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Alumni Connections
June 2014 1WeConnections! SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Welcome to Alumni Connections! With great excitement we introduce the SWOSU Athletic Training Alumni connections! We are excited to reunite our former graduates and employees with our current staff and students. The Athletic Training Program at Southwestern has grown substantially in the past couple of years and we know that we have our graduates to thank! Our athletics department has also expanded to include not only the original Athletic Training Lab and the Zarrow Athletic Training Room in Rankin Williams Fieldhouse, but our satellite facility at the Sports Complex (baseball, softball, and soccer) and our newest addition, The Michael E Kiehn Athletic Training Facility inside the Pioneer Cellular Event Center. Currently, we have plans for a new main athletic training facility to be located in Rankin Williams Fieldhouse. Plans are also in the works for new educational
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facilities. All the changes being made in our program and on our campus makes us even more excited to get everyone back together and back to Weatherford!
Get Connected We are in the process of making contact with all alumni and former employees in order to build our alumni database. The information that we are looking for includes: Name and Credentials, SWOSU Graduation Year(s) / Years Employed at SWOSU, Current Employment Information (Job Title, Employer and Location) and preferred email address.
Welcome our newest alum, the class of 2014 Page 2
Alumni reunion set for October 11, 2014 Page 2
We also would like an Alumni Spotlight Profile on everyone so that we can use it to fill the newsletter. A copy of the profile is attached to original email. Please fill it out and send it back! Email: [email protected] Please forward this information to classmates and colleagues associated with SWOSU so that we can reach all of our grads and former employees.
Local Medical Staff at Wrestling Championships Page 5
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Class of 2014 AT Program Current Events On Saturday, May 10th, 2014 our alumni base expanded by eleven as the Class of 2014 received their diplomas. The graduates include: Jim Bui (Broken Arrow) Brittany Carson (Claremore) Brooke Harrison (Woodward) Jackie Manning (Sayre) Ryan McKee (Cordell) Kamden Phillips (Altus) Brandon Pounds (Weatherford) Jeffrey Pratt (Santa Rose, CA) Trixie Russell (Little Axe) Meagan Steen (Altus) Elijah Unruh (Enid)
with sixteen students.
We expect great things out of these graduates as they move forward to pursue graduate assistantships, physical therapy assistant degrees, personal training certifications, and as they join the workforce.
The fall 2014 semester for the athletic training program will be filled with 31 junior and senior level students. Their clinical rotations will include football, volleyball, women’s soccer and off-campus rotations. Eventually, many of them will transition over to covering men’s and women’s basketball.
In 2010 the athletic training program changed to being a five semester program with the students applying to the program in November of their sophomore year. The students that have been selected will then begin clinical rotations in the spring. This past spring we accepted our largest class
2014 Athletic Training Camp will be held July 10th – 12th on the campus of SWOSU. Contact [email protected] for more information
GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT Congratulations to Meagan Steen of Altus, OK on becoming certified and accepting a graduate assistant position at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana! She will be working with the women’s basketball team. Best of luck to you, Meagan!
Alumni Reunion October 11, 2014
In recognition of their diligence in protecting student athletes, two OK schools have been awarded National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award! Congratulations to Leander Walker and Dain Foster for their work at Yukon High School and Dan Newman, Koby Smith and Meagan DeShane at Union High School! Walker, Foster, and Smith are all SWOSU AT Alumni. Keep up the hard work in protecting our athletes!
A reunion is planned for Saturday, October 11, 2014 on the campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in conjunction with the Football Homecoming Festivities. We welcome back all former athletic training students and employees for the day’s festivities. The tentative schedule includes tours of our new facilities, a tailgate cookout, and then watching the game which kicks off at 6:00pm. More information will be available closer to the date. If you have any ideas or suggestions for this or future alumni reunions, please email them to: [email protected].
FOLLOW @SWOSUATHLETICS
Remember to visit www.swosuathletics.com to keep up with your Bulldog and Lady Bulldog athletics. We would love to have your support when SWOSU competes in your area!
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3 Left: Cates signing in athletes during her undergrad at SWOSU.
THROWBACKS
Below: Current photo of Jessica Cates
SWOSU Athletic Training Program and Staff from 20032004 now ten years graduated from the program.
