Columbia, SC - USC Sports Medicine recently hosted the 3nd Annual Sports Medicine and Athletic Training Celebration at Williams-Brice Stadium’s “The Zone”. The group of over 150 physicians, staff, undergraduate athletic training students, graduate athletic training students and parents attended the event. This year’s keynote speaker was John Singerling, Chief Operating Officer of Palmetto Health Richland. He is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina.
This event is a celebration of the past year. Jim Mensch, PhD, Director of Athletic Training Education, took a few minutes to discuss several exciting moments that happened this past year. Research is a very important component at USC. The education staff and students received close to $2.4 million in research grants. The athletic training program had 7manuscripts published in national journals and 16 different individuals presented at national, district and state conferences. The students of the program also received several prestigious awards ranging from scholarships to internships in the NFL and Professional Baseball.
Each year, the College of Education gives two awards to their undergraduate students. This year, Jennifer Rudd received the Scotteye Hedstrom Scholarship and Andrew Duckett received the Outstanding Athletic Training Student award. The students both received plaques to recognize their achievement.
This event is an annual celebration of accomplishments in Sports Medicine at the University of South Carolina.
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