Michael Hawkins

Office: Niswonger 111
Ext.: 5367
P.O. Box: 5037
Email: mhawkins@tusculum.edu

Michael Hawkins is in his third year as assistant athletic trainer at Tusculum College.

Hawkins assists in the athletic training needs for all 14 sponsored sports at Tusculum and works primarily with volleyball and softball.

Hawkins comes to Tusculum from Troy University, where he served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer since 2004. While at the Troy, Ala. school, he worked with the Trojans' football, women's soccer and volleyball teams, assisting with the evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation and documentation of athletic injuries as well as administrative responsibilities. While at Troy, he also assisted physicians from the Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center and team physician in a weekly clinic for the community and the university.

As an undergraduate at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., he served as an athletic training student and assisted with men's soccer, baseball, track & field, wrestling and football.

The Murphy, N.C. native has served as an athletic trainer at numerous summer camps including the Alabama High School Athletic Association Baseball Camp and Universal Cheerleading Association Camps.

He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), is a licensed athletic trainer in the State of Alabama and is an approved clinical instructor. He is also certified by the American Red Cross in CPRO and AED, NATA BOC certified and is an American Cancer Society Fresh Start Facilitator.

Hawkins completed his Masters of Science degree in Sport and Fitness Management from Troy this past December. He is also a 2003 Appalachian State graduate, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training. While at ASU, he was a member of the Dean's List (2001-03) and was the four-time recipient of the Murphy Medical Scholarship.

Hawkins is married to the former Summer Green of Murphy, N.C. They welcomed their first child, Cora Wade, in September, 2007.