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Wolves Athletics Hire Justin Greenway as an Assistant Athletic Trainer

Article reposted from NSUWolves.com
Author: NSU Sports Information

Northern State Athletics and Sanford Health announced Thursday the addition of Justin Greenway as an assistant athletic trainer for the Wolves. Greenway will cover football, swimming, and softball for the Wolves beginning in the fall of 2017.

 

“Justin will be a tremendous addition to the Northern State University sports medicine staff,” noted Brandon Tetrault, Head Athletic Trainer. “Justin has a strong work ethic and will continue that while working with NSU football, swimming, and softball. He has a great understanding of what it takes to play collegiate athletics, which will make him an invaluable resource for the student-athletes.”

“I am very excited to be a part of the athletic training team and to join the athletic programs at NSU,” explained Greenway. “I’m looking forward to being in a great community that has such fantastic support for the university.”

The Mitchell native joins the Wolves as a recent graduate of Augustana University where he received his bachelors in Athletic Training. Greenway is a Certified Athletic Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He began his career in the athletic training field as an intern with the Augustana football and wrestling teams, where he performed assessments, treatments, and rehabilitation. He went on to intern with the Minnesota Vikings Sports Medicine team and Sanford Clinics at the high school level.

Greenway worked with the Mitchell Extreme Gymnastics Academy in the summer of 2016, developing fitness and agility programs for children age 4-12. He was also the head youth wrestling coach for O’Gorman School from 2014-16, where he prepared practice plans and instructed up to 50 athletes ages 3-12.

Greenway was a member of the Augustana Viking football and track and field teams from 2012-16. He was a 3-time NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week, 2-time NSIC All-Academic, and All-Conference selection in football. Greenway also earned four All-Conference awards as a sprinter for the Vikings. He was also a decorated member of the football, wrestling, and track and field teams at Mitchell High School.

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Sanford Health partners with NSU on sports medicine program

Northern State University in Aberdeen says it’s a game changer: a new agreement with Sanford Health to provide sports medicine services to the school’s student athletes.
The agreement also includes a $2 million donation, which the school will use for scholarships.

It’s an agreement the schools says puts it more squarely on the map.

The agreement means Northern State will have access to Sanford doctors, athletic trainers and orthopedic surgeons.
Athletic Director Josh Moon says this is a huge deal in more ways than one. “It’s a game changer for us. We talk about sports medicine; the enhancements for our student athletes with the aditional athletic training support and physician support, orthopedic surgeon support, is awesome for us.”

Already, there is an extra athletic trainer on duty as Northern to help atheletes through the aches and pains ofr training and to also help in physical rehab. Wrestler Joe Gomez was in for some rehab work just a few hours ago. “It just makes us feel more confident about what we’re doing here and that we are going to be well taken care of.”

But the agreement doesn’t just help northern on the training side of things.
As part of the Sanford partnership, Northern will now be able to offer an additional 12 full ride atheltic scholarships every year.

“It makes me feel personally feel like we’re taken more seriously as athletes here and it is becoming a bigger deal here.” Volleyball player Kelsey Chambers says with more scholarships, Northern will have a better shot at landing players who might typically opt for a larger school in a larger city. “So if we have more money and more scholarships to offer people to come here its going to make them want to come here more.”

The deal means better care for Northern student athletes with the added component of helping the school be more competitive as well.

NSU wrestling coach Rocky Burkettt tells us the initial agreement for this Northern-Sanford partnership calls for the deal to run for the next 10 years.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
http://www.ksfy.com/home/headlines/Sanford-Health-partners-with-NSU-on-sports-medicine-program-323043701.html