Dan Watson Dr. Charles “Buz” Swanik
- Congratulations to Keith Handling on being inducted into the DATA Hall of Fame in ceremonies conducted in
December 2004 at the DATA Annual Winter Meetings.
-Megan Wenner a 2004 graduate with a master’s degree in exercise physiology and former graduate assistant athletic trainer with UD athletics is now pursuing her PhD in the
Biomechanics and Movement Science interdisciplinary degree program at UD. Her faculty advisor is Dr. Bill
Farquhar.
- Kristin Dorr , currently a junior in the ATEP spent two home game series working as an intern athletic trainer for the Baltimore Orioles during the summer of 2004. Kristin worked with Orioles staff athletic trainers Richard Bancells and Brian Ebel.
- SATC members are looking for UD Alumni in the greater
Wilmington, DE area to serve as “Athletic Training
Mentors”. Mentors will guide undergraduate AT students both personally and professionally as they seek to pursue a career in the athletic training profession.
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It is hard to believe another school year has come to a close. As I write this edition of my column, our students are knee deep into finals week ---- oooooh you must remember those days ----- and are excited for summer vacation. The students never cease to amaze me with their continued hard-work and dedication to advance the educational program into the future. As the health care industry continues to redefine itself , our students prepare for their role in the process. My hats off to them for a job well done!!
The Athletic Training Steering
Committee was busy throughout the school year making minor revisions to the curriculum and further refining the educational program. Perhaps the greatest curricular change involved the addition of two more
Practicum classes. Students are now required to take a Practicum class during each of the 6 semesters that they’re in the program. In order to satisfy the requirements for those classes, students must meet certain clinical and education proficiency goals. Many thanks to Joan Couch and John Smith for their efforts in the revision process! Alumni are encouraged to visit the ATEP web site to see more details on the ATEP program of study --- http://www.udel.edu/HESC/AT/Site/i ndex.html
This year the ATEP also welcomed 3 new doctoral students. Katie Kolar
(West Chester 02’ and JMU 04’), Al
Douex (Fresno State 96’ & Univ. of
Florida 99’), and Greg Gutierrez
(Univ. of Florida 02’ and 04’) joined the Biomechanics and Movement
Science doctoral program of study and are actively involved working in the Athletic Training Research
Laboratory and the ATEP. Welcome aboard!
The addition of Dr. Charles “Buz”
Swanik to our AT faculty is going to be a great boost for our program as we continue to move forward into the future. UD has long been known for educating the finest athletic training students, we would like to add being known as a top-notch AT research program to that solid reputation in the future!
What a great time we had in
Baltimore at the annual UD Alumni
Party. If you haven’t had a chance to see the pictures --- please visit the following link to see the great photos
---- http://www.udel.edu/HESC/AT/Site/ alumni_news.html
I look forward to seeing you all again this year in
Indianapolis at the Slippery Noodle
Inn. For those who have never been, this is a great place for blues music and good food and drink!
Keep spreading the word about the
ATEP to those you meet and have an interest in athletic training as a career. Word of mouth is our best recruiting tool. Best wishes for a safe and healthy year!
Dr. K.
The 2004-2005 athletic year for the
University of Delaware was very successful. During the fall, the football team won their second- consecutive Atlantic 10
Championship and qualified for the
NCAA 1-AA Football
Championship. The field hockey team also qualified for the NCAA tournament. During the winter, the women’s basketball team won the regular season CAA championship and during the spring, the men’s lacrosse team qualified for the
NCAA tournament.
An important highlight for this academic year was the hiring of Dan
Watson, as an assistant athletic trainer on our staff. Dan was hired to replace Dr. Michael Higgins, who left Delaware to become the Athletic
Training Program Director at
Towson University. As many of you know, Dan graduated from the
University of Delaware in 1995.
During his senior year he received the Dr. C. Roy Rylander Award that recognizes the outstanding senior athletic training student in our program. After graduating from
Delaware, Dan earned his M.Ed. from the University of Virginia.
After graduating from UVA he accepted an athletic training position at Yale University. In 1999 he accepted a similar position at Rutgers
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University. After conducting a national search of over 100 applicants, Dan emerged as our top candidate and accepted our offer of employment. At Delaware, Dan serves as the head athletic trainer for the women’s basketball team and provides medical coverage in the
Delaware Field House training room in the early fall and late spring. In addition, Dan serves as a clinical instructor in our Athletic Training
Education Program and teaches
HESC 210, Emergency Management of Injuries and Illnesses. The
University of Delaware was very fortunate to be able to attract someone as qualified as Dan. His clinical skills, experience, enthusiasm for the athletic training
profession, and interest in educating athletic training students will strengthen our program.
