Student Trainer of the Semester

Congratulations to Chelsea and Shelli for winning Student Trainer of the Semester. Keep up the good work!

Sports Med. Decathlon - 5th edition!!

Homecoming game

Tiffany Roose and Pascelle Mimnaugh hanging out in the training room before the game started

A quick group shot before we all went out on the field.  Little did they know that the "old" trainers had to do water just like old times at quarters...Yeah, I don't think so.  I want them to come back next year.  I did bribe some with new trainer shirts.  Free is always a good thing.

Two generations of Roose's or is it Reese since it is plural?!?  They look more a like than the Mekeli and Hailey.

Michelle and Donald...I'm not sure exactly what they were talking about...either some anatomy class discussion about the effects of spaghetti and gas or when Donald busted open his shorts at the crotch area...expression would probably be the same for both!!

Ahh...finally a cheesy couple picture without Donald and Chelsea being in it.  I'm not sure how many times Joey used the line "I'm in college now" when talking to the younger trainers.  He does look happy, maybe because he didn't get arrested for having shotgun shells and a machete in the back of his truck.  Sure, he said he was hunting...huh uh...right!

Trainer Homecoming October 3rd

Hey all former Toro Trainers...

I know I probably should have done this many years ago, but since it is Homecoming this week at Toro Nation; I wanted to get this out to all of you who may have shared a sideline, bench seat, dugout, or simply spent hundreds/thousands of hours working as a student trainer at good ol' Mountain View.  I don't have numbers/emails of everybody that has worked with me since 2000, so if you get this info please pass it on to the others in a chance that they can come back and visit.  

My idea is simple in that myself and the rest of the current trainers would love for you to come this Friday to the football game and just hang out on the sidelines with us.  If possible, get there around 6 pm so that we can all visit before the game gets going and it gets a little busier as you might fondly remember.  

It would be great to make this an annual thing.  I know some of you are out of state and can't make, but you can check out the website we obviously have.  You can read about this year's group and check out some of the posts over the past 2 years.

So, pass this website on to all the former "old" trainers and hope to see a lot of you this Friday.  Do me a favor and give me a call at the training room if you are coming.  480-472-6960.

Thanks,

Blackburn

Chelsea Reidhead
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
College for EMT and later Paramedic. And get married!

What made you want to become a trainer?
Matt Blackburn recruited me and made it seem like a cool thing I would want to do

What do you do in your free time?
Train! and hang with friends

What is your favorite sports team?
MVT Toros

What is your favorite movie?
My Fairlady...Donald!

What is your favorite TV show?
I don't watch TV

Do you have any unique talents?
none

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Don't have one

When is your birthday?
July 14th

Do you play any sports?
nope

What is your favorite quote?
"When two hearts race, both win"

Donald Jackson

What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to ASU and get my major in Nutrition and a minor in physical science

What made you want to become a trainer?
One day I saw the blonde head of Sara Beecher and I was hooked

What do you do in your free time?
Sleep, or I would if training ever gave me any

What is your favorite sports team?
Phoenix Suns

What is your favorite movie?
Gladiator and Patriot and Braveheart


What is your favorite TV show?
Friends or Scrubs

Do you have any unique talents?
Well, I have a mean backhand and I can shake my eyes

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Montana


When is your birthday?
October 19th

Do you play any sports?
Please my whole life is a sport especially when talking to Chelsea

What is your favorite quote?
"When in doubt add more wine"

Brooke Waldie
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to college and nursing school and work at PCH

What made you want to become a trainer?
My cousin and future job interests

What do you do in your free time?
Babysit and read The Twilight

What is your favorite sports team?
ASU FOOTBALL!!!

