Ep. 110 - Certified Athletic Trainer - Alyssa Stewart

Welcome back to the Joust About Careers podcast! I’m your host, Brian Bratt, and this week’s guest is 2020 VB graduate Alyssa (Potteiger) Stewart, who is a certified athletic trainer at Tiffin University. In this episode, Alyssa shares how her love of sports led her to become an athletic trainer instead of a physical therapist, how CCP classes affected her college academics and athletics, the wide variety of places where an athletic trainer can work, and much more. Whether you are interested in a career as an athletic trainer or are still exploring your options, I hope that what Alyssa shares today will help all of you make better career decisions and have fulfilling career journeys. Enjoy the show!1:10 - A typical day for a certified athletic trainer1:55 - What is “stunt?”2:38 - Alyssa definitely isn’t alone when she is working with the football team.3:41 - Alyssa’s responsibilities as an athletic trainer.4:55 - Sports Medicine Aide vs. Certified Athletic Trainer5:30 - Licensed vs. Certified Athletic Trainer6:33 - Alyssa originally thought she wanted to be a physical therapist7:00 - Her love of sports led her to become an athletic trainer.8:24 - 3 + 2 programs and College Credit Plus9:13 - Giving up a fourth year of college athletics - Alyssa’s experience10:23 - Balancing college athletics and academics11:30 - Positives and challenges of a career as an athletic trainer13:16 - Characteristics need to be successful as an athletic trainer14:40 - Work schedule as a trainer15:17 - What has surprised Alyssa most about being an athletic trainer15:55 - Alyssa’s future plans16:26 - Career options as an athletic trainer17:10 - Advice - research careers while in high school.Questions?Connect with Alyssa on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-stewart-mat-lat-atc-65a10b371/). Connect with Brian on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/brian-bratt/) or e-mail ([email protected]).