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| Foster Hunt | The Appalachian |
| New assistant athletic trainer,
Nicole Fava, will mainly work with the men and women’s
cross country and women’s basketball at ASU. |
There will be a new face inside the athletic training rooms of
Appalachian State University.
The Mountaineers welcome Nicole Fava as their new assistant athletic
trainer.
“This is a great opportunity as my first job out of grad school,
and I’m just expecting it to challenge me on an everyday basis
so that I continue to grow as an athletic trainer,” Fava said.
Born and raised in Queensbury, N.Y., Fava spent her undergraduate
career at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. before heading south to
attend graduate school at the University of North Carolina - Chapel
Hill.
While at UNC-CH, Fava worked as the primary trainer for the women’s
soccer team, a prominent soccer program.
“I had a great time working at Carolina with women’s soccer.
I think they’re a very high profile team so in terms of dealing
with that, it gave me some good experience,” Fava said.
While at Appalachian, Fava will be working primarily with the women’s
basketball team as well as the men’s and women’s cross-country
team.
“A team like us tries to really avoid injuries, but it’s
comforting to know that if we do get injured, she (Fava) will definitely
take care of us,” said J. Ethan Dodson, who will be returning
as a third-year runner for the men’s cross-country team.
“She (Fava) seems very professional and she definitely knows
what she’s talking about,” Dodson said.
Fava welcomes the challenge of being an athletic trainer and looks
forward to the season.
“I’m confident in my skills as an athletic trainer, and
I think that, overall, that’s going to help because I’m
going to be able to return athletes, as soon as possible, back to
playing status,” Fava said. |
