This Thanksgiving the LSU Athletic Training Student Organization, Alpha Tau Sigma, participated with the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program and the LSU Athletic Department in a holiday event for underprivileged children and their families, Thanksgiving with the Tigers. The Alpha Tau Sigma officers collected monetary donations and unwrapped gifts from the LSU Athletic Training Staff, GA's, and Students, and were able to collect everything on the child's wish list. The officers presented the gifts to our child and family during a special presentation and holiday dinner on November 22nd in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. According to Jared Muth, Alpha Tau Sigma Vice President, the child was very excited and thankful for all of his gifts and had a great time at the event. Many of our Athletic Training Students enjoyed meeting the family. Thank you to all who participated.
To read more about this year's presentation, click here.
For more pictures of Thanksgiving with the Tigers, click here.
The LSU Athletic Training Senior Students and Ray Castle, PhD, LAT, ATC, Director of Athletic Training Education Program have begun a public service outreach project, the LSU Sports Medicine Road Show. This road show will involve all senior students and a guest ATC to visit various Sports Medicine and Physician's Educational Clinics across the state of Louisiana, presenting pertinent and emerging health care topics relevant to the field of Athletic Training. The audience of these tours will include local high school coaches, parents, student-athletes, and High School Athletic Trainers. The first tour will take place soon and there are already topics lined up for the speaking tour. The presentations that will be included in the first tour include:
Sports Concussions 101 - Matt Rabalais and David Gambel
Ten Nutrition Tips for Optimal Performance - Dani Klein and Stephanie Garcia
Prevention of Ankle Injuries - Matt Chappellie and Erica Williams
More information will be posted about the LSU Sports Medicine Road Show as details regarding the tour emerge. Stay tuned!
The Athletic Training Department wishes you a happy 2010 holiday season! Once again, the Staff, Graduate Assistants, and Students gathered for the Annual Christmas Party. However, this time we did not have a wiffle ball tournament. Instead, we gathered under the new outdoor patio space at Shelly's home and enjoyed the warmth of the fireplace ... this is for those who were close enough! We had a blast of arctic air move through Baton Rouge throughout the day and the temperature dropped about 40 degrees within a 24 hour period!
Over the course of the evening, we indulged in lots of food, fun, and conversation. Appetizers, main courses, sides, and desserts were all complements of a variety of Athletic Trainers. The White Elephant gift exchange was a huge success as well! Gifts ranged from Justin Beiber posters and framed photos of the Football Athletic Training Student group to gift cards from local restaurants. This holiday tradition is always good for a good laugh (or two!). Browse the streaming photos for a glance at this year's fun!
On behalf of our group to those who have passed through our doors over the years, we wish you a very Happy Holiday season and of course, a Healthy New Year!
"Who Knows the Scoop? Reflections On My Open Door Policy"
Why Athletic Trainers know more than coaches.
Published on May 30, 2010
If you want to get the scoop, spend some time with your athletic trainer. For coaches and support personnel, the wealth of knowledge that an athletic trainer may be able to offer could be invaluable to the success of the program. In this article written by Head Soccer Coach Brain Tompkins, he uncovers the truth that many athletic trainers know to be true .. we do more than just tape ankles! - Shelly Mullenix, MS, ATC
“I have always maintained an open door policy in my office and, except for the occasional confab that requires privacy, it literally stands open to the world all day every day. The grandiose intention of this policy is to be welcoming to my student athletes and to be available if they need advice, support, counsel or just want to sit down and chat. In essence it is my way of symbolically saying: "Bring me your troubles and concerns; I care about you and I'm here to help." So why, given this type of laudable magnanimity, do so few players, of their own volition, ever come through the door?
Daphne is a certified athletic trainer. She has worked here for more than thirty years and is one of a team of trainers and interns that function in a loud and crowded room surrounded by athletes of all shapes and sizes. In direct contrast to me, when it comes to knowing the troubles and concerns of my athletes, she knows all. Daphne knows who is struggling in school and why; she knows who was out late on any given night of the week; she knows who hooked-up with somebody else's girlfriend at a party; she knows who's mad, who's sad and who's unhappy. In reality, although I generally have an inkling of what is going on, I know about half the juicy or sometimes gory details that she knows about my athletes.
