Committee Chairs
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Education |
Dr. Buckley is a Professor at the University of Delaware. You can view his CV here.
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Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee (EDAC) |
Karissa Carty currently serves as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of Delaware where she works with the softball and men's and women's tennis teams. Prior to Delaware, Carty was an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison Campus. At FDU, she provided care for the football, field hockey, women's basketball, softball, and tennis teams.
Carty is a 2014 graduate from the University of Delaware's Athletic Training Education Program. She received her Master's in Athletic Training from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2017. |
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Governmental Affairs |
Moore earned her Master of Science in Athletic Training from California University of Pennsylvania in May of 2016 and her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Marywood University in May 2015.
Most recently, Meredith served as the Head Athletic Trainer for Wesley College. Prior to Wesley, Meredith worked at California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U), where she served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer. Meredith served the athletes at Cal U as well as McGuffey School District where she oversaw the diagnosis and treatment of more than 300 student-athletes. Since 2012, Meredith has worked with athletes from nine different institutions, including work as a student assistant athletic trainer at Marywood University and University of Scranton. |
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Honors and AwardsBrandon DeSantis, MS, LAT, ATC
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Brandon DeSantis currently serves as the Associate Head Athletic Trainer for the University of Delaware.
DeSantis came to Delaware with experience from the highest levels of NCAA Division I athletics, having worked as an assistant at Pitt, Kentucky, and UCLA. He also worked as an intern with National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers for seven months in 2009-10. A native of North Huntingdon, Pa., DeSantis graduated summa cum laude with a degree in athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010 and earned his master's degree in athletic training from the University of Kentucky in 2012. He most recently served for two years as assistant athletic trainer at UCLA in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2012-14. While at UCLA, he served as assistant athletic trainer for the Bruins football team and was primary athletic trainer for the women's tennis squad. While an undergraduate at Pitt, he was a student athletic trainer for the Panther football and women's basketball teams, assisted with the football team at nearby Carnegie Mellon University, and served his internship with the Steelers. He then moved on to Kentucky where he served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for two years in 2010-12. He was the primary athletic trainer for the Wildcat women's gymnastics, dance, and men's golf programs. An Eagle Scout, DeSantis was a Dean's List student at Pitt and earned the NATA Research and Education Foundation Scholarship in 2010. He has also been active as a student mentor and as a volunteer with the Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky, The Call to Serve, Special Olympics, and Ronald McDonald House. |
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Public Relations |
Tiana McKim currently serves as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of Delaware. Before coming to Delaware, McKim was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Central Florida. At UCF, she assisted the men’s club ice hockey team with athlete care and rehabilitation of injuries. She also provided primary care and first aid services for intramural sports competitions and offered athletic training services at high-risk club sport home events.
McKim earned her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from the University of Delaware in 2016 and got her master’s degree in sport and exercise science in 2018 from the University of Central Florida. |
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Secondary SchoolsTodd Fuhrmann, LAT, ATC
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Todd serves as both the Head AT and Athletic Director at Indian River High School.
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Webmaster |
Nikki is currently an Associate AT at the University of Delaware. She has served as the webmaster for DATA since 2014.
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