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Haenchen Named Assistant Athletic Trainer at Southern Illinois – Edwardsville

Article reposted from SIUE
Author: SIUE

The SIUE Athletic Training Department announced the addition of Sarah Haechen to its full-time staff.

She is a 2017 graduate of Saint Louis University with a master’s degree in athletic training. She earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science with a concentration in athletic training and interprofessional practice, also from SLU.

“We’re very happy to have Sarah with us,” said Head Athletic Trainer Gerry Schlemer. “She is a great young professional, and we look for many good things from her.”

Haenchen’s major assignments at SIUE will be to work with the volleyball and women’s basketball programs

Haenchen comes to SIUE after spending the past year at Parkway Central High School in St. Louis. She has extensive clinical experience with time at St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club (2016), Mercy Sports Medicine Clinic (2016), Parkway South High School (2016) and Missouri Baptist University (2015).

She has provided coverage for a number of high-level area events, including the 2017 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships, the Go St. Louis Marathon, the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Olympic Trials and Nike Elite 100 Basketball.

Haenchen is a member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association. She is a native of Ballwin, Missouri.

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Salerno Hired at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville

Article reposted from RiverBender.com
Author: RiverBender.com

The SIUE Athletic Training Department announced the addition of Ryan Salerno to its full-time staff.

Salerno returns to SIUE after earning his master’s degree in 2016 in exercise and sport psychology. He previously was a graduate assistant athletic trainer from August 2014 to May 2016.

His major assignments will be to work with the women’s soccer and baseball programs.

“Ryan worked with wrestling, women’s soccer and baseball while he was a graduate assistant,” said SIUE Head Athletic Trainer Gerry Schlemer. “We expect he will be able to step in right away.”

Since completing his graduate assistantship, Salerno served as the head athletic trainers for the Normal Cornbelters in 2016 and as an athletic trainer for Midwest Orthopedic Center in 2016 and 2017.

Prior to SIUE, Salerno attended Illinois State University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training. In addition, he worked with several of the athletics teams at Illinois Wesleyan University.

He worked as an intern with J. Robinson Intensive Wrestling Camps in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Oregon. Salerno also volunteered for the Special Olympics.

Salerno is a native of Orland Park, Illinois.