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Former Pflugerville High quarterback returns to help team as a doctor

Posted by Assistant Director on 10/24/2022 12:00 am  

Former Pflugerville High quarterback returns to help team as a doctor By Blake Devine, October 14, 2022 New Pflugerville High volunteer team doctor was a former star quarterback for the team and Pflugerville athletic trainer Pete Wimmer finds it motivating. “To see someone that went to co...

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Mock Surgeries Show Young Women That There’s Room for Them in the Orthopedics Field

Posted by Assistant Director on 10/24/2022 12:00 am  

Dallas Morning News: Mock surgeries show young women that there’s room for them in the orthopedics field By Marin Wolf, October 17, 2022 Dr. Amy McIntosh had enrolled at Michigan University where she participated a competitive sports medicine program to become an athletic trainer. Through ...

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Corsicana ISD Athletic Trainer Saves Colleague

Posted by Assistant Director on 10/24/2022 12:00 am  /   Saving Lives

Corsicana ISD workers revive colleague whose heart stopped By Lori Brown, October 13, 2022 In Corsicana, Texas, after a Corsicana ISD administrative assistant collapsed and heart stopped during a meeting, athletic trainer Tara Humphrey and a multimedia specialist who is a former EMT used CPR to ...

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Tackling Football Concussions

Posted by Assistant Director on 10/18/2022 12:00 am  

Fort Worth Magazine: Tackling Football Concussions By: Rick Mauch August 27, 2022 Contains a highlight on Texas Weslayan athletic trainer Ritchy Hitoto’s review of concussions with students & quotes from Hitoto on effects & best practices. “Texas Wesleyan University has eme...

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Coach Saves Life

Posted by Assistant Director on 10/18/2022 12:00 am  /   Saving Lives

Local 23: Vela HS football coach saves player from choking By: Jesse Mendez September 1, 2022 Coach Joseph Cantu stopped a player choking on his mouthpiece, article has statements from staff that athletic trainer Jaime Tovar’s training helped Coach Cantu act quickly “I’d pers...

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