Alumni Spotlight Jessica Cates, MEd, LAT, ATC
SWOSU Athletic Banquet 2006
OATA High School Day 2007
AT Program 2008-2009
SUBMIT YOUR THROWBACKS Do you have any photographic gems saved up from your days at SWOSU? Would you like to see them in a newsletter, on facebook, or on Twitter? SUBMIT THEM TO:
[email protected]
Jessica Cates (MEd., LAT, ATC) is a 2008 graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s athletic training program. She is currently living in Stillwater, Oklahoma with her two puppies, Paxton and Porter. She is currently employed by Oklahoma State University as the assistant athletic trainer in charge of women’s basketball. This was her first year working with the team. Her favorite part of the job is performing preventative programming. She also enjoys utilizing soft tissue techniques as part of the rehabilitation process. As a SWOSU student, Jessica fondly remembers the end of the year party at M.Catt’s house. She also enjoyed the “country kid atmosphere” of SWOSU. Jessica urges all athletic training students to take ownership of their education. “The world in general is not going spoon feed you and you are not entitled to anything. So don’t leave it to your teachers alone to give you what you need to succeed; CRACK A BOOK, get a study partner, spend some late nights in the library and work your butts off! Trust me, it is worth it.” After completing her undergraduate education, Jessica attended the University of Central Oklahoma where she earned her Master of Education in Health and Physical Education. Cates is a Young Professionals Committee Member for the Oklahoma Athletic Trainers’ Association. Thank you for your dedication to athletic training and for making SWOSU proud.
Former Employee Spotlight
Glenda, Dawn, Ron, and Ronnie Walker after th commencement ceremonies at the May 10 2014
Ron Walker Ed. D, ATC, CSCS Ron served as the Program Director for SWOSU’s athletic training program from 2000-2005. Since that time he has moved to Tulsa, OK where he works as Coordinator of Clinical Education at the University of Tulsa. He has recently been awarded the Faculty Member of the Year. This spring he also submitted his 150 page dissertation to earn his Ed. D.. Congratulations Ron and thanks for your “time-served!”
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4 Athletic Department Head Athletic Trainer – Edwin Detweiler (MA, LAT, ATC, PTA) Furman, ’02 – Football
FOR MORE INFORMATION Abico eum, ille et, conventio obruo duis ullamcorper ut, neo demoveo. Vel reprobo: HEADING 5
Contact Info
Assistant Athletic Trainer – Kalyp Oliver (MEd, LAT, ATC) SWOSU ’11 – Volleyball, Baseball Assistant Athletic Trainer/Athletic Insurance Coordinator – Leah Cox (MEd, LAT, ATC) SWOSU ’12 – Women’s Basketball Graduate Assistant – Lauryn McCurry (LAT,ATC) East Texas Baptist University ’13 – Soccer, Softball Graduate Assistant – Cesiley Rideau (LAT, ATC) SWOSU ’11 – Football, Men’s Basketball
Current Athletic Training Staff
Athletic Training Program Program Director – Jessica Young (MS, ATC, LAT) University of Nebraska (Kearney) ‘00 Clinical Coordinator – Kris Mahlock (MS, ATC, LAT) SWOSU ‘03
Please, make it a point to stop by and chat with the staff if you are ever in the area. We would love the opportunity to see you all!
Graduate Assistant – Randa Hollandsworth Southern Nazarene University ‘14
Organization of Student Athletic Trainers This student organization typically has 20+ active members. Our goals are to raise money to send students to state, district, and national symposiums to further their education and to network within the profession. The organization also prides itself in community service activities such as Relay for Life, town-wide clean up and providing water and medical care at local 5k races. This past year we have had members volunteer at the NCAA Wrestling National Championships and the Memorial Run to Remember in Oklahoma City. In addition to all of the educational and philanthropic work OSAT organizes several social events including the Thanksgiving and Christmas potlucks and an end of the year cookout. Officer elections for 2014-2015 were held in April and our new president is Ali Houchin, a junior from Newkirk, OK. Vice-President is Tiffany Hoffman, a senior from Broken Arrow, OK.
The position of Secretary is held by Reagan Bonnewell, a junior from Tuttle, OK. The last officer is Treasurer, Jessica Rauschenberg, senior from Tulsa, OK.
Officer elections for 2014-2015 were held in April and our new president is Ali Houchin, a junior from Newkirk, OK. Vice-President is Tiffany Hoffman, a senior from Broken Arrow, OK. Secretary is Reagan Bonnewell, a junior from Tuttle, OK. The last officer is Treasurer, Jessica Rauschenberg, senior from Tulsa, OK.
Be on the lookout for their many fundraisers throughout the year and help send students to represent SWOSU at all the annual meetings. OSAT also looks to bring speakers in for meetings several times a year. If you are interested in speaking, please contact the sponsor at [email protected].
