Anna Kate Nearn

Anna Kate has worked as a fitness trainer for the past 3 years in a one-on-one and a group fitness context. She has trained a wide variety of ages and skill levels with a passion to help them take steps on a journey to achieve their greatest physical potential. She has also spent the past six summers working at a summer camp where she coached and counseled children from ages 6-17. Here she learned what it looked like to meet all different types of children exactly where they are and build them up in confidence of the role that they can play on a team. Also, she has spent time teaching the Word of God to children living on the streets in Zambia. She is passionate about shepherding the next generation through incorporating the Word of God into their lives through the specific avenue of fitness and sports. She believes that there is endless potential for the gospel to penetrate this area of education and for children to learn the reality of their personal identity that Christ has purchased for them. Anna Kate will stop at nothing to ensure that this is what is being accomplished through the physical education program at ACC Academy.

If there is any opportunity that seems challenging, Anna Kate will want to take it on. She loves to step out of her comfort zone and try new things-- because there are always new things to try and to learn! Pioneering the physical education program at ACC Academy is an extremely humbling, yet exciting opportunity in Anna Kate’s perspective. She is also passionate about her personal fitness, and she is constantly learning what the Bible teaches about how to steward our bodies. In this, she hopes to lead by example to the students who are a part of her P.E. classes. Pioneering the physical education program at ACC Academy is an extremely humbling, yet exciting opportunity in Anna Kate’s perspective.

Anna Kate grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, but she moved to Auburn for college. She graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Sciences. Her minor was in Sports Coaching. She is currently working on her Master’s in Public Administration with a certificate in Nonprofit Management. Her graduation is approaching in December of 2024. Besides fitness, Anna Kate loves to spend her time outside, with her golden retriever, Remy, and with friends and family. She loves the water: swimming, boating, wakeboarding, and all that comes with it!

However, above all of this, Anna Kate longs to know Jesus and to be known by Him. This, she believes, is the hingepoint to the success of anything that she will ever do. She believes that her personal connection to Jesus is the sole determinant of the impact that she will have on the students at ACC Academy.

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