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Horris Joins Middlebury Athletic Training Staff

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Middlebury College has announced the hiring of Hannah Horris as an assistant athletic trainer. Horris comes to Middlebury from Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she held a similar position.

“The sports medicine team is excited to have Hannah come aboard,” said Director of Sports Medicine Kelly Cray. “She brings enthusiasm and a wealth of rehabilitation skills to the athletes at Middlebury.”

“I am thrilled to return to the northeast as a member of Middlebury’s sport medicine department,” Horris noted. “The institution has a great reputation on and off the playing field and it’s an honor joining an athletic program that has such a deep and rich tradition.”

Horris recently completed her second year at Desert Mountain High School, which competes in Arizona’s highest division, providing care for the school’s 22 sports teams. During that time, she was the lead instructor for a workshop at A.T. Still University working with high school students. Horris also served as a trainer for the Phoenix Desert Cup Tournament for youth soccer, the Under Armour All-America Preseason Tournament at the Baseball Factory and the Mesa Youth Football and Cheer as part of the Datalys Project.

This past summer, Horris earned her master’s degree in athletic training from A.T. Still University in Arizona after receiving her bachelor’s degree in the same field from Boston University in 2015. At BU, she gained clinical experience working with the institution’s Division I men’s basketball and women’s ice hockey programs, while spending part of two other semesters with the Boston College and Tufts athletic departments.

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Palmer Joins Sports Medicine Staff at Middlebury

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Middlebury College has announced the hiring of Chris Palmer as an assistant athletic trainer. Palmer comes to Middlebury from the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, where he has served as an assistant trainer for the past four seasons.

“I am extremely honored to have the chance to work at Middlebury College and also excited to begin the next phase of my career,” said Palmer. “I’m also proud to follow in the footsteps of Sue Murphy, who did so many great things during her 40 years here.”

Palmer has worked for several professional organizations throughout his career. He was the head trainer for the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves (1994-2000), New Jersey Devils (2006-07) and an assistant with the Blues (2012-16). Palmer has also worked in professional soccer and tennis, while spending nine years in minor league hockey. In addition, he was employed at the Institute for Athletic Medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 2007-2009.

Palmer received his bachelor of science degree in physical education/sociology from Excelsior College in 1988, later earning his Masters of Science in exercise science and health promotions from the California University of Pennsylvania in 2015. He is certified by the NATA (ATC-1988), NSCA (CSCS-2002) and NASM (CES-2015).

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Middlebury’s Sue Murphy Set to Retire

Sue Murphy, longtime member of the Middlebury College Sports Medicine Department, will retire in August after 40 years at the College. Murphy joined the staff in September of 1976 after earning her degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Vermont earlier that year.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Middlebury – it has been a privilege working with the student-athletes, my colleagues, coaches and community health-care providers,” said Murphy. “In particular, I am deeply grateful to our [sports medicine] directors Dick Waterman, Dave Matthews and more recently Kelly Cray for their support and leadership.”

“Sue has dedicated 40 years of service to Middlebury College athletics, demonstrating compassion and drive right up to her last days serving student-athletes. Her sense of humor and consistency will be missed by all, including athletes, coaches and her colleagues in the training room,” said Director of Sports Medicine Kelly Cray. “As a colleague of Sue’s for 24 years, I will miss the opportunity to learn from her and to strive to achieve the standards of care that she has modeled over her four decades of service.”

In her time at Middlebury, Murphy has worked with thousands of athletes from every Panther team. When Murphy came to Middlebury, she and Waterman were the only athletic trainers in a department that also treated members of the general student body. Forty years later, due to increased enrollment and teams, the Department of Sports Medicine has grown to six employees who treat varsity and club-sport athletes.

Murphy spent significant time working with the men’s soccer program, and says one of the highlights of her career came in 2007 when she accompanied the team to Florida where the Panthers won the NCAA Championship in dramatic fashion.

Longtime men’s soccer coach David Saward says Murphy has been invaluable to his team. “Sue has been absolute pleasure to work with,” said Saward. “The players trusted her implicitly and her word was gospel around the team. She has been friend, counselor, psychologist, surrogate mother, loyal team player and healer extraordinaire.”

“One of the most enjoyable and satisfying things I experience is when I get a ‘thank you’ from an athlete after rehab that enables them to return to competition,” said Murphy. “There’s something great about watching them return to action and knowing you had a little piece in that.”

“I am certain that I speak for all players and coaches alike when I say we will miss her presence greatly. From all the men’s soccer players who have benefited from her professional attention over the years, we thank her and wish her the best of good health in her upcoming retirement,” said Saward.

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Cray Promoted to Acting Director of Sports Medicine

Kelly Cray has been named the Acting Director of Sports Medicine following the retirement of Dave Matthews at the end of last spring. Cray, a 24-year veteran, has served as the Associate Director of Sports Medicine since 2013 and was named an associate athletic trainer in 2001.

“I’m honored to be named the Acting Director of Sports Medicine at Middlebury,” said Cray. “My experience here has been invaluable and has well-prepared me to supervise the department. I’m looking forward to working with our staff as we continue to serve the athletes of Middlebury.”

Cray is a licensed athletic trainer in the State of Vermont and is also a CATZ coach. He is an orthotic specialist who specializes in biomechanical evaluation, orthotic casting and constructing orthotics. He has also served on the Middlebury College staff council.

Cray joined the staff in 1992 after doing an internship at Middlebury with the football program in the fall of 1991. The New Jersey native majored in athletic training at Castleton University, earning his degree in May of 1992.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
http://athletics.middlebury.edu/general/2015-16/releases/craypromotion

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Bernard, Cutts Named to Assistant Athletic Training Positions

Middlebury College has announced the hiring of Bethany Bernard and Matt Cutts as assistant athletic trainers in the Sports Medicine Department. Bernard comes to Middlebury from Gwynedd Mercy, where she served in a similar position for the past two years, while Cutts was the head athletic trainer at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona.

“I am very excited and incredibly honored to have the opportunity to work at Middlebury College,” said Bernard. “I have heard so many amazing things about the school, its athletic program and the people. I can’t wait to be a part of such an outstanding institution and community.”

While at Gwynedd Mercy, Bernard worked with multiple programs including women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field as well as and women’s lacrosse. She is a graduate of Lynchburg College and received her master’s degree at California University of Pennsylvania.

As an undergraduate at Lynchburg, Bernard was a four-year member of the Hornet field hockey team, winning the Old Dominion Athletic Conference title three times and playing in the NCAA Tournament each year. In the classroom, Bernard was selected to the ODAC’s All-Conference Academic Team each of her four years. Before working at Gwynedd Mercy, Bernard was associated with Commonwealth Orthopedic Associates, where she was contracted as a full-time Athletic Trainer at Alvernia University.

Cutts comes to Vermont from Physiotherapy Associates in Arizona where he was the Head Athletic Trainer at Pinnacle High School. He was responsible for 20 varsity sports and over 750 student-athletes. No stranger to the northeast, Cutts received his undergraduate degree from Keene State College and later earned a master’s from Indiana State University.

“I am excited and eager to begin working alongside the Middlebury College sports medicine staff,” said Cutts. “I am humbled by the opportunity to become a part of such an academically and athletically successful institution.”

Prior to his time in Arizona, Cutts spent two seasons in the National Football League as an intern in the athletic training department with the New England Patriots. He worked for two years at Bryant University in Rhode Island before returning to school for a secondary degree in athletic training.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
http://athletics.middlebury.edu/general/2015-16/releases/bernardcuttshire