M.S. Unites States Sports Academy – 1981; B.S.
University of Delaware – 1979.
HESC 210 – Emergency
Management of Injuries and Illnesses, HESC257 Practicum I, HESC 358
– Athletic Training Practicum III, HESC 407 – Prevention and
Recognition of Athletic Injuries, HESC 448 – Organization and
Administration of Athletic Training
National Athletic Trainer’s
Association, Clinical Instructor Educator, NATABOC Oral-Practical
Examiner, State Examining Board of Physical Therapists for State Licensure, Past-President, Delaware Field Hockey Association.
Liaison to the Delaware Physical Therapy Legislative Impact Committee for State Licensure. Past President, Delaware Athletic Trainers
Association.
One feature of the newsletter is to spotlight a faculty or staff member who is a vital part of the athletic training education program.
This year we focus on Joan Couch. Joan wears many hats and is an integral member of the athletic training staff and educational faculty. Her caring attitude and commitment to both UD athletics and the educational needs of the athletic training students is unwavering. Thanks Joan for all you do!
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I’d like to take this opportunity to say hello to all of the alumni athletic training students I’ve been acquainted with over the last 23 years as an employee (and four years as a student), and say thank you for being a part of my development and growth as a faculty member and clinical instructor. Obviously there have been quite a few changes in my life during this period of time from marriage, to the birth and growth of my two wonderful daughters (finishing 7 th and 9 th grades) (9 th grade was the hardest for mom yet!), to my promotions from lecturer to instructor and then to assistant professor, to the ongoing evolution of courses I’ve taught, to the various organizations I have been involved with both professionally and personally (e.g. scouts, school council, youth lacrosse), and the changes in the Athletic Training Education Program. Thank you all for your support and patience in these endeavors as well as your friendships over the years! And I would be remiss if I didn’t thank you for all of the Girl Scout cookies purchased from Erin and Megan during the past nine years! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the past years and look forward to the future years and my continued growth and the growth of our Athletic Training Education Program. I’m not sure that I’m qualified and equipped to handle being a mom of a high school daughter, let alone two teen-age daughters, but I’m already in over my head!
As I become older (ugh!), wiser, and unfortunately more sentimental (tears too often!), I realize that one of the greatest rewards comes from involvement in our professional organization. My involvement has been at the state level primarily. Although I held officer positions in my early years working at Delaware, recently I have been involved in the legislative process once again (and to think I once said I never wanted to be involved in that process again!). We made some changes to the Delaware Law governing the practice of Athletic Training in the state and then I worked with the Board in shaping the Rules and Regulations under which we practice our profession. This is a process that is ongoing in every state in the country, and I want to encourage each and every one of you to consider getting involved in the regulation of Athletic Training in your state. It is so important for the future of our profession to have athletic trainers involved in their organization at every level, that I challenge you to consider it today.
So many of you have influenced my life in many different ways that I appreciate the opportunity to say thank you! To those of you I was not associated with, thank you for keeping in touch with the Athletic Training Education Program at the University of Delaware.
I’d also like to thank Keith and “Doc” Rylander for being my mentors, as well all of my colleagues and athletic training staff over the years! Good luck to all of you in your future endeavors and keep in touch!!
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Cara Cordrey (Grad School @ Florida International University))
Kris Foulke (Grad School – Temple University)
Matt Koscs (Athletic Trainer – Christiana Care PT PLUS)
Katie Lyons (PA School)
Megan O’Neill (PA School)
Kristen Prentice (PT School)
Jenn Willis (undecided)
SATC Officers present Maray Zagar with the SATC Service
Award for his on-going contributions to the ATEP and service to UD. Mary works as the head nurse in the UD
Sports Medicine Clinic. Pictured are Alison Ingalsbe,
Amanda Pupillo, Mary Zagar, Kristin Dorr, Nikki Surdam, and Cara Cordrey.
-A special thanks to Charles and Kathleen Delligatti for their generous endowment of the Paris Delligatti Memorial
Scholarship. Thanks to their generosity an athletic training student is awarded an annual $2,000.00 academic scholarship.
-Junior AT student Eric Cousino will be presenting a paper titled EXAMINING NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
PERFORMANCE IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF
FEMALE INTERSCHOLASTIC SOCCER PLAYERS at the NATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium in
Indianapolis. Eric’s poster is a finalist in the undergraduate student category.
Congratulations to Nicole Surdam who received a $2,500
EATA Scholarship and will also be receiving an NATA undergraduate scholarship at the NATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium in Indianapolis. Nikki is an outstanding student who presently carries a 3.926/4.000
GPA.
