SPORTS MEDICINE

The sports medicine team at St John’s consists of an athletic training staff, team physicians and physical therapists. Collectively, the team provides quality health management (emergency care, injury evaluation, physician referral and treatment/rehabilitation) to the student-athletes of St. John’s. The team physicians and physical therapist visit St. John’s weekly to assess injuries and healing progression and to provide therapeutic interventions in the athletic training room.

MIKE WALKER

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Mike Walker is a local native who received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Maryland in 1998. While working on his degree, he interned with the university’s sports medicine department, providing medical care and coverage for several of the Terrapins’ athletic teams. Walker went on to receive his master’s degree in health and education in 2000 from Frostburg State University. He obtained his certifications as an athletic trainer (ATC) in 1999 and as a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) in 2000. He holds memberships in good standing with the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Walker has been St. John’s head athletic trainer since 2002 and is a sitting committee member for the District of Columbia Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (DCSMAC) and the governmental affairs council representative for the District of Columbia Athletic Trainers’ Association (DCATA).

When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends, playing and listening to music and running in Rock Creek Park.

SHANNON LALLI

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Shannon Lalli, originally from New York, graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training in 2015. While there, Lalli worked with the University of Florida football team and the women’s lacrosse team, as well as many of the other teams at the university. After graduating she moved back to New York, where she worked as an outreach athletic trainer for a physical therapy company at local high schools. Lalli then moved down to the DC area to pursue her master’s in healthcare administration from Georgetown University, where she graduated in 2018. This is her second year at St. John’s.

During her time at both Florida and Georgetown, Lalli engaged in sports medicine research. Most recently, she interned with MedStar’s Health Research Institute studying the effects of overtraining on youth athletes. She also has research interests in preventing sudden cardiac death in athletes and ultramarathon athletes.

In her spare time, she enjoys reading, watching television and exploring DC with family and friends.

TEAM PHYSICIANS

Dr. Carter Mitchell, MD – Orthopedics Dr. William Postma, MD – Orthopedics