What is your favorite movie?
Any chick flicks or Will Ferrell movies

What is your favorite TV show?
One Tree Hill and Gossip Girls and Untold Stories of the ER

Do you have any unique talents?
Singing and texting

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Mexico or Europe

When is your birthday?
May 15th

Do you play any sports?
I go running at 5 in the morning and try and drag Amy with me

What is your favorite quote?
"Amy is my favorite person in the whole wide world"

Amy Roose
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to college and become a nurse

What made you want to become a trainer?
My cousin Tiffany

What do you do in your free time?
If I had any I would sleep and hang out with friends

What is your favorite sports team?
Miami Dolphins although they suck

What is your favorite movie?
She's the Man (Thanks to Brooke)

What is your favorite TV show?
Friends and King of Queens

Do you have any unique talents?
No

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Newport, California

When is your birthday?
August 30th, 1991

Do you play any sports?
Softball

What is your favorite quote?
"What you think about, you bring about"

Mekeli Nelson
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Sleep

What made you want to become a trainer?
Matt Blackburn didn't want me, so i wanted to prove him wrong

What do you do in your free time?
Sleep!

What is your favorite sports team?
MVT TOROS

What is your favorite movie?
Rush Hour 3 and She's the Man

What is your favorite TV show?
House and the Office

Do you have any unique talents?
Sleeping and wiggle or shake my eyes

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Hawaii

When is your birthday?
January 16th

Do you play any sports?
no

What is your favorite quote?
"Go pooh on a log"

Hailey Nelson
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to college and graduate in pre-med, I want to be a P.A. or a doctor

What made you want to become a trainer?
Coach Blackburn was my weight training coach and recruited me. I really like sports and i wanted to be a doctor

What do you do in your free time?
haha what free time?
hang with friends, homework, go shopping, go to the lake and quading

What is your favorite sports team?
Football and basketball

What is your favorite movie?
Transporter

What is your favorite TV show?
House and the Office

Do you have any unique talents?
I am good at making people feel welcome and I play piano and violin

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Hawaii

When is your birthday?
January 16th, 1991

Do you play any sports?
I run, I have no hand-eye coordination

What is your favorite quote?
"Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself"

Shelli Herseth
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
I want to go to MCC then transfer to NAU

What made you want to become a trainer?
It sounded really fun!

What do you do in your free time?
Sleep

What is your favorite sports team?
San Francisco 49ers even though they suck

What is your favorite movie?
Juno

What is your favorite TV show?
House

Do you have any unique talents?
I play the piano

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Oklahoma

When is your birthday?
June 13th

Do you play any sports?
Tennis and swim

What is your favorite quote?
"Shoot for the moon even if you miss you will land among the stars"

Becca Udall
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to BYU

What made you want to become a trainer?
Because of shelli... and i wanted to help people and have fun!

What do you do in your free time?
Volunteer at the soup kitchen, read to the blind, serve the homeless, encourage recycling in my community and pick up trash

What is your favorite sports team?
ASU football

What is your favorite movie?
Pride and Prejudice and Iron man

What is your favorite TV show?
The Office

Do you have any unique talents?
I am amazing at singing Disney songs (with Donald)

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Rockypoint and Disneyland!

When is your birthday?
February 6th- Don't forget!

Do you play any sports?
No

What is your favorite quote?
"Whenever I'm about to do something, i think, 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, i do NOT do that thing"

Kenzy Robinson
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to college to get a degree in physical therapy and training

What made you want to become a trainer?
To get some experience in the feild and help out people

What do you do in your free time?
chill with friends and SLEEP!

What is your favorite sports team?
Anyone but the Yankees

What is your favorite movie?
ELF! and Finding Nemo

What is your favorite TV show?
The Hills

Do you have any unique talents?
I can dance really well in my kitchen while doing dishes when nobody is home

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Cali or Pennsylvania

When is your birthday?
December 29th

Do you play any sports?
no but i go to the gym

What is your favorite quote?

Morgan Rimmer
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
I want to be an OBGYN

What made you want to become a trainer?
I am very interested in the med field it fascinates me

What do you do in your free time?
hunt, sing, and hang out with friends

What is your favorite sports team?
New England Patriots

What is your favorite movie?
Sandlot

What is your favorite TV show?
CSI: Las Vegas!

