BROWNWOOD,
Texas - The Howard Payne University athletics office announced on
Friday the hiring of Kara Taylor as assistant athletic trainer.
Kara
Taylor comes to HPU from Mineola ISD where she served as Head Athletic
Trainer for the past two years. Before Mineola, she was at the Trinity
Mother Frances Health
System Sports Medicine in Tyler, Texas working with John Tyler high
school, East Texas Gymnastics, Tyler club and recreational soccer, and
SportsCare tennis.
Kara
graduated from the University of Texas at Tyler with a Master of
Education in Health and Kinesiology in May 2009. In 2007, she received a
Bachelor of Science
in Kinesiology from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma and also
has an Associates of Science in Allied Health from Carl Albert State
College.
Kara
is a Nationally Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) by the National
Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification (NATABOC) and is a
Licensed Athletic Trainer
(LAT) in the State of Texas. She will begin her duties with the HPU
training staff on August 1st.