I want to mention my road to becoming an Athletic Trainer in my thirties. I played Division 1 softball for the University of Iowa. After about a year, I injured my back and was medically released the following year. My college athletic career only lasted 2.5 years and I was devastated. I had an amazing athletic training staff there that spent many hours with me. I continued to live my life and having amazing experiences that finally lead me to the life that I hold so special to me now. I love athletic training and being surrounded by athletes. My goal is to keep the athletes playing and help them recover from their injuries in a safe and timely manner.
Cory, I know what its like to be devastated by the end of an athletic career. I went to school on an "athletic admit" and was cut after the try-outs. I was always an athlete, from the time I was very young, so I didn't really know where to go after being cut for the first time in my life!
I was at my dream school so I never left and that end was really my beginning because my contacts introduced me into the athletic training room and to the staff that became my mentors. I am very happy with the path I have taken and would not change a thing!
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My name is Cory Minter and I am an Athletic Trainer at Fresno State and a grad student at Fresno Pacific University in Athletic Training.