FOLLOW @SWOSU_OSAT
Follow us for information regarding the student organization and their upcoming fundraisers. They would love your help, support, and ideas.
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Local Medical Staff at Wrestling Championships
5
AROUND CAMPUS
The C7’s Intramural Softball Team All spring the SWOSU athletic training staff and students competed in intramural softball. We may not have won many games, but the medical coverage was top notch!
Oklahoma City, Ok. – Chesapeake Arena was host to NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships March 20-22nd. On hand as part of the local medical staff, several SWOSU athletic training students, employees, and alumni volunteered at the event. Duties included providing medical coverage, setting up hydration stations, performing skin checks and assisting the NCAA with assignments as needed. During the tournament, National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) President, Jim Thornton, MS, ATC, CES met the staff and took time to pause for a picture. Current SWOSU students and staff that helped with the event included: Junior students- Kayla Johnson and Brooke Massey, Senior students- Brittany Carson, Brooke Harrison and Meagan Steen, Staff members- Paige Wheeler, Cesiley Rideau and Leah Cox. Volunteering Alumni included: Dain Foster, Chris Kromer, and Mitch McLaughlin.
Keep in Touch Follow us on Twitter @SWOSUATalumni Like us on Facebook SWOSU Athletic Training Alumni
Letter from the Editor Thank you so much for taking the time to read this newsletter! As a 2012 graduate of the SWOSU athletic training program and now as an employee of the athletic training department, I am extremely proud of my connections with this university. I know that we have an excellent alumni base and that we have had some amazing former employees and educators. My goal is help forge connections amongst all of us “hasbeens” while introducing all of you to our current students. If I have learned anything in my young career as an athletic trainer it is that networking is the roots of our profession. I encourage all of you to visit us and get involved in the mentoring of our students and young graduates. If you have any suggestions of ways to improve the newsletter or if you would like to submit an article or information, please send it to [email protected]. Thanks again for reading and I look forward to seeing you at our reunion in October!
- Leah Cox MEd., LAT, ATC
SWOSU Scholarly Research Fair The Athletic Training Program had nine students st represented by four posters during the 21 Annual event held on April 15, 2014.
Alumni Connections SWOSU Athletic Training 100 Campus Drive Weatherford, OK 73096 [email protected]
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Alumni Connections
June 2014 1WeConnections! SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Welcome to Alumni Connections! With great excitement we introduce the SWOSU Athletic Training Alumni connections! We are excited to reunite our former graduates and employees with our current staff and students. The Athletic Training Program at Southwestern has grown substantially in the past couple of years and we know that we have our graduates to thank! Our athletics department has also expanded to include not only the original Athletic Training Lab and the Zarrow Athletic Training Room in Rankin Williams Fieldhouse, but our satellite facility at the Sports Complex (baseball, softball, and soccer) and our newest addition, The Michael E Kiehn Athletic Training Facility inside the Pioneer Cellular Event Center. Currently, we have plans for a new main athletic training facility to be located in Rankin Williams Fieldhouse. Plans are also in the works for new educational
IN THIS ISSUE
facilities. All the changes being made in our program and on our campus makes us even more excited to get everyone back together and back to Weatherford!
Get Connected We are in the process of making contact with all alumni and former employees in order to build our alumni database. The information that we are looking for includes: Name and Credentials, SWOSU Graduation Year(s) / Years Employed at SWOSU, Current Employment Information (Job Title, Employer and Location) and preferred email address.
Welcome our newest alum, the class of 2014 Page 2
Alumni reunion set for October 11, 2014 Page 2
We also would like an Alumni Spotlight Profile on everyone so that we can use it to fill the newsletter. A copy of the profile is attached to original email. Please fill it out and send it back! Email: [email protected] Please forward this information to classmates and colleagues associated with SWOSU so that we can reach all of our grads and former employees.
Local Medical Staff at Wrestling Championships Page 5
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2
Class of 2014 AT Program Current Events On Saturday, May 10th, 2014 our alumni base expanded by eleven as the Class of 2014 received their diplomas. The graduates include: Jim Bui (Broken Arrow) Brittany Carson (Claremore) Brooke Harrison (Woodward) Jackie Manning (Sayre) Ryan McKee (Cordell) Kamden Phillips (Altus) Brandon Pounds (Weatherford) Jeffrey Pratt (Santa Rose, CA) Trixie Russell (Little Axe) Meagan Steen (Altus) Elijah Unruh (Enid)
with sixteen students.
We expect great things out of these graduates as they move forward to pursue graduate assistantships, physical therapy assistant degrees, personal training certifications, and as they join the workforce.