Why is it that coaches like me are not in the loop with more information? After all, when we recruit kids out of high school we develop a palpable bond and they always arrive on campus so gung-ho and excited to have the opportunity to get a great education and play high-level soccer under my stewardship. There is typically a reasonable degree of closeness that brings with it optimism for a strong personal relationship.
Once they arrive at school however, most athletes' perception of that connection with the coach becomes altered as the relationship morphs from personal to pragmatic. The coach that spent so much time traveling across the country to watch them play, getting to know them and their family, calling and writing them to come to the school, is now on the other side of some sort of moat of undergrad coolness; a divide that often lacks hostility but is nonetheless an unspoken prerequisite of many an athlete. It is no longer quite so acceptable to be close with the coach because, in spite of the fact that they may be a good person with whom they have close ties, they still bear the title of Head Coach and, in the world of college athletes and adolescent culture, that necessitates maintaining, or at least creating the perception of, some distance.
For many students, particularly upperclassmen (who then in turn influence the newcomers), the coach comes to be viewed by their title or position rather than by the content or affect their personality and although the pre-college relationship is rarely completely lost with a student, it begins to revolve around an altered axis.
Over the years I have seen that my reality is similar to that of almost every other college coach and I have come to accept that I will always be looked at in a "coach-first, person-second" manner by my athletes and consequently, in spite of my best efforts, the threshold of my open door will likely remain infrequently crossed, except in the case of dire need or emergency.
Thank goodness then for Daphne and the training room! She has told me that once within the secure confines of that room and while getting ankles taped or muscles heated, athletes will, with minimal prompting, talk openly and candidly about anything and everything from school to sports to their personal lives. She and the other trainers become almost invisible to them and the students have little compunction about the bawdy or self-incriminating content or form of their discussions with her or with each other. It is by turns a place of confession, explanation, and revelation and it clearly serves as an opportunity for the sort of therapeutic purging and release that does not come quite so easily in the office of the coach.
It is an environment that proves that young student athletes value the chance to talk and share with adults but not necessarily with those they view as having iconic authority roles. Trainers are exempt because of their "invisibility" and because they are not typically viewed as figures of authority (although Daphne can certainly lay down the law when it's required!); similarly, assistant coaches may also have more freedom of access because they tend to be younger and usually seen, rightly or wrongly, as less authoritative than head coaches.
While the potential exists for this to be an undermining or counter-productive situation wherein information is hidden and damaging secrets kept, I view it as anything but. Experience has taught me to keep my door open but to not be offended or surprised if the flow of students walking through it is minimal and infrequent; consequently if and when I need to meet with somebody I simply schedule a time for them to come in and they are invariably happy to oblige.
However, it has also taught me that what a trainer knows about your players and their lives is invaluable and that the quality of my relationship with the trainer will determine how much or how little useful information I come to find out. Daphne and I have worked together for many years and she has a highly trustworthy filter regarding what I need to know and what I don't. I respect her privileged position and try to never abuse it because she has the hard-earned smarts to know what is important and what is trivial and ultimately has the best interests of all concerned at heart.
It is undeniably challenging for a Head Coach, especially when young and idealistic, to come to terms with being viewed first and foremost as an iconic role or job title rather than be seen as the open and supportive person that you might wish they would see. Some go to great lengths to "pal up" to their athletes which can have the effect of eroding propriety and respect on both sides. The privilege of leadership brings unwanted distance, even for the most beloved manager, director, chief, teacher, superintendent or even coach; it goes, as they say, with the territory and you can't force people to love you.
Somebody once told me that it takes a college athlete ten years to appreciate their college coach and to finally "get it." After twenty-plus years I still somewhat ruefully await the enlightenment of some of my former charges while being pleased to note that many others have required far less than a decade to understand and appreciate that their experiences were not just about having fun with their teammates, wins and losses and playing time but also about connectedness and mentored life lessons from coaches and other adults, often forged through struggle, sacrifice and adversity.
