SC ATEP is St. Louis Bound for the NATA Annual Meeting

The University of South Carolina ATEP is well represented at numerous athletic training and sports medicine conferences each year.



Jason Roberts, Kaitlyn Muldoon, Kevin Thomas, and
 Alex Hall after a core stability session.



This year our students began the spring and summer filled conference schedule by attending the Southeastern Athletic Trainers' Assocation Student Symposium in February. Sophomores Kaitlyn Muldoon, Kevin Thomas, and Jason Roberts presented a case study.





  
 

Dr. Jeremy Searson, Kevin Thomas, Jason Roberts,
Josh Pratt, Dawn Minton, Dr. Toni Torres-McGehee,
Alex Hall, Kaitlyn Muldoon, Jill Hancock,
Sarah Runner, and Amanda Hawkins

This conference is a great opportunity for students, providing not only a variety of educational sessions at all levels, but also allowing our students to network with others in a different district, including many SC alumni!







 

Dr. Toni Torres-McGehee and doctoral student Dawn Minton then attended the Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine conference in Jacksonville, Florida where they presented some of their original research.

 

Josh Pratt, Maddy Macklin, John Kasik, Dr. Torres-McGehee,
Dr. Searson, Dawn Minton, Charlie Emerson, and Caroline Marion


With the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Meeting in Greenville, SC this May, there were many current and former ATEP members in attendance. Recently graduated seniors Josh Pratt, Caroline Marion, and Bryant Parnell represented SC at the student quiz bowl. The 3 students dominated the entire game until unfortuantely losing to WVU during the final round. Staff football athletic trainer Rachel Sharpe presented her thesis research during the poster presentation and doctoral students Brian Sieler and Dawn Minton presented some of their research during the oral free communications presentations.



Rachel Sharpe presents some of her thesis data while Dr.
Torres-McGehee presented some of her body image
 research later in the day.

San Francisco, California saw the next group of Gamecocks with John Kasik (Director of Sports Medicine), Rachel Sharpe, Dr. Torres-McGehee, new faculty member Susan Yeargin, and Dawn Minton traveling to the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting at the end of May. "
This is our nerd conference." Leading researchers from all over the world attend this conference and it is a great opportunity to discuss research and plan out all the great studies we want to do.



Dawn Minton, with Dr. Torres-McGehee and
 Dr. Yeargin, received the Carl V. Gisolfi Memorial
Grant for doctoral research

Brian and his wife Lauren enjoying the beautiful sites after
 the conference

A week later Brian Sieler presented his research at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.










After a few weeks of rest, the SC ATEP is now headed to St. Louis for the NATA Annual Meeting. We encourage our alumni, friends, family, and current Gamecocks to join us for our social Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 at Show-me. We are excited to see you and to catch up on the past year!