-UD Head Athletic Trainer – Keith Handling and other members of the football athletic training staff were featured in the “Elements of the Game” section of the USA Today newspaper on Friday September 24, 2005.
- Congrats to current graduate assistant athletic trainer
Stephanie Szalma who has accepted a position with the athletic training staff at Farleigh Dickinson University in
Teaneck, NJ.
A feature of the newsletter will be to keep alumni in tune with others who have graduated from the ATEP and made a significant contribution to the community. This year we highlight
Mr. William G. Hyncik (UD Class of
1977). Bill is currently the Director of Princeton Orthopaedic Associates and Sports Medicine in Princeton, NJ
---- http://www.princetonorthopaedic.co
m/index.html
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Being the Spotlighted Alumnus for the Athletic Training Newsletter is a great honor. This opportunity has caused me to reflect on my experiences at the University of
Delaware and the different people who have influenced my life.
My life at Delaware began with the introduction to Dr. Rylander in the
Spring of 1973 by my sister, Holly, who was a Senior in the Nursing
Program. I was returning from my final visit at the United States Naval
Academy in Annapolis before induction day when I decided to stop and visit my sister. She invited me to stay and attend a lacrosse game and tennis match. I met a number of great people and enjoyed my visit.
On my ride home the next day, I thought a lot about what I really wanted to do with my life. I had always been interested in Sports
Medicine but I was not willing to make the financial and time commitment necessary to be successful as a physician. Athletic training became a clear option.
When I next spoke with my sister, she insisted that I come back to visit with Dr. Rylander; so, I did. Doc explained that the University of
Delaware offered the Apprenticeship
Route leading towards the ability to sit for the NATA Certification Exam.
They were also working very hard to develop a curriculum program. This was exactly was I looking for. At the end of our meeting, Doc handed me a single-page application with TENNIS stamped across the top. He instructed me to complete the application and send it to admissions immediately. The rest is history.
I arrived on campus in the Fall and immediately began volunteering in the training room. Keith and Doc were always looking for help and, at the same time, were willing to teach the skills of being an athletic trainer.
Doc made it clear that being an athletic trainer was not for everyone and those that would be successful would need to make a huge commitment to the job and to the profession. Being an athletic trainer required constant learning and a huge time commitment.
My four years working with Keith and Doc helped solidify my work ethic and commitment to learning and teaching. My involvement in the athletic training program resulted in my completing the curriculum requirements as well as earning over
1,500 hours of contact time and passing the Certification Exam in
March of my Senior year. I believe that I may have been the first graduate from the Athletic Training
Curriculum at the University of
Delaware.
Another experience that helped shape my vision for the future was my summer experience working with the late Otho Davis and Ron O’Neal at the Philadelphia Eagles. It was clearly an experience that gave me great insight into the opportunities available to athletic trainers.
Upon graduation, I accepted my first full-time position at the United States
Military Academy at West Point. I chose to go into the Military on
Active Duty for a variety of reasons.
First, was the suggestion from my father who reminded me that I would be entering a culture that was unique to any other experience that I had had and that an 8-week orientation program into the military culture would be very valuable and time well-spent. He was talking about
Basic Training. He was right when he described the value of the training program with regards to the military culture. The other reason to go on to active duty was that the military would pay for me to earn a Master’s
Degree. As I mentioned, both Doc and Keith emphasized the importance to continuing one’s education to be a great athletic trainer. It was to continue the learning process. Doc’s advice was to get a Master’s Degree in something other than Athletic
Training, which was a popular thing to do at that time. So, I earned a
Master’s Degree in Business and
Counseling. It was an interesting combination but one that has proven to be very valuable to me from a practical perspective for my entire life. It also gave me a number of career options that would prove to be valuable in the years to come.
My experience at West Point was unforgettable. I had the opportunity to work with outstanding athletic trainers like Ed Pillings and his longtime assistant, Gene Benner. I also had the opportunity to work with a number of coaches that shared their experiences and were very encouraging to me as an athletic trainer. One of the more memorable coaches is Mike Krzyzewski. After
3 years at West Point, I accepted a position at Michigan State
University. I remained there for 2 years where I taught Athletic
Training courses on the undergraduate and graduate levels.
We had student athletic trainers and graduate student athletic trainers which made it possible for us to deliver the care to all of the athletes at a large university.
In 1981, I was recruited by the pharmaceutical industry to work in the medical department doing clinical research trials. This gave me an opportunity to improve my writing skills and utilize some of the business skills that I learned in my
Master’s program. I worked for
Carter-Wallace in Cranbury, New
Jersey and for BSFS Knoll
Pharmaceutical in Whippany, New
Jersey for a combined 5-year period.