So, as I look forward to a new school year in the fall, my open door policy and my good intentions will remain. However, Daphne will not; she is heading into a well-deserved retirement. Hopefully she will leave her cloak of invisibility and her legacy of great wisdom in the training room for whomever takes her place”.
Written by: Brain Tompkins, Head Male Soccer Coach at Yale University in New Haven, CT
Article found at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/view-the-dugout/201005/who-knows-the-scoop-reflections-my-open-door-policy
Congratulations to Courtney Melanson! Courtney was recently selected by LSU Athletic Training Staff and Certified Graduate Assistant's as December's Student of the Month. Courtney is currently in her 2nd year in the LSU Athletic Training Program, working with the University Lab School - UHigh. Courtney has previously worked with LSU Football in 2009, and has become an outstanding Athletic Training Student and role model. When asked about Courtney, Melissa Sorrells, MS, ATC, Staff Athletic Trainer for University High School and Physician Extender for Baton Rouge Orthopedic Clinic, said "Courtney is one of the best students I have had the pleasure to work with. She uses her knowledge and initiative to be a superb leader and role model at the Lab school. She is extremely well respected by the faculty and staff, as well as the student body and parents. She is certainly someone to whom others can model themselves after, and will go on to be a very successful Athletic Trainer". Congratulations to Courtney Melanson as she continues to do an outstanding job and further her Athletic Training career!
Camille Bordelon, 2nd year Athletic Training Student with LSU Football was nominated as this year's recipient of the Acadian Ambulance Adam Sturlese Memorial Sports Medicine Award before the LSU vs. McNeese football game on Saturday October 16th. Camille was presented the award by Jack Marucci, MS, ATC, Director of Athletic Training, as well as joined by Mr. Sturlese and his daughter.
The recipient of the Adam Sturlese Memorial Sports Medicine Award is chosen by the Staff of Athletic Trainers at Football. This outstanding Football Athletic Training Student possesses a strong work ethic and continues to excel in the field of Athletic Training regardless of obstacles. The Staff Certified Athletic Trainers at Football believe that Camille is a great addition to the long line of successful Athletic Training Students that have been honored by Acadian Ambulance Adam Sturlese Memorial Sports Medicine Award. "She has shown steady improvement since she entered our Athletic Training Education Program in 2009. Camille currently serves as a leader and mentor among the Athletic Training Students and clearly takes pride in her accomplishments. We feel like Camille is a student that we can rely on and trust. She is professional in the way she approaches the student athletes and has handled the workload that we have placed on her shoulders", says Shelly Mullenix, Senior Associate Athletic Trainer for Football. "We look forward to watching her growth in this Allied Healthcare Profession".
Pictured above: Camille Bordelon, Jack Marucci, MS, ATC Pictured below: Camille Bordelon with Brad Edwards, MD, first recipient of the Adam Sturlese Memorial Sports Medicine Award
Since 1998, the Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training, located on the northeast corner of Tiger Stadium has been the central hub for all LSU Athletic Training services, and until the addition of the Football Operations Athletic Training Facility in 2005, it was the house for all LSU sports. However, in the summer of 2010, this state-of-the-art facility underwent several renovations to improve the efficiency and capabilities of the Athletic Training Staff that utilizes it.
Some of the extensive renovations that have taken place are:
Installation of brand new Mondo Flooring in the 1,600 square foot Rehabilitation Area
Installation of brand new carpet throughout the remainder of the facility
Replacement and upgrade of the Cybex Norm Testing and Rehabilitation System
Upgrade of current X-Ray Technology with a Digital X-Ray Processor, Fuji FCR Prima
The Mondo Flooring (above) is a rubberized surface installed by a European company, Mondo, which is also the official sports venue flooring company for the 2012 Olympics. The Mondo Flooring has many advantages in the Athletic Training Rehabilitation setting including its durability, ease of cleaning, and decreased disease transmission.
The carpet was replaced to eliminate old stains, and enhance the appearance and cleanliness of the facility.
