WASHINGTON - During National Athletic Training Month, Gallaudet Athletics would like to extend a special thanks to our athletic trainers;
Mariko Kobanawa,
Tom McKnight,
Teri Wood and
Ilana Bell.
March is National Athletic Training Month, an opportunity to spread awareness of the impact athletic trainers (ATs) have on work, life and sport. Athletic trainers are health care professionals that prevent, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate injuries for active people in many industries, including sports, military and clinical practice.
This year's slogan is "There's an AT for that."
Getting to Know: Ilana Bell (2nd season)
Bell is in her second year on the Gallaudet Athletic Training staff. She joined the GU staff in Fall 2021 after serving as the head athletic trainer at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf for six years (2015-21).
Q: In your spare time what are your hobbies/favorite things to do?
IB: During my free time I enjoy ice skating, dancing, and reading with a cup of tea.
Q: What three words would your best friend use to describe you?
IB: Emotional, fun, overthinker (don't ask how long it took to answer these questions)
Q: When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up?
IB: An actress - until I went to high school and realized reciting lines wasn't for me.
Q: Who do you consider your role model/who you look up to and why?
IB: My parents - they are very practical and taught me life skills that I wouldn't have learned in school, but they also make sure to do the things they enjoy.
Q: What is your phobia/what is something that you are afraid of? Â
IB: Someone will attack me in the shower à la Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Q: What is your favorite quote?
IB: It's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do" - Steven Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George.
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Athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and sport-related illnesses. They prevent and treat chronic musculoskeletal injuries from sports, physical and occupational activity, and provide immediate care for acute injuries. Athletic trainers offer a continuum of care that is unparalleled in health care. The National Athletic Trainers' Association represents and supports 45,000 members of the athletic training profession. For more information, visitÂ
www.nata.org.
