Catawba's Athletic Training Program Serves As "Trainers" at NC School for Deaf Hoops Tourney
February 16, 2005

Courtesy Catawba College Sports Information Office

Members of the Catawba College Athletic Training Program participated in a community service project January 27th-29th at the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton, NC at the 53rd Annual Mason-Dixon Boys Basketball Tournament. This tournament is the conference tournament for the teams.

Teams came all the way from Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama, East North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and the fans' favorite North Carolina.

The Mason Dixon Conference Athletic Association is the association that holds athletic events for each of the schools. Each school in the conference is a School for the Deaf. Some schools even consist of students who have visual impairments as well.

The Athletic Training Students acted as "Athletic Trainers" for each of the teams. Assistant Athletic Trainer and Program Director Rob Dingle were there to help assist the students with their duties. The Athletic Training students were broken up into two groups and each group had a certain day to go to the tournament. The games started as early as 8:45 AM and lasted till 10:00 PM.

The Athletic Training students enjoyed the experience that the tournament provided. The tournament brought a different atmosphere to the students. Due to weather, they were not able to attend the final round of the tournament, which was held on Saturday.