The Cybex machine (below), a brand name for an Isokinetic Dynamometer, was replaced with newer, up-to-date technology to improve the effectiveness of isokinetic testing on LSU athletes. The Digital X-Ray Processor, a Fuji FCR Prima, was installed in our X-Ray Room to work in conjunction with our current X-Ray machine. This new processor is utilized by our physicians and X-Ray Technicians to allow our medical team faster results. The X-Rays can transfer to various computers throughout the facility for easier, faster, and a more efficient diagnosis of orthopedic injuries. For more information on the use of Digital X-Ray Processors, see our Education Corner below. The LSU Athletic Training Staff implemented these several facility renovations to improve the overall quality of the Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training as well as improve the quality of care of LSU athletes. These renovations have helped to highlight the extraordinary Athletic Training Program at LSU, as well as keep pace with current technological advances in the Athletic Training Room setting.
The 2010 L-Club Athletic Trainers, Equipment Managers, and Video Staff Alumni Reunion held on October 15-16th was a huge success. Ana Gross, MS, ATC (LSU Staff Athletic Trainer for Softball), and Ray Castle, PhD, ATC, LAT (Director of Athletic Training Education Program) hosted the Alumni Reunion for the former Athletic Trainers. Festivities included: an Athletic Training facility tour, a Friday Night Social, and introduction before the LSU vs. McNeese football game on Saturday night. The Friday Night Social was put on by the L-Club in the Alex Box Stadium Champions Club, and consisted of games and contests for the alumni. Former Athletic Training Student, Chico Dupas won the Athletic Training taping contest, and the social was concluded by a towel folding contest between the former Equipment Managers. Tours included Alex Box Stadium and the clubhouse. This was the first opportunity for most of the former Athletic Trainers to visit this facility. On Saturday morning, the alumni gathered for another L-Club social prior to the game, and were then allowed on the sidelines for the LSU Pre-Game routine, which they thoroughly enjoyed.
Recently, at the start of this school year, the LSU Athletic Training Program installed a brand new Fuji FCR Prima, a Digital X-Ray Processor to replace the outdated X-Ray films. According to Andy Barker, MS, ATC, Senior Associate Athletic Trainer for Football, the digital X-Ray processor was installed for several reasons:
Do not have to purchase x-ray film
Do not have to purchase chemicals needed to process the film
No need for excess storage of films
Can burn x-rays to a CD, allowing student-athlete to have a copy
Can e-mail x-ray to an iPad for Team Physicians to have easier and more efficient access to the x-ray
Compact and light features
Only one disadvantage was noted in the digital x-ray processor, and that was the inability to pull up past x-rays taken on the old, traditional x-ray machine. This means that past x-ray films will still be stored in the Athletic Training Room. The Fuji FCR (Computed Radiography) Prima is a digital x-ray processor designed specifically for use by small, low-volume private practices that only perform about 5-15 studies per day.
So what are some other advantages of Digital X-Ray Processors versus the traditional radiographic techniques?
According to Ward, et al., traditional radiographic techniques, although easy to perform and widely available, lack precision in skeletal assessment. The main source of imprecision was the difficulty to measure the width of cortical bone and estimate the exact points of major regions of the bone (Ward, et al., 2003). However, Digital X-Ray Radiogammetry (DXR) uses the principles of traditional radiography in addition to added techniques which increase the precision needed to identify skeletal abnormalities. DXR uses image processing to reduce errors from estimation of bone landmarks by automating exact location of regions needed for analysis. "Automated computer vision techniques will always be more reproducible than those dependent on human decisions and actions, explaining why DXR has improved precision in comparison with previous methods of radiogammetry" (Ward, et al., 2003). The biggest advantage of DXR in Athletic Training settings is the ability to take the radiograph in one location, and almost immediately access the same radiograph from remote settings connected to the network. This portability and easy access to X-Rays is particularly important in the collegiate setting, where on-site access to physicians is not always possible.
"The practice of digital radiographic imaging if poised to undergo dramatic change in the very near future owing to a rapid proliferation of electronically readable x-ray detectors" (Chotas, et al., 1999). In conclusion, there are two main reasons why digital radiogammetry is becoming more popular in health care settings: promise of very rapid access to digital images wherever radiography with stationary X-Ray equipment is performed and the anticipation of image quality that exceeds that of traditional radiographic systems because of improvements in X-Ray detector technology (Chotas, et al., 1999).
