2nd year MS-AT students Annie Thomas Wilmington Friends and Zach Poston Caravel Academy squared off last night in the DIAA 2A Championship FB game at UD. They are both pictured here before the game with their preceptors Devon Adams & Marty Yuhas. Congrats to both on a great year!

UD’s Athletic Training Student Association UDELATSA hosted their annual Holiday Banquet on Friday 12/9/22 on the STAR Campus. Congrats to UD Staff Athletic Trainer Tiana McKim (Class of 2016) who was recognized with the ATSA Faculty/Staff Service Award by President Morgan Ohm.

1st year graduate student (Exercise Science) Erin O’Reilly is assisting Dr. K. in a collaboration with the Sporting Delaware Soccer Club sportingdelaware and NecksLevel - neckslevel.com We are excited about this partnership that involves the Sporting Delaware U-13 Girls.

Congrats to 3rd year doctoral student Amanda Delaney who has just accepted an internship position with the sport performance team of the Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds and Aaron J. Cunanan, PhD Aaron J. Cunanan, PhD Director of Applied Sports Science at their Player Development Complex in AZ.

Excited to take part I. The 2nd Head Injury Summit in May —- universe.com/events/head-in…. Spread the word all-star lineup of speakers and topics.

Listening to "Nick Jensen: Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Medical Coordinator" at insideathletictraining.buzzsprout.com/2112084/124931… Nick graduated from UD and our post-professional MS degree program in 2016!

While conducting our post-season testing this week with sportingdelaware - NecksLevel inventor/CEO Scott Dickenson stopped by to see the process. Scott (far left) is pictured here with our test team (L-R) Abby Fisher, Amanda Delaney, and Erin O’Reilly. Your support is appreciated!

Honored to have taken part in the 2023 Head Injury Summit II in Chicago the past 2 days. Was able to meet up with UD alum Meeja Richards who works for MLS in New York City. Much was shared to keep the sport of soccer safe and enjoyable.

In Denver for the ACSM ⁦American College of Sports Medicine⁩ for the annual meeting. Honored to have been invited to participate in the ACSM-ECSS Exchange Lecture this afternoon with my colleague from the Netherlands Dr. Evert Verhagen.

3rd year BIOMS doctoral student representing the AT Research Lab is shown next to her poster presentation at this years ACSM meeting in Denver, CO. Her research involved our strength training study involving the NecksLevel device in WSOC and GSOC players.

Great catching up with University of Delaware AT Research Laboratory American College of Sports Medicine! #ACSM23

Terrific time yesterday in Indianapolis, IN for the NATA Annual Meeting @NATAevents speaking along with Dr. Jennifer Ostrowski from Moravian University Moravian University on a topic near and dear to the hearts of all Athletic Trainers.

Latest from CARE Consortium lead by Dr. Anthony Kontos on the incidence and risk factors of soccer concussions with important findings on higher concussion risk in females. #concussion pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37338928/

To Ice or Not to Ice is “not” the question - please read and share my synopsis of the great NATA ice debate! garyreinl.com/articles/To-Ic… #theMELTDOWNContinues! #NATA

Presented at the 2023 ECSS Meeting as part of the ACSM-ECSS Exchange with my colleague from The Netherlands Dr. Evert Verhagen 7/5 Our theme was “Contemporary Approaches to Sport Injury Rehabilitation – “Imparting Creativity and Ingenuity to Push Against the Accepted Norms”

Quantitative Analysis of Ball-Head Impact Exposure in Youth Soccer Players - #sportsscience #exercisescience #sportsmedicine jssm.org/hfabst.php?id=… via J Sports Sci Med

Had fun at lunch yesterday catching up with UD ATEP alumna Haley French (Class of 2015) at the newest Grain Exchange restaurant Grain Craft Bar + Kitchen on the UID STAR campus. Haley is currently employed as an athletic trainer with ATI Physical Therapy ATI Physical Therapy in Rehoboth, DE.

Chance this afternoon to catch up with UD alumna Ginette Torres (2008) @ Crooked Hammock Brewery here in Middletown, DE. Had a blast catching up and reminiscing about her time with UD ATEP. Ginette works ⁦ATI Physical Therapy⁩ here in M-town with former UD student Jamie (Lambert) Smoots

Great seeing UD ATEP grad Collin Francis (2010) last nite at the Howard University team hotel. Collin is the Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Health, Wellness and Performance Howard Athletics In this newly created position Collin is also serving as interim FB ATC!

Excited to share the stage with these awesome #Ankle researchers for our symposium in the fall in France IAS10_2024 ! Registration is now open for #IAS10_2024 ! Be sure to reserve your spot now: anklesymposium2024.com Alan Needle