Episodes 43
Avg. Duration 1h 17m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (7)
Since Jun 2021
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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Interviews with Athletic Trainers about their experiences in the field. Primarily AT's with a connection to the Ball State Athletic Training Program but not limited to them. The goal is to build a living history of the athletic training profession in an informal interview format.

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S4E43 David Craig -"You are nobody until you do something for somebody else."

Oct 22, 2025 1h 18m

You can tell alot about a person by looking at their contact list in their phone. Most likely David Craig has one of the most eclectic and diverse contact lists of anyone in the world. This list…

S4E42 Jeff Carrico - Putting the AT in relATionships.

Oct 03, 2025 1h 50m

Who knew that learning how to buddy tape fingers would lead to a decades long career in Athletic Training? That is exactly where Jeff Carrico started in grade school thanks to his coach Pat Lewis.…

S3E41 Stacy Struble - The Phileas Fogg of Athletic Training

Jun 30, 2025 1h 26m

Elkhart, IN, Muncie, IN, San Diego, CA, Melbourne, Australia, Peru, China, Mexico... What do all of these places have in common? They are places that Stacy Struble has traveled with teams and…

S3E40 Vince Stilger - Country Roads, Take Me Home...

Mar 20, 2025 2h 6m

2024 was a hall of fame year for Vince Stilger. He was inducted into not just one state Athletic Training Association Hall of Fame but two state Athletic Training Associations Hall of Fame, West…

S3E39 Beth Herrell - Athletic Training Trailblazer with special guest Mark Goodrich

Feb 26, 2025 1h 27m

In 1987 a young Beth Giesman was trying to figure out what she was going to do with the rest of her life. A chance meeting with Mark Goodrich on a campus visit at Vincennes University and learning…

S3E38 Tim Lentych - Major League Career

Dec 16, 2024 1h 28m

22 years after he started is career in minor league baseball, Tim Lentych was in Dodger Stadium, watching Brad Paisley play the National Anthem for the opening game of the 2024 World Series as the…

S3E37 Rex Sharp - Hall of Fame relationship builder

Nov 15, 2024 2h 2m

John Wooden once said "Make friendship a fine art." If that is the case then Rex Sharp is Michelangelo. It has never been about where he has been or the athletic training facilities he has designed…

S3E36 Phil Voorhis - Athletic Trainer T-Rex

Oct 02, 2024 1h 28m

In the early to mid 80's the Piqua, OH high school football team needed a manager. Phil Voorhis realizing that he may be a bit small and slow to be playing big time HS football in Ohio thought it…

S3E35 Scott Knerr - Chop Wood, Haul Water

Sep 06, 2024 1h 29m

Wrestling, ACL tear, High School AT, Add all this up and what do you get? Medical School right? Maybe for Scott Knerr, but a couple of Pre-Med classes changed his mind and career path. Or course he…

S2E34 Bill Cowgill - Relationships are everything

Apr 18, 2024 1h 22m

Bill Cowgill was looking to be come an architect when he arrived on campus at Ball State University in 1990. When that major became to daunting to this Highland IN High School grad he became an…

S2E33 Jonathan Allen - AT Pillar Constructor

Mar 12, 2024 1h 25m

Johnathan Allen was curious. He a was curious about his Dad's ACL surgery while Jonathan was in high school. How was he going to get back? Who was going to help him with his rehab? Would he be able…

S2E31 Rex Call - Back where I come from Part 2

Mar 01, 2024 55m

In 1975 a freshman found his way into a call out for student athletic trainers at Ball State University. Being one of the rare people to have an athletic trainer at his high school in the early…

S2E30 Rex Call - Back where I come from Part 1

Feb 29, 2024 1h 17m

In 1975 a freshman found his way into a call out for student athletic trainers at Ball State University. Being one of the rare people to have an athletic trainer at his high school in the early…

S2E27 Dave Weikel - AT ambassador

Feb 04, 2024 1h 41m

It is a story that is old as long as athletic training has been a profession. An injury playing a sport leads to interest in athletic training and morphs into a storied career. That was what happened…

S2E29 Neal Hazen - On Top of the World Part 2

Jan 03, 2024 1h

"No man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence, the Guarding Angel of George Bailey Nothing could be said truer about Neal Hazen. In fact there are many people that would consider Neal as their…

S2E28 Neal Hazen - On Top of the World Part 1

Jan 02, 2024 1h 8m

"No man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence, the Guarding Angel of George Bailey Nothing could be said truer about Neal Hazen. In fact there are many people that would consider Neal as their…

S2E27 Ken Wolfert - Deep Roots Part 2

Sep 26, 2023 1h 4m

In 1960 a young Ken Wolfert was just trying to find some relief from his subungual hematoma on his finger. That led him into a room that said "Physical Therapy" above the door and a chance meeting…

S2E26 Ken Wolfert - Deep Roots Part 1

Sep 20, 2023 1h 16m

In 1960 a young Ken Wolfert was just trying to find some relief from his subungual hematoma on his finger. That led him into a room that said "Physical Therapy" above the door and a chance meeting…

S2E25 Dr. Brian Hatzel - The Road Not Taken

Jun 06, 2023 1h 11m

"I shall be telling this with a sigh. Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in the wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." The Road Not…

S2E24 Lori Vancza - Standing like a Sycamore

Apr 23, 2023 49m

Sometimes the most unfortunate things turn into the most fortunate opportunities. That is what happened to Lori Vancza when she had the unfortunate experience of spraining her ankle but thanks to her…

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