References Ward, KA, Cotton, J, & Adams, JE. (2003). A technical and clinical evaluation of digital x-ray radiogammetry, Osteoporos Int, 14. Retrieved from: http://www.springerlink.com/content/x83hxk4lfu2wfepu Chotas, HG, Dobbins, JT, & Ravin, CE. (1999). Principles of digital radiography with large-area electronically readable detectors: a review of the basics: Radiology, 210. Retrieved from: http://radiology.rsna.com/content/210/3/595.full
Congratulations to Matt Rabalais! Matt was recently selected by the LSU Athletic Training Staff and Certified Graduate Assistants to be November's Student of the Month. Matt is currently in his 3rd year of the Athletic Training Program assigned to Volleyball under Erin Greenwich, ATC, Certified Graduate Assistant. Matt has previously worked with LSU Football, University High School, as well as a summer internship with the Houston Texans, and has been an outstanding leader and hard worker for the LSU Athletic Training Program. When asked about Matt, Erin Greenwich, ATC, Certified Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer for Volleyball says, "Matt has been an impressive senior leader for younger athletic training students this year and a very dependable person for the Staff and Graduate Assistants to turn to as well. It is obvious through the work ethic he shows each day that he is very passionate about the Athletic Training profession. He has taken great ownership in the role he has been involved with in keeping our athletes healthy. Matt has become an important and valuable resource for the Volleyball student-athletes and coaching staff to turn to for guidance as well". Matt is not only this month's Student of the Month, but he is also the 2010 Doc Broussard Athletic Training Student of the Year, chosen by the LSU Athletic Training Staff as the student who best displays exemplary performance in the classroom as well as in the Athletic Training Room and is an excellent role model for all LSU Athletic Training Students. Congratulations to Matt Rabalais as he continues to excel in his Athletic Training career!
This summer, four athletic training students participated in summer internships with various professional organizations, including the National Football League (NFL), Arena Football League (AFL), and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
In the NFL, Dani Klein interned with the Buffalo Bills, and Raymond Champagne interned with the Houston Texans. In the WNBA, Stephanie Garcia interned with the Los Angeles Sparks. In the AFL, Zac Benjamin interned with the Tulsa Talons. These students furthered their athletic training careers both educationally and clinically, with roles including pre-game and post-game set-up and break-down, hydration, treatments, observing, and facilitating rehabilitations, and observing evaluations performed by Certified Athletic Trainers and/or team physicians. Each student received a unique and valuable experience working with professional teams that will prepare him or her for future job settings and careers as Athletic Trainers.
For more information on these students and other past professional organization internships, visit our In the Pros section.
Aside from professional internships, three LSU Athletic Training Students, Jessica VanSweden, Emily Mesa, and Courtney Melanson participated in a summer internship program with the Travel Sports Academy. The Australia Sports Medicine Travel Abroad Program focused on education and experience in all aspects of sports in Australia, ranging from Sports Medicine to Sports Management and Administration. These students learned the differences between Australian and American sport and culture by visiting many different facilities and venues from many different sports that are not easily accessible here at LSU. They were able to pick the brains of Australian Sports Medicine Professionals, Physiotherapists, Facility Managers, and Sports Management and Administration personnel of these various venues. On their off days, they had some Australian fun from surfing lessons in the Indian Ocean to playing with koalas and kangaroos in the Steve Irwin Zoo. Places visited in Australia include:
Melbourne - Rob Laver Stadium - Home of the Annual Australian Open
Sydney - ANZ Stadium - Home of the 2000 Olympics
Surfer's Paradise - How to Save a Drowning Surfer
Cairns - James Cook University Sports Medicine Research Center
The LSU Athletic Department and "L-Club" are pleased to host the 2010 Athletic Trainers, Equipment Managers, and Video Staff Reunion on the weekend of October 15-16, 2010.
Reunion activities will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 pm on Friday, October 15th in the Champions Club at Alex Box Stadium. Friday Night Social activities include a facility tour, food, and cocktails. Attire is casual.
