March is National Athletic Training Month

(March 1, 2015) - Forty-seven area schools’ athletic trainers across the Premier Health system will be recognized at a luncheon held at University of Dayton Arena Thursday, March 12. The luncheon will honor the trainers for their dedication and service to the organization over the past year.  The theme of this year’s luncheon is We Prepare, You Perform.  

The event is sponsored by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association which recognizes and emphasizes the medical components of the athletic training profession and the variety of athletic training settings. The goal of any athletic trainer is to enhance the quality of health of athletes and those who engage in physical activity within the community, and their ultimate goal is injury prevention.

Each certified athletic trainer at the UVMC Center for Sports Medicine in Miami County is licensed by the state of Ohio, and works with area schools to provide injury care and prevention, on-field evaluations, and education to coaches and athletes. Annette Bair, MS, AT, is the athletic trainer at Miami East High School; Stephanie Burdette, MEd, AT, athletic trainer at Edison Community College and assistant athletic trainer at Piqua High School; Kayleigh Hitchcock, MAT, AT, athletic trainer at Bradford High School; Brian Downs, MS, AT, athletic trainer at Covington and Newton High Schools; Ryan Ingley, AT, athletic trainer at Milton-Union High School; Joyce Kastl, MA, AT, PTA, athletic trainer at Graham High School; Corinne Lyons, MA, AT, CSCS, lead athletic Trainer for the UVMC Center for Sports Medicine and Russia High School; Tiffany Rhoades, AT, CSCS, head athletic trainer at Troy High School; Aaron Schlotterbeck, MBA, AT, athletic trainer at Tippecanoe High School; Zach Rahe, AT, athletic trainer at Troy Christian High School; Andy Toller, AT, and Courtney Gagnon, AT, support staff athletic trainers at the Center for Sports Medicine. 

The UVMC Center for Sports Medicine is located at the Hyatt Center at 450 N. Hyatt St., Suite 102, Tipp City. For more information on programs offered please call 440-7152 or 667-2614, or log on to UVMC.com.

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