The fall 2014 semester for the athletic training program will be filled with 31 junior and senior level students. Their clinical rotations will include football, volleyball, women’s soccer and off-campus rotations. Eventually, many of them will transition over to covering men’s and women’s basketball.
In 2010 the athletic training program changed to being a five semester program with the students applying to the program in November of their sophomore year. The students that have been selected will then begin clinical rotations in the spring. This past spring we accepted our largest class
2014 Athletic Training Camp will be held July 10th – 12th on the campus of SWOSU. Contact [email protected] for more information
GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT Congratulations to Meagan Steen of Altus, OK on becoming certified and accepting a graduate assistant position at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana! She will be working with the women’s basketball team. Best of luck to you, Meagan!
Alumni Reunion October 11, 2014
In recognition of their diligence in protecting student athletes, two OK schools have been awarded National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award! Congratulations to Leander Walker and Dain Foster for their work at Yukon High School and Dan Newman, Koby Smith and Meagan DeShane at Union High School! Walker, Foster, and Smith are all SWOSU AT Alumni. Keep up the hard work in protecting our athletes!
A reunion is planned for Saturday, October 11, 2014 on the campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in conjunction with the Football Homecoming Festivities. We welcome back all former athletic training students and employees for the day’s festivities. The tentative schedule includes tours of our new facilities, a tailgate cookout, and then watching the game which kicks off at 6:00pm. More information will be available closer to the date. If you have any ideas or suggestions for this or future alumni reunions, please email them to: [email protected].
FOLLOW @SWOSUATHLETICS
Remember to visit www.swosuathletics.com to keep up with your Bulldog and Lady Bulldog athletics. We would love to have your support when SWOSU competes in your area!
ALUMNI CONNECTIONS | Issue 1
3 Left: Cates signing in athletes during her undergrad at SWOSU.
THROWBACKS
Below: Current photo of Jessica Cates
SWOSU Athletic Training Program and Staff from 20032004 now ten years graduated from the program.
Alumni Spotlight Jessica Cates, MEd, LAT, ATC
SWOSU Athletic Banquet 2006
OATA High School Day 2007
AT Program 2008-2009
SUBMIT YOUR THROWBACKS Do you have any photographic gems saved up from your days at SWOSU? Would you like to see them in a newsletter, on facebook, or on Twitter? SUBMIT THEM TO:
[email protected]
Jessica Cates (MEd., LAT, ATC) is a 2008 graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s athletic training program. She is currently living in Stillwater, Oklahoma with her two puppies, Paxton and Porter. She is currently employed by Oklahoma State University as the assistant athletic trainer in charge of women’s basketball. This was her first year working with the team. Her favorite part of the job is performing preventative programming. She also enjoys utilizing soft tissue techniques as part of the rehabilitation process. As a SWOSU student, Jessica fondly remembers the end of the year party at M.Catt’s house. She also enjoyed the “country kid atmosphere” of SWOSU. Jessica urges all athletic training students to take ownership of their education. “The world in general is not going spoon feed you and you are not entitled to anything. So don’t leave it to your teachers alone to give you what you need to succeed; CRACK A BOOK, get a study partner, spend some late nights in the library and work your butts off! Trust me, it is worth it.” After completing her undergraduate education, Jessica attended the University of Central Oklahoma where she earned her Master of Education in Health and Physical Education. Cates is a Young Professionals Committee Member for the Oklahoma Athletic Trainers’ Association. Thank you for your dedication to athletic training and for making SWOSU proud.
Former Employee Spotlight
Glenda, Dawn, Ron, and Ronnie Walker after th commencement ceremonies at the May 10 2014
Ron Walker Ed. D, ATC, CSCS Ron served as the Program Director for SWOSU’s athletic training program from 2000-2005. Since that time he has moved to Tulsa, OK where he works as Coordinator of Clinical Education at the University of Tulsa. He has recently been awarded the Faculty Member of the Year. This spring he also submitted his 150 page dissertation to earn his Ed. D.. Congratulations Ron and thanks for your “time-served!”