The L-Club room, located in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, will be open for tailgating on Saturday, October 16th. Doors open 4 hours prior to kick-off. Food and cocktails will be provided. Later, the LSU Football team will take on McNeese State. Time TBD. Previous letterwinners from former LSU Athletic Trainers, Equipment Managers, and Video Staff will be recognized in Tiger Stadium.
For more questions about this event, or information in tickets, please contact: Ashley Winning LSU Athletic Dept. PO Box 25095 Baton Rouge, LA 70894
Congratulations to Nick Badeaux! Nick was recently selected by the LSU Athletic Training Staff and Certified Graduate Assistants to be October's Student of the Month. Nick is currently in his 2nd year of the LSU Athletic Training Program and is currently assigned to Track and Field under Staff Certified Athletic Trainer, Keith Thompson, MS, ATC. Haven previously been assigned to Swimming and Diving in his 1st year, Nick has greatly enhanced not only his educational and clinical experience, but his communication and passion about the profession of Athletic Training. When asked about Nick, Keith Thompson, MS, ATC stated "It has been rewarding to see Nick mature as a student since last year. Nick has been very helpful working with our student-athletes and very selfless in regards to working with his peers. I believe Nick cares deeply about others and has the capability to succeed in the future". Congratulations to Nick Badeaux as he continues to further his success in the LSU Athletic Training Program.
Throughout the recent media surrounding professional and collegiate football, there have been numerous controversies concerning the potential for athletically-related head injuries to cause serious brain damage and other medical problems later in life. These reported occurrences headline sports media and spark interest in Sports Medicine professionals, including Athletic Trainers to be more educated and aware of the potential for long-term brain damage in athletes suffering concussions during collegiate and professional play.
The article, "TDP-43 Proteinopathy and Motor Neuron Disease in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy" in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology provides evidence for a new link between repetitive athletic head injuries and the formation of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. ALS is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The article lists some environmental risk factors thought to be the cause of ALS, and athletic-related risk factors including history of trauma to the brain and spinal cord, history of participation in varsity athletics, and a slim physique, and strenuous physical activity (McKee, et al 2010). Various studies cited in the article state that there is an increased risk of ALS when the latest head injury suffered occurred at an older age, or there were a small number of years between the last head injury and diagnosis of ALS. Sports included in the study were sports of most contact including football, soccer, and boxing. Although the diagnosis of ALS occurs in the later years of life, there is still a greater risk for athletes with repetitive head injuries to be diagnosed with ALS and therefore severe damage to the brain and spinal cord, resulting in death.
To read the entire article on the relationship between athletic head injuries and ALS, click here.
Bottom Row (L-R): Heather Wong, Kellie Abendscheon, Jessica Barton, Erin Greenwich Top Row (L-R): Ben Stollberg, Dalis Boyette, Jon Lukas, Scott Campbell, Andy Jarosz, Brandon Stone
To get more personal with our newest graduate assistants, click here.
Bottom Row (L to R): Caitlyn McKinley, Savannah LeJeune, Payton Kingsley, Ali Carter, Hope Willis, Leann Nickerson Top Row (L to R): Will Acker, Jeremy Hamm, John McLaughlin, Reese Shivers, Brandon Cobb, Jared Williams, Jeremy Mayard
To get more personal with our new athletic training students, click here.
The LSU Athletic Training Staff, Physicians, and Graduate Assistants hosted the 2010 Louisiana Athletic Trainers' Association Summer Symposium on June 3-5th in Baton Rouge. The symposium was a huge success, featuring many informative presentations by the LSU staff and team physicians on topics related to their areas of specialty. This event marked the largest attendance in LATA symposium history. Along with numerous presentations, there were some prestigious awards given to members of LSU Athletic Training:
Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Serio, 2010 LATA Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Joseph Serio, a current LSU football team physician specializing in family practice was nominated by LSU Staff Athletic Trainers for 50 plus years of exemplary service to LSU Athletics. Dr. Serio served as an Athletic Training Student during his undergraduate career at LSU, before graduating with a degree in Zoology in 1961. He then attended LSU Medical School in 1968 and has been one of LSU's Football Team Physicians since. Dr. Serio's induction into the 2010 LATA Hall of Fame will always be remembered, as his plaque is on permanent display in the New Orleans Superdome on the LATA Hall of Fame wall. He is the 67th inductee since 1981 to receive this prestigious award. He still travels with the LSU Football team providing medical coverage and assistance to the Athletic Training Staff.
