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Phil Voorhis - Athletic Trainer T-Rex
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In the early to mid 80's the Piqua, OH high school football team needed a manager. Phil Voorhis realizing that he may be a bit small and slow to be playing big time HS football in Ohio thought it would be a good opportunity to be associated with the FB team. This lead to a suggestion from a football coach that he might be interested in attending at Cramer Student Athletic Trainer Workshop at near by Miami University to learn some taping skills and a few nuggets of athletic training knowledge, from unknown to him at the time, Hall of Fame athletic trainers.
His time at Miami left an impression. He decided to go there for his undergraduate studies. Working in their internship AT education program he set his sights on med school until organic chemistry derailed his plans. Deciding on charting his career path as an athletic trainer he got a call on a dugout phone while working summer league baseball that set the course of 34 year career as an ATC and all of them at Northern Illinois University.
GA to Assistant AT to Head AT and finally to his current position as Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Athletic Training, Phil has seen it all. He is the Dean of Athletic Trainers in the MidAmerican Conference, as the longest tenure employed AT in the conference. He has also served the profession of athletic training as the President of the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association, IATA Board of Directors, Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association Annual Meeting Planning Committee.
In 2007 he was inducted into the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame. In 2008 he received the National Athletic Trainers Association Service Award.
For the past 39 years he has organized and administered the Northern Illinois University High School Student Athletic Training Workshop.
He has also been a advocate in his local community for the placement of AED's in pubic venues and business.
Phil resides in DeKalb, Illinois with his his wife Jana and their three daughters.
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