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Moore to Receive MAATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award

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Washington College Director of Athletics Thad Moore, who previously served as the school’s Head Athletic Trainer, will be presented with the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award by the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association (MAATA) at that organization’s annual symposium May 19th in Ocean City, Md.

Moore, who still assists as needed with the College’s athletic training efforts and works as an ATC Spotter for the NFL at M&T Bank Stadium, has a long history of service in professional organizations in the field. He served six years as President of the Maryland Athletic Trainers Association (MATA) and is in his 14th year as chair of MATA’s Political Action Committee. He is also currently a member of MATA’s Legislative Committee after serving nine years as that committee’s chair. At the district level, he spent six years as a member of MAATA’s District Council.

Moore was part of a core group of athletic trainers that obtained licensure for athletic trainers in the state of Maryland in 2009. As president, he reinstated the state symposium in 2005 and it is still active today. He also helped create the MATA Hall of Fame, helped organize the honors and awards process, and created the first statewide email group to better communicate with members.

On behalf of MATA, Moore provided athletic training coverage for various state championship events from 2004-2012. He also continues to help provide coverage for the annual Special Olympics of Maryland Unified Sports Bocce Ball Championship at Washington College.

The MAATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award is the latest of a growing number of honors for Moore. He received the MATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2012 and a Service Award from MAATA a year later. In 2014, he was named the Division III Athletic Trainer of the Year by the College/University Athletic Trainers’ Committee (CUATC) of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and received a NATA Service Award. In February of that same year, he was one of four recipients of the College’s annual Presidential Distinguished Service Awards.

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Carrie Kerr Promoted to Head Athletic Trainer at Washington College

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Washington College Director of Athletics Thad Moore has announced the promotion of Carrie Kerr to the position of Head Athletic Trainer. Kerr had served as Associate Athletic Trainer at the College since 2009; Moore had filled the role of the College’s Head Athletic Trainer since 2000 until his recent promotion to Director of Athletics. In addition to Kerr’s promotion, the College has added Caitlin Buckley to its Athletic Training staff as an assistant athletic trainer.

“I am incredibly proud to announce Carrie’s promotion to Head Athletic Trainer,” noted Moore, who also began serving in an administrative capacity in the athletic department in 2010. “Her role in the training room increased annually as I took on other duties. I could not imagine a more qualified person to take on this role nor a smoother transition.”

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After graduating from Shippensburg University with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in coaching in 2002, Kerr spent the 2002-03 academic year as an athletic training intern at Colgate University. She then moved on to her first stint at Washington College, serving as an assistant athletic trainer for two years while earning her M.A. in Psychology from the College in 2005.

Kerr, who is certified to instruct First Aid and CPR, left WC for Franklin & Marshall College, where she was an assistant athletic trainer for three years. She was the primary athletic trainer for F&M’s Division I wrestling program and also worked with the field hockey, men’s and women’s cross country, softball, and men’s and women’s track and field teams.

After returning to the College as its first Associate Athletic Trainer in 2008, Kerr progressively took on a larger role, eventually handling most of the day-to-day operations in athletic training as Moore took on the progressive roles of Assistant, Associate, and Deputy Athletic Director.

Buckley received her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Sacred Heart University in 2016. While at Sacred Heart, she assisted in the everyday activities of the University’s Athletic Training staff, completed injury evaluations, and prepared student-athletes for practice and games. She worked closely with the women’s lacrosse and baseball teams as well as with the University’s club sports. She also worked in athletic training at three nearby high schools in a variety of capacities.

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Athletic Trainer Thad Moore Promoted to AD at Washington College

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Washington College President Sheila Bair today announced that following a national search,Thad Moore has been promoted to director of athletics. Moore, whose calm and friendly presence is well known to anyone who has spent time in the College’s sports complex or athletic training rooms, has been head athletic trainer since 2000, and associate athletic director since 2010. He succeeds Bryan Matthews, who retired in July.

“I would like to thank President Bair for giving me this opportunity,” Moore says. “I would also like to thank Dr. Matthews for allowing and encouraging me to take on greater duties within the athletics department. I am truly honored to be representing the College, the Department of Athletics, and our current, former, and future student-athletes.”

“This College is staffed with talented, committed people, and I’m always pleased when they can advance to a position with greater responsibilities and possibilities,” says President Bair. “Thad is one of those individuals. He clearly understands the importance of athletics for recruiting and retaining great students, and he values the key role that athletics plays for so many of our students in helping them mature and grow into leaders. He also likes to win, and I know he’ll be a wonderful advocate for the coaching staff and a great role model for the student-athletes under his care.”

Moore’s commitment to and expertise in his work have not gone unnoticed. He received the Maryland Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2012 and a Service Award from the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association a year later. In 2014, he was selected as the Division III Athletic Trainer of the Year by the College/University Athletic Trainers’ Committee of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Also in 2014, he was one of four recipients of the College’s President’s Distinguished Service Award.

Moore says he wants to continue to build on a program that focuses on recruiting and nurturing student-athletes who are given opportunities to excel both on and off the field.

“I have worked hard to gain the trust of the coaches, parents, and most importantly the student-athletes,” Moore says. “I fully intend to continue to build and develop these relationships in my new role as athletic director, now leading the team that is focused on the student-athletes’ experience and being a positive influence in their lives.”

As part of the shift in leadership, athletics will be moving under the wing of student affairs, and Moore will be working with Sarah Feyerherm, that department’s vice president. Feyerherm, who until 2002 worked in athletics, has known Moore since the late 1990s.

“Thad has always been an exceptional partner and has worked closely with student affairs on any number of issues,” Feyerherm says. “All of us in student affairs are excited to have a closer relationship with the coaches and the rest of the athletics department staff because of their deep and abiding commitment to the whole student experience. We believe it will be a natural and productive partnership.”

Moore says that his department’s greatest strengths are its coaches and staff; its greatest challenges are recruiting, retaining, and graduating top student-athletes.

“My goal is to field competitive teams, both academically and athletically,” he says, “in addition to ensuring that our student-athletes have a positive experience in the sport they love, while developing lifelong friendships with their fellow students.”