Do you have any unique talents?
none

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Chautauqua, New York

When is your birthday?
January 27

Do you play any sports?
I swim

What is your favorite quote?
"It's fun to do the impossible"

Allison Riddle
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to Med School

What made you want to become a trainer?
I want to be something in the medical field

What do you do in your free time?
I like to hang out with my friends

What is your favorite sports team?
Don't have one

What is your favorite movie?
Don't have one

What is your favorite TV show?
One Tree Hill

Do you have any unique talents?
no

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
California

When is your birthday?
August 24th

Do you play any sports?
no

What is your favorite quote?
"Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down"

Abby Lea
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to an Arizona college and become a pediatrician

What made you want to become a trainer?
I want to go into the medical field and my cousin did it so he got me into it

What do you do in your free time?
Hang out with my friends

What is your favorite sports team?
My school sports teams

What is your favorite movie?
The Notebook or Sweet Home Alabama

What is your favorite TV show?
Gilmore Girls

Do you have any unique talents?
Not really

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Baja de Kino, Mexico

When is your birthday?
June 18th, 1993

Do you play any sports?
nope

What is your favorite quote?
"Live your life, and smile while your at it"

Capri Funk

What do you want to do after graduating high school?
I definitely plan on doing something medical most likely physical therapist

What made you want to become a trainer?
the body fascinates me, i love sports and i think it would be fun to know and learn about it

What do you do in your free time?
i love photography

What is your favorite sports team?
BYU volleyball

What is your favorite movie?
Radio, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days

What is your favorite TV show?
So you think you can dance?

Do you have any unique talents?
everyone always tells me that i calm things down really easily so maybe a peacemaker

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
the mountains

When is your birthday?
December 16th, 1992

Do you play any sports?
many but only volleyball competitively

What is your favorite quote?
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will"

Maeser Allen
What do you want to do after graduating high school?
Go to BYU and marry Becca

What made you want to become a trainer?
It interested me and I thought it would be fun

What do you do in your free time?
Sleep, homework, sleep, tennis, sleep

What is your favorite sports team?
Phoenix SUNS!

What is your favorite movie?
The Dark Knight

What is your favorite TV show?
Lost and The Office

Do you have any unique talents?
Juggle swords, swallow swords, and reenact midevil battles

Where is your favorite vacation spot?
Seattle and Pacific Northwest

When is your birthday?
July 22, 1993

Do you play any sports?
Tennis

What is your favorite quote?
"Why do you do what you do, when you know what you know?"

Our first home game!!

Chelsea enjoying the best seat in the house!!

Donald is enjoying the game, while Hailey is showing signs that the game lost it's excitement after we were up 20 - 0 after the 1st quarter.

Mekeli wonders why we don't ask her to babysit...seriously!!!

A little 4th quarter action after one of our players goes down...don't worry, we fixed it.

I'm not really sure what we are doing...must have been something interesting to the right of us.

ASU field trip/game

The whole group outside Sun Devil stadium before we wait for Kenny our tour guide for the day.

In the hydrotherapy room listening to Kenny talk about the swimex which I'm sure we will get it installed at MV someday.

Our athletic trainer guide Kenny getting a firsthand experience on taping a "real" athlete instead of taping those wannabes that can't even beat UNLV!!

As you can tell, this is before the game when we were proud to show our Sun Devil spirit.  Thank goodness we were wearing our school colors and not maroon and gold.

Finally, if you weren't already tired from last year of all the photos of Donald and Chelsea acting like they are sweethearts, here is some more.  Prepare your stomach, it could be a long year!!

Pep Assembly

Kind of a version of Charlie's Angels!

Chelsea got a little more comfortable with the skit after she realized she wasn't going to get dropped.  That's some trust there.

The big entrance in front of the entire student body.  Came out to the theme of the tv show "ER"  They received a big ovation especially when he did his best Nastia Lukin dismount.

The whole group in "stolen" scrubs.  (I never said they borrowed)  Hope the AMA doesn't come after you :(

Either Donald is falling off the board or someone is performing a unprovoked medical procedure for men over 40!!

Photo Day...Sports Med. 2008-09

Hailey Nelson

Shelli Herseth

Donald Jackson

Mekeli Nelson

Brooke Waldie

Allison Riddle

Morgan Rimmer

Amy Roose

Chelsea Reidhead