Sports Medicine

REGIONALS ‘98 ‘00 ‘02 ‘13 ‘14 57 Kolleen Brown is in herthird season as part ofthe Northwestern State sports medicine staff. Brown, who arrived in Natchitoches in August 2017, is Northwestern State’s primary athletic trainerforwomen’s basketball. A formerall-conference soccerplayerat Morrisville State, Brown earned herundergraduate degree in human performance and health promotion before collecting her master’s degree in athletic training from Daemen College. Brown also played lacrosse, where she helped herteam to the NACWest Division ChampionshipTournament. While at Utica College, Brown was the primary athletic trainerforwomen’s ice hockey and women’s lacrosse. Brown worked with Niagara University’s men’s hockey team in 2016 and with the University ofBuffalo’s women’s soccerteam in 2014. She also worked with the Buffalo football team during spring practice in 2015. Hertime at Niagara and Buffalo came while she was earning hermaster’s degree from Daemen. Brown also performed occupational medical clearance physicals at Healthworks in Buffalo. A Licensed AthleticTrainer, Brown is BOC certified and holds a CDC concussion certification. She is first-aid/CPR/AED certified and is a memberofthe National Athletic Now in his 15th season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to directorofsports medicine in 2012 afterthe retirement oflong-time athletic trainerEd Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staffat Northwestern State University in the summerof2005 afterbeing the head athletic trainerat Natchitoches Central forfive years. Drury was instrumental in developing Northwestern State’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, which doubled NSU’s full-time sports medicine staffin 2015. In the spring of2009, Drury tookoveras the head football athletic trainerfor the Demons, afterworking forthree seasons with the women’s soccerteam and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate ofIdaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho, including football, men’s basketball and trackand field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainerforthe NSU softball team. Drury is a native ofPaoli, Indiana. He and his wife,Toni, have been married for 16 years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie. JASON DR UR Y DI R ECTOR OF SP OR TS MEDI CI N E Id a h o St a t e , 1999; Nor t hwe st e rn St a t e , 2001 15t h se a son a t Nor t hwe st e rn St a t e

Ashley Leggett Pugh is in her fourth season with the Northwestern State athletic training staff. She is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Leggett is one oftwo primary athletic trainers handling football, and she assists with otherNSU sports. Before NSU, Leggett interned at Samford, where she served the softball and volleyball programs. She organized physical examinations, SCAT3 and ImPACT testing forsoftball and volleyball student-athletes along with the rehabilitation, management and treatment ofinjuries. In addition, she implemented post-surgical SLAP repair protocol and a return-to-play throwing program. Aftergraduating from Alabama in 2013with a bachelor’s ofscience in athletic training, she completed a master’s at Iowa in leisure and recreational sports management in 2015. As a graduate assistant trainerat Iowa, she worked with the softball program. Leggett managed all aspects ofdaily medical needs including prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation ofstudent-athletes. As an athletic training student at Alabama, she aided the football, softball, swimming and diving programs as well as the rowing team. She traveled with the football team to the SEC and national championships and worked theWomen’s CollegeWorld Series. Leggett has also worked with the Alabama PatrickMurphy Softball School, the NickSaban Football Camp, and the Big Ten Cross Country Championship among other events. Herprofessional memberships and certifications include the states ofLouisiana, Iowa and Alabama athletic training boards, a, NATABOC Certified AthleticTrainer, a National AthleticTrainers’Association member, a Southeastern AthleticTrainers’ Association member, and an American Heart Association CPR Health Care provider. ASH LEY LEGGETT P UGH ASSOCI ATE DI R ECTOR OF SP OR TS MEDI CI N E Ala b a m a , 2013; Iowa , 2015 Fou r t h se a son a t Nor t hwe st e rn St a t e KOLLEEN B R OWN ASSI STAN T DI R ECTOR OF SP OR TS MEDI CI N E Morrisville St a t e , 2014; D a e m e n Colle g e , 2016 Th ird se a son a t Nor t hwe st e rn St a t e

Brittany Goldberg returned to Northwestern State as its assistant directorof sports medicine in July 2018 aftera short stint at UL Lafayette. The Lake Havasu City, Arizona, native graduated from Northwestern State with a masters in health and human performance with a concentration in health promotion in May 2018, afterspending two years working as an athletic trainer with soccer, spring volleyball, tennis and football. She is the primary athletic trainerforNorthwestern State baseball. The Southern Utah graduate earned a degree in athletic training and exercise science while serving two athletics seasons with duties ranging from emergency care, rehabilitation and baseline concussion testing. Hersport assignments included football, softball, men’s basketball, gymnastics, cross country, trackand field, volleyball and tennis. Goldberg served Parowan High School in a variety ofsports as well as the Utah High School Activities Association football championships. Goldberg is a licensed athletic trainerby the State ofLouisiana Board ofMedical Examiners, a BOC certified athletic trainerand a Red Cross certified professional rescuer. Goldberg, a memberofthe National AthleticTrainers’Association and the Rocky Mountain AthleticTrainers’Association, was awarded the Big Sky Football Officials Association Student AthleticTrainerScholarship in 2015. B R I TTAN Y GOLDB ER G ASSI STAN T DI R ECTOR OF SP OR TS MEDI CI N E Sou t h e rn Ut a h , 2016; Nor t hwe st e rn St a t e , 2018 Fou r t h se a son a t Nor t hwe st e rn St a t e