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4 Athletic Department Head Athletic Trainer – Edwin Detweiler (MA, LAT, ATC, PTA) Furman, ’02 – Football
FOR MORE INFORMATION Abico eum, ille et, conventio obruo duis ullamcorper ut, neo demoveo. Vel reprobo: HEADING 5
Contact Info
Assistant Athletic Trainer – Kalyp Oliver (MEd, LAT, ATC) SWOSU ’11 – Volleyball, Baseball Assistant Athletic Trainer/Athletic Insurance Coordinator – Leah Cox (MEd, LAT, ATC) SWOSU ’12 – Women’s Basketball Graduate Assistant – Lauryn McCurry (LAT,ATC) East Texas Baptist University ’13 – Soccer, Softball Graduate Assistant – Cesiley Rideau (LAT, ATC) SWOSU ’11 – Football, Men’s Basketball
Current Athletic Training Staff
Athletic Training Program Program Director – Jessica Young (MS, ATC, LAT) University of Nebraska (Kearney) ‘00 Clinical Coordinator – Kris Mahlock (MS, ATC, LAT) SWOSU ‘03
Please, make it a point to stop by and chat with the staff if you are ever in the area. We would love the opportunity to see you all!
Graduate Assistant – Randa Hollandsworth Southern Nazarene University ‘14
Organization of Student Athletic Trainers This student organization typically has 20+ active members. Our goals are to raise money to send students to state, district, and national symposiums to further their education and to network within the profession. The organization also prides itself in community service activities such as Relay for Life, town-wide clean up and providing water and medical care at local 5k races. This past year we have had members volunteer at the NCAA Wrestling National Championships and the Memorial Run to Remember in Oklahoma City. In addition to all of the educational and philanthropic work OSAT organizes several social events including the Thanksgiving and Christmas potlucks and an end of the year cookout. Officer elections for 2014-2015 were held in April and our new president is Ali Houchin, a junior from Newkirk, OK. Vice-President is Tiffany Hoffman, a senior from Broken Arrow, OK.
The position of Secretary is held by Reagan Bonnewell, a junior from Tuttle, OK. The last officer is Treasurer, Jessica Rauschenberg, senior from Tulsa, OK.
Officer elections for 2014-2015 were held in April and our new president is Ali Houchin, a junior from Newkirk, OK. Vice-President is Tiffany Hoffman, a senior from Broken Arrow, OK. Secretary is Reagan Bonnewell, a junior from Tuttle, OK. The last officer is Treasurer, Jessica Rauschenberg, senior from Tulsa, OK.
Be on the lookout for their many fundraisers throughout the year and help send students to represent SWOSU at all the annual meetings. OSAT also looks to bring speakers in for meetings several times a year. If you are interested in speaking, please contact the sponsor at [email protected].
FOLLOW @SWOSU_OSAT
Follow us for information regarding the student organization and their upcoming fundraisers. They would love your help, support, and ideas.
ALUMNI CONNECTIONS | Issue 1
Local Medical Staff at Wrestling Championships
5
AROUND CAMPUS
The C7’s Intramural Softball Team All spring the SWOSU athletic training staff and students competed in intramural softball. We may not have won many games, but the medical coverage was top notch!
Oklahoma City, Ok. – Chesapeake Arena was host to NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships March 20-22nd. On hand as part of the local medical staff, several SWOSU athletic training students, employees, and alumni volunteered at the event. Duties included providing medical coverage, setting up hydration stations, performing skin checks and assisting the NCAA with assignments as needed. During the tournament, National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) President, Jim Thornton, MS, ATC, CES met the staff and took time to pause for a picture. Current SWOSU students and staff that helped with the event included: Junior students- Kayla Johnson and Brooke Massey, Senior students- Brittany Carson, Brooke Harrison and Meagan Steen, Staff members- Paige Wheeler, Cesiley Rideau and Leah Cox. Volunteering Alumni included: Dain Foster, Chris Kromer, and Mitch McLaughlin.
Keep in Touch Follow us on Twitter @SWOSUATalumni Like us on Facebook SWOSU Athletic Training Alumni
Letter from the Editor Thank you so much for taking the time to read this newsletter! As a 2012 graduate of the SWOSU athletic training program and now as an employee of the athletic training department, I am extremely proud of my connections with this university. I know that we have an excellent alumni base and that we have had some amazing former employees and educators. My goal is help forge connections amongst all of us “hasbeens” while introducing all of you to our current students. If I have learned anything in my young career as an athletic trainer it is that networking is the roots of our profession. I encourage all of you to visit us and get involved in the mentoring of our students and young graduates. If you have any suggestions of ways to improve the newsletter or if you would like to submit an article or information, please send it to [email protected]. Thanks again for reading and I look forward to seeing you at our reunion in October!
- Leah Cox MEd., LAT, ATC
SWOSU Scholarly Research Fair The Athletic Training Program had nine students st represented by four posters during the 21 Annual event held on April 15, 2014.
Alumni Connections SWOSU Athletic Training 100 Campus Drive Weatherford, OK 73096 [email protected]
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