Other Awards received at the LATA Symposium by current and past LSU Athletic Training Staff:
Eugene Christmas Award - Erin Greenwich, ATC (pictured below with Josh Yellen, ATC, MA, LAT)
Dean Kleinschmidt Scholarship Award - Nori Shirakawa, ATC
Congratulations to Micki Collins, MS, ATC, who was elected LATA Secretary at the Symposium.
Certified Athletic Trainer and LSU Athletic Training Education Program Instructor, Melissa Thompson, presented one of her recent publications at the 2010 NATA Convention this summer. Melissa Thompson, MEd, ATC, along with Dennis Landon, published the article entitled "Scapular Upward Rotation and Acromiohumeral Interval Changes in Collegiate Baseball Players During a Weighted and Un-Weighted Scaption Exercise" in the Supplement to the Journal of Athletic Training, Volume 45, Number 3. For a link to the poster presentation, click here. For more on the abstract article, view page 103-105 in the Supplement to the Journal of Athletic Training, 45(3).
Also this year at the 2010 NATA Convention in Philadelphia, Ray Castle, PhD, ATC, LAT, Director of Athletic Training Education Program, was elected as the new District IX Chair on the NATA Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors. He was featured in the August edition of the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association Newsletter. For more information on his position, visit the NATA Foundation website.
Congratulations to Camille Bordelon! Camille was recently selected by the LSU Athletic Training Staff and Certified Graduate Assistants as the Athletic Training Student of the Month for August. Camille is currently in her 2nd year in the LSU Athletic Training Education Program and is currently assigned to the LSU Football Team. Haven previously gained experience with the Women's Basketball team under Micki Collins, MS, ATC, Camille now has the opportunity to further her education and clinical experience while working with LSU Football under Staff Certified Athletic Trainers, Jack Marucci, Andy Barker, and Shelly Mullenix, as well as Certified Graduate Assistants, Ben Stollberg and Brandon Stone. Camille is a well deserving recipient of the Student of the Month Award. She has been a great influence on the other students at football with her positive attitude, professionalism, and hard work. When asked about Camille, Shelly Mullenix, MS, ATC, Staff Certified Athletic Trainer for LSU Football and Director of Wellness said "It is clear that her willingness to work hard will pay off as she continues to gain confidence and knowledge. She has been someone the Staff and Graduate Assistants can depend on to get the job done". Congratulations to Camille as she continues to further her success in the LSU Athletic Training Education Program.
Congratulations to the following: These seniors have recently taken and passed the Athletic Training Board of Certification Exam! Pending graduation in May, they will soon be able to call themselves Certified Athletic Trainers. Congratulations!!
The LSU Athletic Training Staff would like to congratulate the students in the class of 2010 which have received Graduate Assistant positions for the upcoming school year. We were very fortunate to place many Athletic Training Students in strong collegiate programs across the United States, including:
Brandon Albin Clemson University Clemson, SC _________________________________________________
Amanda Barbee University of Houston Houston, TX
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Gina Gonzales Samford University Birmingham, AL _________________________________________________
Erin Greenwich Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA _________________________________________________
Sarah O’Keefe Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA
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Megan Sauviac Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
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Noritoshi Shirakawa University of Illinois Champaign, IL
_________________________________________________ Erin Sutton Rice University Houston, TX
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Michael Welch Troy University Troy, AL
As these students work hard to earn a Master’s Degree or possibly beyond, we wish each student the very best as they continue on their paths in the Athletic Training Profession.
If you would like to be included in the group that receives monthly email notifications when the latest newsletters come out, email Shelly Mullenix at smulle1@lsu.edu.
These seniors have recently taken and passed the Athletic Training Board of Certification Exam! Pending graduation in May, they will soon be able to call themselves Certified Athletic Trainers. Congratulations!!
