Athletic training major with a minor in Spanish, from Wichita
San Diego Chargers, NFL
"My first impression was these people are a little scary and I was nervous; I had the jitters. But once I realized that these superstar athletes are just like me, but get paid a heck of a lot more, all the nerves disappeared."
"I expected lots of hard work with extremely long days and no rest. It turned out, while there was a lot of work, it was easier than I’d expected. And we got paid really well!"
"Well, I’m a student athletic trainer at K-State, and our job is not only injury rehabilitation, but also injury prevention. Heat illness is something that is very easily prevented, so our number one job was to keep the players cool and well hydrated throughout practice. Also, if players were injured, we’d help rehabilitate them until they were back to full participating status."
"A typical day would start at about 5:30 a.m. I’d eat breakfast and be at the facility between 6 or 6:30 a.m. to do morning treatments with the players. After that I would set up water and Gatorade for lunch, as well as set up the field with water, Gatorade, ice, towels, and medical supplies. I would tape ankles before practice, watch practice, cut tape off, and then go to lunch.
After lunch I’d ice athletes’ injuries and hang out with the doctors to see any neat injury evaluations. After practice, I’d go to dinner, clean the training room, go home, and go to bed."
"After doing an internship I am more experienced. And now I have a friend and professional contact in the NFL."
