Fresno State Athletics
Sweeney Named Head Women's Athletic Trainer
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Dec. 10, 2001
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State Athletics Department has announced the hiring of its new Head Women's Athletic Trainer in Maryland native, Katie Sweeney.
Sweeney, who began her duties with the Bulldogs late last week, replaces Kim Hill who assumed a similar position with the University of Michigan this past summer.
Sweeney came to Fresno State from Towson University in which she served as a clinical coordinator and assistant athletic trainer for the past three years. As the only female athletics trainer in the program, she was responsible for volleyball, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's gymnastics, and men and women's tennis while overseeing seven student athletic trainers.
At Towson she served as an instructor in the Department of Kinesiology for CCAHEP accredited Athletic Training Curriculum. Coordinating athletic training student's schedule, experiences and tracking hours, Sweeney headed the Eating Disorder Taskforce at Towson University.
Sweeney also taught Intermediate Clinical Athletic Training, Introduction to Athletic Training and Basic Clinical Athletic Training at Towson and Clinical Experience in Athletic Training at Indiana State University.
Having served as a graduate assistant at Indiana State in which she earned her master of science degree in athletic training in 1999, Sweeney was responsible for providing athletic training services for the men and women's basketball programs. Serving as the interim head men's basketball trainer, she also supervised the training room and assisted staff trainers with certified athletic trainer coverage for all sports.
With experience as a clinical athletic trainer and a head athletic trainer on the high school level, Sweeney also worked with the Georgia Pride Professional Fastpitch Softball team.
Sweeney, who ran track at Ithaca College for two years, earned her bachelor of science degree from Ithaca in athletic training/exercise science in 1997. After completing her master program at Indiana State, Sweeney's thesis entitled "Therapeutic Magnets Do Not Affect Tissue Temperatures" was published in the Journal of Athletic Training.
Sweeney is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, Maryland Athletic Trainers Association and American Red Cross and is certified in First Aid and CPR.
A licensed athletic trainer, her duties at Fresno State will include the responsibility for the Bulldog volleyball program while overseeing other women's sports, work as one of eight clinical instructor for 40 student athletic trainers while overseeing treatment, rehabilitation and evaluation of student-athletes. Sweeney will directly travel with volleyball where her duties also include managing itineraries, monies and catering.