Here's what some of our athletic training alumni are doing.....

Elizabeth Weybright, ATC ('06) is a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW).  She is working on her master's degree.

Melissa McKinney, ATC ('06) is a certified athletic trainer with Accelerated Rehabilitation, Chicago Illinois, and is the Head Athletic Trainer at Addison Trail High School.

Tim Robison, ATC ('06) is a certified athletic trainer with Ingham Sports Medicine, Lansing, MI, where he provides athletic health care to Sexton High School athletes.

Matt Spiess, ATC ('06) has accepted a position as assistant athletic trainer at St. Joseph's College, Renssalaer, IN. Matt will complete his master's degree in Athletic Administration at Ball State University, Muncie, IN in May.

Jim Read, ATC ('06) is an athletic trainer and physical education teacher at Concord High School, Elkhart, IN.

Jenna Baumle, ATC ('05) is a staff athletic trainer at SportONE, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Kamie Lucas Libey, ATC ('05) is a certified athletic trainer at Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, Ind. She completed her MBA degree at the same institution.

Anna Merryman, ATC ('04) is a student in the graduate physical therapy program at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Mich.

Gusta Wayne, ATC ('04)  is a staff athletic trainer at Lafayette Orthopaedics, West Lafayette, Ind. She provides outreach coverage to an area high school.

Missy Mickelini, ATC ('04), is employed by Indiana Physical Therapy, Fort Wayne, Ind. as an athletic trainer. As part of her responsibilities, Missy provides athletic training services to Bishop Luers High School (Ft. Wayne).

Jordan Shown, ATC ('04), is employed by Advanced Physical Therapy, Indianapolis, as an industrial athletic trainer.

Jason Carr, ATC ('03) is the Head Athletic Trainer for the Austin Ice Bats, the Central Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.

Doug Garman, ATC ('03), is a staff athletic trainer at SportONE, Fort Wayne, working with Dr. John Pritchard, orthopaedic surgeon. He is completing his M.B.A. degree at Indiana Wesleyan University. 

Kristin Spangler, MS ATC ('03) is an ergonomic specialist at Advanced Physical Therapy, Indianapolis.

Eric Holsopple, DPT, ATC ('03) , is a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Indianapolis. He is a student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program at the University.

Corey Branam, ATC ('02) , is the head athletic trainer at Warsaw (Ind.) High School.

John Patton, ATC  ('01) is in his fifth year as an athletic trainer in professional baseball. John is employed by the Houston Astros organization.

Laura Freet, DPT, ATC, ('00) received her doctorate in physical therapy (DPT) from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. She is employed as a pediatric physical therapist in the Seattle, Wash., area.

Tiffany Manley, MS, ATC ('00) is the head athletic trainer at Ashford (formerly Franciscan) University, Clinton, Iowa.

Ryan Hedstrom, PhD, ATC ('00) has completed his doctoral studies in sports psychology at Michigan State University. He is an Assistant Professor of Physical Education at Castleton State College (VT).

Joel Pippenger, MS, ATC ('00) is a health and physical education teacher and head athletic trainer at Westview High School, Topeka, Ind. Joel earned a double major in athletic training and health and physical education teaching from Manchester College.

Adam West, MBA, ATC ('99) was recently promoted to Product Manager of Partial Knee Replacments at Biomet Inc., Warsaw, IN. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Patrick Violette, MS, ATC ('99) is an assistant athletic trainer for football at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Krista (Stum) Bennett, MS, ATC ('98) is a staff athletic trainer with Sport ONE in Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Michael Salazar, MS, ATC ('98)  has been a certified athletic trainer in the Cleveland Indians organization for eight years. For the 2007 season, Mike will be the Head Athletic Trainer for the Akron (OH) Aeros, the double-A Cleveland affiliate in the Eastern League.  Mike holds a master's degree from the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Eric Callahan, MS, ATC ('97) is a clinical athletic trainer at Fort Wayne Physical Therapy, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Kurt Wilson, MS, ATC ('97) is the head athletic trainer at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. He is also an instructor in the athletic training curriculum there. Kurt received his master's degree from Western Michigan University.

Burke Emmert, MS, ATC ('95) is a Certified Athletic Trainer with Riverview Hospital Health and Fitness Center, Noblesville, Indiana.  A majority of Burke's responsibilities are as Head Athletic Trainer at Fishers (IN) High School.

Jamey Gordon, MS, ATC, PT ('95), is the owner of and director of physical therapy at Fort Wayne Physical Therapy, Fort Wayne, Ind. He received his master's degree in physical therapy from Washington University, St. Louis.

Carrie Schnick, ATC, PTA ('95) is a physical therapy assistant and certified athletic trainer at Tipton County Hospital, Tipton, Ind.

J'nise Ramsey, MS, ATC ('93) is a clinician and administrator with McLaren Sports Medicine in Flint, Mich. She oversees an athletic outreach program for local high schools.

Andy Cripe, MS, ATC ('92), is the head certified athletic trainer at Northwood University, Midland Mich. He received his master's degree from Michigan State University.

Tim Demchak, PhD, ATC ('92) is on the athletic training faculty at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, where he is the director of the graduate program in athletic training. Tim received his doctorate in exercise physiology from The Ohio State University.

Jose Madrigal, MS, ATC ('90), is an exercise technician in cardiac rehabilitation at St. Mary's Medical Center, Hobart IN. He also serves as the Certified Athletic Trainer for Calumet (IN) High School. Jose received his master's degree in exercise physiology from Northeastern Illinois University.

Louis Desenberg, ATC ('90) after 10 years as a clinic/high school certified athletic trainer, Louis is a sales representative with DePuy, Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.), manufacturer of orthopaedic surgical devices.  Louis works with orthopaedic surgeons using surgical implants - plates, nails, total joint replacements, etc.

Dave Bunde, MS, ATC, P.A. ('90)  is a physician's assistant at Orthopaedics Northeast, Fort Wayne.

Gregor Badry, ATC ('87) is in his 19th year as the head athletic trainer at Peru, (Ind.) High School, where he also teaches elementary physical education.

Updated 4/12/07