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Johnson Named as Schreiner's Head Athletic Trainer

Jessica Johnson has agreed to become Schreiner's new Head Athletic Trainer, and will begin in that capacity this summer.  Johnson will replace Lisa Chinn, who will be leaving this summer after serving as SU's Head Athletic Trainer for the past three years.  Chinn will be headed to Charlottesville, VA to pursue her PhD at the University of Virginia.

Johnson graduated in May with a Masters of Science degree in Kinesiology from James Madison University (VA).  While at JMU, she was the certified athletic trainer for the Softball team and assisted with Women's Soccer.  She also handled all injury records, insurance and pre-season paperwork for the department and was a Clinical Instructor in the Athletic Training Education Program at JMU. 

This will not be Johnson's first experience with the NCAA Division III level or with the American Southwest Conference.  Johnson did her undergraduate work (B.S. - Athletic Training) at fellow ASC-member Texas Lutheran and graduated Summa Cum Laude from TLU in 2006.   While at TLU, she worked with the Football, Women's Basketball and Men's Soccer programs. 

One of Johnson's first responsibilities will be hiring the school's first Assistant Athletic Trainer.  That position will begin this August.

Johnson grew up in the Hill Country and is a graduate of Bandera High School where she starred for the softball team.  Her family still resides in the south central Texas area.
 
 
Dowdee to Fill SU's New Assistant Athletic Trainer Post

Schreiner University Athletics announced that Janel Dowdee will be joining the staff in early August as the school's first Assistant Athletic Trainer.  This is a new full time position at the University and was created because of the school's significant growth in Athletics.  Over the past three years, the Mountaineers have added three sports teams (Men's and Women's Cross Country and Women's Golf) and overall athletics participation has grown from just more than 125 student-athletes in 2005 to the nearly 220 who are expected to participate this fall.

Dowdee comes to Kerrville from Los Angeles, California.  She is currently an assistant athletic trainer for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS).  The Galaxy have been in the news over the past 12 months for the highly publicized signing of international soccer star David Beckham. 

Prior to working for the Galaxy, Dowdee was the head athletic trainer for Ganesha High School in Pomona, CA.  She was also an athletic trainer at Sports Pros in Claremont, CA and was also the head athletic trainer for Pomona High School.

Dowdee earned her Masters degree (Kinesiology/Sports Psychology) from Cal State-Fullerton and is a graduate of Cal Poly-Pomona (Kinesiology/Athletic Training).  She has already earned her NATABOC national certification and is eligible for Texas State licensure. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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