It was a great opportunity but I missed the health care delivery system.
In 1986, I applied for and was offered a position as the Practice
Administrator for Princeton
Orthopaedic Associates in Princeton,
New Jersey. This was a group of 3 orthopedic surgeons who wanted to develop a strong sports medicine presence in Central New Jersey. I became the person that they would
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look to, that would help in getting them to that point.
Today, the group has 15 physicians offering specialty care in a number of areas of orthopedic surgery including physiatry and podiatry. The group has 6 physician assistants, 17 physical therapists, and about 100 support staff who support the physicians and the patients and the other services such as our Surgery
Center, our MRI facility, and our physical therapy departments. The practice owns and operates over
75,000 square feet of space in 3 locations in Central New Jersey. It has been a great opportunity and experience for me to be part of a great organization and to have a role in its development and on-going operation. I am the Practice
Administrator responsible for the day-to-day operations of the practice, strategic planning, development, real estate, and the financial aspects associated with running the business. a full complement of athletic programs. I was a strong advocate for athletic trainers and have worked through the NJ School Boards
Association to get athletic trainers certified by the State Department of
Education. This has given the athletic trainers the well-deserved recognition, credentials, and professional recognition in the State
Department of Education. This has also helped regulate the salary, benefits, and working conditions for athletic trainers in New Jersey. college athletics by being a member of the football team. My youngest daughter, Emily, will be a high school junior playing basketball and soccer. Marilyn has put her professional goals on hold for the past 23 years to be the “best Mom in the world” and that is a direct quote from our four children.
I am particularly proud of what I have done in my professional life as well as in my personal life. I have had the opportunity to continue to serve the athletic training profession by serving on the NJ State Board of
Medical Examiners, Athletic
Training Committee, for over 5 years as well as being an elected member of my local Board of Education for over 13 years. During that time, the district has grown from about 1,500 students to over 5,000 students with
Being an athletic trainer has been a life-long commitment to the athletes we serve and to the professionals that prepare us to serve them.
My wife, Marilyn (also a member of the Class of 1977), and I have raised four outstanding children. Our oldest daughter, Sarah, is a graduate of
Syracuse University and has earned a
Master’s Degree from the Maxwell
School of Public Policy at Syracuse in Public Policy and Public
Administration with a Health Care
Certificate. She is the NJ State
Lobbyist for Horizon Blue Cross and
Blue Shield. My son, Adam, has completed his Sophomore year at
Lehigh University, majoring in
Accounting and Finance. He is living his life dream of playing college basketball. My son,
Christopher, I am proud to say, will be a freshman at the University of
Delaware in the fall. He will also have the opportunity of experiencing
Attending the University of
Delaware was more than just an education for me, it was a foundation for life with leaders, mentors, teachers, and role models, like: Doc
Rylander, Keith Handling, and Edgar
Johnson, one cannot ask for more or do any better. In addition, having the opportunity to work with coaches like Bob Hanna, Harry Rawstrom,
Tubby Rymond, and Dave Nelson as well as other great people like Bill
Cooper, makes the experience complete and provides the formula for success.
If you would like, you may now target your gift to UD to be sent directly to the “Student Athletic Trainers’ Club” internal account.
Those athletic training alums that wish to do so may send the check to the University of Delaware Office of University
Development or visit the “Campaign for Delaware” web site at http://www.udel.edu/PR/CampaignUD/Pages/page5a.html
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L-R: Alison Ingalsbe, Adam Rosen, Cara
Cordrey, and Kristin Dorr. Missing was Nikki
Puzzo
Friday May 6, 2005 at the College of HHP Honor's Day
Convocation in Trabant University Center Theatre auditorium the following ATEP students were honored for their academic achievements:
Cara Cordrey – Dr. C. Roy Rylander Outstanding Senior
Student Athletic Trainer Award
Kristin Dorr – Department of HNES Book Award
Alison Ingalsbe - Paris Delligatti Memorial Award
Nicole Puzzo - Julie Moyer Knowles Outstanding
Student Athletic Trainer Award
Dr. C. Roy Rylander made a special appearance at the Honor’s Day ceremony to congratulate Cara
Cordrey on the award named after him.
Eric Cousino and Nikki Surdam (pictured) will be representing UD’s ATEP at the NATA Annual
Meeting and Clinical Symposia in Indianapolis, IN this summer. Both Eric and Nikki were awarded
UD Alumni Enrichment Awards to support their travel to the meeting.
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