Athletic Training Students at Texas State receive high quality classroom instruction and engage in a clinical education setting by serving the over 400 Division I student-athletes at Texas State.

The Texas State University Athletic Training Education Program, founded in 1971, was the first CAATE accredited program in the state of Texas.

It is the mission of the Athletic Training Education Program at Texas State University to provide undergraduate Athletic Training students with an in depth academic study of the various domains of prevention, care, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. The CAATE accredited Athletic Training Education Program will prepare its students to meet the requirements of the BOC certification and Texas Licensure examinations as well as their future professional responsibilities

Congratulations

Akihito Tajima and Kohei Kishimoto recipients of the NATA national scholarship awarded this summer in San Antonio.  Aki Tajima also received a full scholarship to attend the 3rd Annual 2009 Athletic Training Student Leadership Workshop this upcoming summer hosted by the Collegiate Sports Medicine Foundation and sponsored by Cramer Products, Inc.

David Bray, Melanie Debacker, Morgan Lowman, Casey Janak, Akihito Tajima and Megan Haynes were recipients of the SWATA scholarships awarded this summer in Arlington Texas.   Texas State University Athletic Training students received the majority of the scholarships awarded this year in the state of Texas.

Jack Ransone has been selected to serve as the Head Athletic Trainer for the 2010 World Cup Championships of Track and Field in Split, Croatia.  Additionally, Dr Ransone was named the C. Harmon Brown Award recipient for significant dedication and contributions made to sports medicine and science in the sport of track and field at the USA Track & Field Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. 

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Texas State "T" Association To Induct Four Members Into Hall Of Honor

San Marcos, Texas- Texas State University announced that the "T" Association inducted four new members into its Hall of Honor on November 14 at the annual banquet.

The 2008 Class consists of former Bobcat men's tennis player and athletics trainer Joe Ammerman, football player Scott Forester, men's basketball player Richard Lynn McDonald, along with football and track star Lew Simmonds.

JOE AMMERMAN (Click for Speech)

Joe Ammerman was a three-year letterman for the Bobcat tennis team from 1952-54 and served as athletic trainer for the department.  Ammerman is the first nominee ever to be inducted into the Hall of Honor based on both his athletic accomplishments and accomplishments in athletic training.

After his career at Texas State, Ammerman was a jet and multi-engine pilot as a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force from 1955-1959. Then, he began a long career in athletics training and education. He served as head athletics trainer for the San Marcos Independent School District, Permian High School and North Texas University before being named an assistant trainer for the Dallas Cowboys. He is a lifetime member of the Texas Association of School Administrators, National Athletic Trainer Association and Texas State University Alumni Association.

Athletic Training Students meet with NATA president Marjorie Albohm.