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Dr. Linda Stark Bobo, PhD, ATC, LAT
- GATEP Director

Dr. Bobo is in the completion of her 10th year serving as the Program Director for the Graduate Entry-level Athletic Training Education Program (GATEP) at Stephen F. Austin State University. Her levels of studies were completed at Northeast Louisiana University (BS), Northwestern State University (MEd), and The University of Southern Mississippi (PhD). Her former professional status in the Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (SEATA) allowed her many opportunities to participate with the SEATA Student Athletic Trainers’ Symposium as a presenter, lab instructor, current position as the Laboratory Coordinator. Other roles fulfilled were the secretary for the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association, editor of the state newsletter, and chairman of the Public Relations committee.

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Alberta Nichols, ATC, LAT
- Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer

Entering her second year, Alberta will continue to work with our women's volleyball team.

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G.W. "Trey" Younger III, MS, ATC, LAT, NASM-CES
- Assistant Athletic Trainer

Entering his 9th season, Trey Younger joined the SFA staff after 11 years of service in the high school setting. A lifelong resident of southwest Louisiana, he is a 1992 graduate of McNeese State University and a 2007 graduate of California University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Trey has extensive training in the field of Emergency Medicine and was named a Corrective Exercise Specialist by the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

Currently active in the Louisiana Athletic Trainers' Association, he serves on the Public Relations Committee. With experience in every sport from professional rodeo to high school wrestling, Trey began his career at SFA by concentrating on men's basketball for four years. He has since shifted gears to oversee soccer and baseball.

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Loree M.C. McCary, MESS, ATC, LAT
- Assistant Athletic Trainer / Senior Women's Administrator

Loree is in her 21st year on the SFA staff. She is primarily responsible for the care and rehabilitation of female athletes, while assisting with all sports. She is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association. In June 2009, Loree was recognized as the Assistant Athletic Trainer of the Year by the NATA.

McCary came to SFA after serving as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Florida, where she served as the Athletic Trainer for volleyball. The Girard, Kan., native is a 1988 graduate of Kansas State, where she served three years as an athletic training student. She earned her Master's degree from University of Florida in 1990. She is married to Vance McCary.

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Sanford (Sandy) Miller, MS Ed, ATC, LAT
- Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine

Now in his 31st season, Miller oversees a comprehensive Athletic Training program which includes preparing students for careers as Athletic Trainers. A native of Larned, Kan., Miller came to SFA in 1981 after spending five seasons as the head athletic trainer at Northwest Missouri State.

Miller served as a member of the board of directors of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). He has served on the Athletic Training staff at the 1990 Goodwill Games and the U.S. Olympic Training Center, as well as serving as the Athletic Trainer for USA Track & Field at the World Championships in Sweden, in 1995. He also represented Texas and Arkansas as district director for the NATA. In 1999, Miller was honored as a Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer, one of 12 in the country, by the NATA. Miller is also a member of Southwest Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame. During the summer of 2002, Sandy received the highest honor of an Athletic Trainer, induction into the National Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in Dallas.

Sandy received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska in 1972 and his Master's degree from Northwest Missouri State. Miller and his wife Madalene are the parents of two sons, Justin, and Doug, and the grandparents of Karen Grace, JuliAnne Hope, Halie Elizabeth, and Madison Jane.

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