Published on March 17, 2025
March is National Athletic Trainer Month
Owensboro Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine provides athletic trainers to local high schools, Brescia University and Kentucky Wesleyan College to ensure the health and well-being of student-athletes. These dedicated professionals work closely with school athletes and Orthopedic physicians to evaluate injuries, assess readiness to play, and provide first aid or emergency care.
March is Athletic Trainer Month, a time to recognize and appreciate the valuable contributions of these professionals. They play a crucial role in keeping athletes safe and healthy, allowing them to perform at their best.
Athletic trainers have a wide range of responsibilities, including:
- Injury prevention: They develop and implement injury prevention programs to help athletes avoid injuries in the first place.
- Injury evaluation: They assess and diagnose injuries and determine the best course of treatment.
- Rehabilitation: They develop and implement rehabilitation plans to help athletes recover from injuries and return to play.
- Education: They educate athletes, coaches, and parents about injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Athletic trainers are often the first medical professionals that student-athletes see when they are injured, and they play a vital role in ensuring that athletes receive the care they need to return to play safely and quickly. They are an essential part of the sports medicine team, and we wish to thank them for the difference they make in the lives of student-athletes.
Help us celebrate our athletic trainers!
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Maelin Howard, Kentucky Wesleyan College
Sarah Phillips, Kentucky Wesleyan College
Alex Vogel, Kentucky Wesleyan College
Brescia University, Owensboro Thoroughbreds & Rampage Owensboro
Teresa Jenkins, Brescia University, Owensboro Thoroughbreds & Rampage Owensboro
Daviess County High School
Jessica Schaefer, Daviess County High School
Grayson County High School
Scott Baughman, Grayson County High School
Apollo High School
Sora Tanigawa, Apollo High School
Henderson County High School
Honoka Nakanishi, Henderson County High School
Muhlenberg County High School
Dana Sibrel, Muhlenberg County High School
PRN Athletic Trainers
Mark Perdue, PRN
About Owensboro Health
Owensboro Health is a nonprofit health system with a mission to heal the sick and to improve the health of the communities it serves in Kentucky and Indiana. The system includes Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, nationally recognized for design, architecture and engineering; Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital; Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center; the Owensboro Health Medical Group comprised of over 350 providers at more than 30 locations; three outpatient Healthplex facilities, a certified medical fitness facility, the Healthpark; a weight management program, and the Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center.
On average each year, we have more than 19,000 inpatient admissions, deliver 2,000 babies and provide the region’s only Level III NICU. Owensboro Health physicians perform nearly 33,000 surgical procedures, including nearly 150 open-heart surgeries. Our physicians and staff have 90,000 Emergency Department visits and more than 1.25 million outpatient visits annually. Visit our home page for more information.