Lisa
Erwin,
Head
Athletic
Trainer
Lisa
Erwin is
entering
her
fifth
year
overall
at
Arkansas
Tech
University
and is
entering
her
third
year as
the
school’s
head
athletic
trainer.
At Tech,
Erwin is
in
charge
of
providing
medical
coverage
for all
of the
school’s
men’s
and
women’s
athletic
teams,
including
serving
as the
athletic
trainer
for the
volleyball,
women’s
basketball
and
softball
teams.
Erwin,
who is a
native
of
Raytown,
Mo.,
came to
Tech in
August
of 2003
as an
assistant
trainer
after
spending
two
years
(2001-03)
at Texas
A&M
University
as the
athletic
trainer
for the
women’s
basketball
team.
Prior to
Texas
A&M,
Erwin
spent
one
season
(2000-01)
as a
trainer
at the
University
of
Kansas,
working
primarily
with
Kansas’
Spirit
Squad
and
Dance
team. In
addition
to her
athletic
training
work,
Erwin
also
spent
three
years
working
in
Neurology,
Genetics,
Orthopedics
and the
Medical/Surgical
floor at
Children’s
Mercy
Hospital
in
Kansas
City,
Mo.
A
certified
member
of the
National
Athletic
Trainer’s
Association
and the
Southwest
Athletic
Trainer’s
Association,
Erwin,
who is
also
certified
in
CPR/First
Aid/AED,
earned
her
bachelors
degree
in
exercise
sport
science/athletic
training
in 2000
from the
University
of
Kansas
in
Lawrence,
Kan.
Brett
“Duke”
Waldon,
Assistant
Athletic
Trainer
Brett
Waldon
is
entering
his
second
year at
Arkansas
Tech
University
as an
assistant
athletic
trainer.
In his
duties
at Tech,
Waldon
serves
as the
head
football
trainer,
along
with
being
the
athletic
trainer
for the
men’s
basketball
program.
Waldon
came to
Tech
after
spending
one year
as an
assistant
athletic
trainer
at
Ouachita
Baptist
University
in
Arkadelphia,
Ark.
While
with the
Tigers,
Waldon
served
as the
athletic
trainer
for both
the
football
and
men’s
basketball
teams.
A
certified
member
of the
National
Athletic
Trainer’s
Association
and the
Arkansas
Athletic
Trainers’
Association,
Waldon,
who is
also
certified
in
CPR/First
Aid/AED,
received
his
masters
degree
in May
2006 in
sports
administration
from
Henderson
State
University
and a
bachelor
of
science
degree
in
recreation
and
sports
medicine
from
Henderson
State
University
in
Arkadelphia,
Ark., in
1996.
While in
graduate
school
at HSU,
Waldon
served
as a
graduate
assistant
athletic
trainer
at
Ouachita
Baptist.
Waldon,
who is a
native
of Fort
Smith,
Ark.,
and a
graduate
of Fort
Smith
Northside
High
School,
is
single
and is
the
father
of a
son,
Michael
(18),
who will
be a
freshman
football
player
at Tech
this
coming
fall.
Phillip
Wilkerson,
Assistant
Athletic
Trainer
Phillip
Wilkerson is entering his first
season at Arkansas Tech University
as an assistant athletic trainer. In
his duties at Tech, Wilkerson serves
as an assistant athletic trainer for
football, along with being the
athletic trainer for the Wonder Boys
baseball program and also helps out
with both the men's and women's
basketball teams.
Wilkerson, who is a native of
Monroe City, Mo., comes to Tech
after spending last year with the
Kansas City Chiefs of the National
Football League, where he served as
the seasonal assistant athletic
trainer. Wilkerson had spent two
other stints with the Kansas City
Chiefs as a summer athletic training
intern.
Prior to
working with the Kansas City Chiefs,
Wilkerson spent three years
(2003-06) as a graduate assistant
athletic trainer at Marshall
University in Huntington, W.V., were
he earned a Master of Arts in
Teaching, with an emphasis in K-12
physical education and a Master of
Science in health and physical
education. While
with the Thundering Herd, Wilkerson
worked with the school's football
team, men's soccer team, women's
soccer team, women's indoor track
and field team and women's
volleyball team. His duties included
treatment and rehabilitation of
injuries, along with normal daily
and game day responsibilities of an NCAA Division I athletic training
room.
Wilkerson became a certified member
of the National Athletic Trainer'
Association after graduating from
the University of Missouri with a
bachelor of science degree in human
nutrition and fitness in 2003. While
at the University of Missouri, Wilkerson served as a
student athletic trainer, working
with the football, wrestling, men's
and women's cross country, indoor
and outdoor track and field, men's
basketball and women's soccer teams.
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