Rachel Le ’16 recently won two athletic training scholarships to support her on her upcoming graduate school journey. This weekend, the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association announced that Rachel won the […]
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Students will shine at 2016 showcase April 6
From spiders in Panama to a 3D-printed syringe pump, the Student Scholar Showcase on April 6 will highlight a variety of projects by more than 150 Lynchburg College students. This year’s showcase includes two poster presentation sessions — one in Memorial Ballroom at noon and one in the Flint Family Lobby of Schewel Hall at 4 p.m. Oral presentations will take place in Hopwood Auditorium, Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel room 231 and 232 throughout the day.
LC student and professor explore physical properties of lacrosse helmets
Dr. Tom Bowman and University of Lynchburg student Dane Bower ’16 recently began a new study of the physical properties of lacrosse helmets. They have partnered with researchers at Michigan […]
Head impact research continues with summer grant
A Lynchburg College professor and several students continue to work this summer on research designed to improve lacrosse and soccer safety. One student, Bradley Jackson ‘16, received a $2,000 fellowship from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges to support his role in the project.
Hits to the Head: Research by LC professor and students reveals new facts on lacrosse impacts
Getting hit in the head during practices and games is part of being an athlete. It is common knowledge that really hard hits can cause concussions and other serious brain injuries.
Liz Koehling ’15 chosen for leadership workshop
Elizabeth “Liz” Koehling ’15 is one of two athletic training students selected to represent District III (DC, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) at the 2014 Student Leadership Workshop by the Institute for Collegiate Sports Medicine in May in Long Beach, Calif.
Athletic director to retire
After 35 years at Lynchburg College, Dr. Jack Toms ’69 announced that he will retire this summer having served 26 years as the school’s athletic director.
Since he assumed leadership as athletic director in the summer of 1989, Lynchburg College has won more than 100 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championships, an unrivaled mark.
Screening athletes for heart problems
Dr. Sean Collins with student athlete Ricardo Manosalvas
Conner Hardy, a first-year student from Wirtz, Va., was one of 200 athletes screened for heart risk as the 2013-14 academic year gets underway.
An internship down under
The Perth Demons took a while to warm up to Sarah Koehn ’13 as an athletic trainer, but before her Australian football internship was over, they wanted her to stay.
North-South All Star
Former women’s lacrosse attack Lesley Buckingham scored three times in the North-South Senior All-Star Game after concluding her storied Hornet career in early May.
Buckingham, the program’s leading career goal and point scorer, competed Saturday, June 16 at the IWLCA/Under Armor Division III North-South Senior All-Star Game at the United Sports Training Center.
