There Is An AT For That

March is National Athletic Training Month

Northeast Texas Community College would like to recognize all the Area Athletic Trainers who go above and beyond to care for the athletes they serve. March is National Athletic Training Month, and the slogan is “There’s an AT for that” this year.

You see Certified and Licensed Athletic Trainers working with Professional or Collegiate teams. We are fortunate in Texas to have many Athletic Trainers working with high schools, middle schools, and College and Professional teams.

Nationwide, they utilize Certified/Licensed Athletic Trainers in many more “non-traditional” settings. Today you can find Athletic Trainers employed by the Military, Corporations and Industrial Companies, Hospitals, Physical Therapy Clinics, Fire Departments, and many more settings as we have proved our worth and other groups recognize that “There’s an AT for that” also works in their environment. Athletic Trainers have expertise in Emergency Management, Evaluations of Injuries, Rehabilitation of Injuries, and many other areas of healthcare and are invaluable members of the healthcare profession.

At Northeast Texas Community College, Athletic Trainer Justin Hargrove MS, LAT, ATC, assists two student athletic trainers, Taylor Money, and Amiaya Washington, to help care for the Eagle Athletes. Within our local Community College service area, we also would like to recognize Alex Fellows of Mount Pleasant ISD, Kristen Nugent and Tyler Nugent of Pittsburg ISD, Averi Nelson of Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD and Tracy Coleman works in an off-the-field/front office capacity with Major League Soccer (MLS) for all the great work they do to care for their athletes.