Happy Halloween!

On October 28th, Athletic Training Students put on their best costumes and helped out with the annual BOOzar event. This free trick-or-treat event is sponsored by the LSU Athletic Department and designed to provide children with a safe Halloween. The BOOzar is held in the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse and consists of games, trick-or-treating, and autographs. The Athletic Training station’s game was wrapping the children up like mummies with stretch tape. Thanks to all of the Athletic Training Students who participated to help make this event a success!

Congratulations to Nick Badeaux, 2011 Recipient of the Adam Sturlese Memorial Sports Medicine Award

Nick Badeaux, 3rd year Athletic Training Student, was nominated as this year’s recipient of the Acadian Ambulance Adam Sturlese Memorial Sports Medicine Award. The award was presented to Nick during the LSU vs. Auburn on Saturday October 22nd.

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. Prior to working LSU Football, Nick’s sport rotations have included Swimming and Diving and Track and Field and Cross Country. “Nick Badeaux is the well deserving recipient of the 2011 Adam Sturlese Acadian Ambulance Award. Nick has continued to prove to the staff and graduate assistants at football that he is worthy of the responsibility that he has been given at the start this season”, says Shelly Mullenix, Senior Associate Athletic Trainer for Football. “Having already been identified as an “Athletic Training Student of the Month” this academic year, choosing Nick for the Sturlese Award was easy. He leads by example and I believe our younger student athletic trainers model his diligence and attention to detail. What this has created amongst the group of students is a culture of effort, teamwork and responsibility for one’s actions. He understands that his work is a reflection of who he is as a person and we know that we can count on him to get the job done. He has recently been given administrative responsibilities that would be hard for most to manage, but again, Nick has excelled in this area as well. It is clear to us that Nick Badeaux will represent our Athletic Training Program well in the future and we are so happy to be able to honor him in this way.”

Cutting Edge Advantage

Dr. Melissa Thompson Ph.D., ATC along with two other professors in the Kinesiology department, Dr. Hargroder and Dr. Landin, oversee a small branch of the Kinesiology department not common to undergraduate programs. In the LSU Veterinary School, there are two classes offered to undergraduate students to further their anatomy knowledge. Once a student has completed KIN 2500, human anatomy, they are offered the opportunity to take the 3519, cadaver prosection, or 4519, cadaver dissection. Each athletic training student is enrolled in the cadaver prosection class. Madeleine Scaramuzzo says, “the cadaver dissection course has helped expand my knowledge of human anatomy, and will greatly improve my ability to visualize structures and identify injuries in the future.” Dr. Hargroder said, “The experience gives undergraduate students an upper hand when they continue their education in graduate programs because they are able to identify parts of the body more quickly and easily than other students who weren't offered the advantage of participating in a cadaver lab.” Seeing the body first hand is a completely different experience than learning it in a textbook. Third year student, Raymond Champagne, who took the prosection course his second year in the program says, “The cadaver lab has been a very beneficial class and has contributed to my overall knowledge of the human body. Having an opportunity to be a part of this class has given me the upper hand over many other athletic training students in the state.“

For further information please visit: http://www.lsureveille.com/news/cadaver-lab-sets-university-apart-1.2647276#.TrlWfq7UrI

LSU Athletic Training Student of the Month

Congratulations to Devon Bowie, LSU’s Athletic Training Student of the Month for November! Devon is a first year Athletic Training Student currently working with Track and Field and Cross Country. Devon’s hard work and enthusiasm has not only impacted Track and Field and Cross Country tremendously, but the entire Athletic Training Room as well. When asked about Devon, Keith Thompson, MS, ATC, said, “I am very excited to have Devon as one of our athletic training students. I had the opportunity to teach and work with Devon when he was in the pre-professional phase and realized that he was the type of individual that would represent our program proudly. Since entering our program Devon has demonstrated a great attitude, an eagerness to learn, and a strong work ethic.”