In celebration of Women’s History Month and National Athletic Trainers Month, the National Athletic Trainers Association highlighted the work of female athletic trainers at many different levels.
NATA highlighted Sally Egan, Marissa Fukunaga, Heather Prahl and Kylie Robbins in National Athletic Trainers Month. These women serve as athletic trainers at the secondary and youth sports level, for the performing arts and first responders.
Fukunaga works as an athletic trainer at Kalani High School in Honolulu, Hawaii — the same school she attended in her youth. She serves as the one of the primary healthcare advocates for her more than 600 student-athletes across 50 sports, bridging the gap between the field and the clinic with immediate, personalized athletic health care.
Sally Egan, LAT, ATC, CSCS, an industrial/tactical athletic trainer at Advanced Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine in Shawano, Wis. Egan travels to multiple worksites each week to provide comprehensive injury prevention and management services. She supports employees in manufacturing environments as well as members of police and fire departments, offering early access to high‑quality, on‑site health care.
Prahl is the owner of Reel Care, a sports-medicine based practice in Fayetteville, Ga., designed to meet the needs of those in film, stunts and the performing arts. Her "athletic training room" moves daily, but making health care a priority in the stunt world is her number one goal. Whether it's maintenance visits, workshop coverage, on set treatment or injury prevention talks, she strives to provide the best quality of care for her patients.
Robbins serves as the head athletic trainer for the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps (North Canton, Ohio) and Penn State University Club Sports (State College, Penn.,). She has built both programs from the ground up. She leads a nationwide team of 13+ health care professionals and provides care for over 2,650 athletes and performers, blending clinical expertise with creativity and an artistic lens to meet the demands of each individual.
Says NATA, “The exceptional women highlighted below as extraordinary examples of what female athletic trainers are accomplishing in traditional and nontraditional settings.”
