NCMW Youth Mental Health First Aid Practitioner, HRiA BEST Initiative Youth Worker, USTFCCCA TFA Applied Strength Coach, QMT4T Active Bystander Trainer, and American Red Cross CPR, First Aid, and AED Practitioner. Travon is also an experienced youth programs administrator and creative writing instructor. He earned an M.F.A. in Poetry and an M.A. in Literature from McNeese State University and holds a B.A. in English with extensive studies done in Secondary Education and Ethnic and Gender Studies from Westfield State University.

As a collegiate student-athlete, Travon earned the following titles: Massachusetts “29 Who Shine” Award Recipient, NCAA DIII Field Athlete of the Year, NCAA DIII Scholar Athlete of the Year, NCAA DIII CSC Academic All-American, Arthur Ashe Jr. Second Team Sports Scholar, NCAA DIII National Champion, 3x NCAA DIII All-American, 5x NCAA DIII National Qualifier, 2x NEICAAA Champion, DIII New England Sebasteanski Field MVP, 4x DIII New England Champion, 8x Conference Champion, John Kurty Athletics Award Recipient, MASCAC Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2x WSU Field Athlete of the Year, WSU Presidential Award Recipient, WSU Sankofa Inclusion Scholar, WSU Decathlon Record Holder, WSU Heptathlon Record Holder, WSU Indoor High Jump Record Holder, WSU Outdoor High Jump Record Holder, WSU Javelin Record Holder, WSU Top 5 All-Time (TJo), WSU Top 10 All-Time (60mH, TJi), WSU Top 15 All-Time (110mH, LJo, PVi/o), WSU Top 20 All-Time (SPo, LJi), and WSU Top 25 All-Time (DT).

Alongside athletics, Travon has always been an active community member. As an Owl, he served as the Secondary Education Liaison for the Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society, the President of Public Relations for the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, and the forum facilitator for several symposiums regarding cross-cultural conversations and celebration of race in the English classroom. He also earned prestigious awards such as the NCAA DIII Scholar Athlete of the Year Award, MASCAC Scholar Athlete of the Year Award, Westfield State Presidential Award, and Massachusetts “29 Who Shine” Award while also being named NCAA DIII CoSIDA Academic All-American, Arthur Ashe Jr. Second Team Sports Scholar, and Sankofa Scholar Honors.

Sessions may include: dynamic warmups, event-specific drills, speed and conditioning work, and/or strength programming (facility dependent). Along the way, athletes can expect SMART goal-setting, drill demonstrations, video analysis, nutrition coaching, sports psychology/guidance, and plenty empathy.