June 24, 2009
Athletic training major at Indianapolis Colts summer
football camp
With a major in athletic training with a minor in strength and conditioning at UWSP,
Waehler maintains a 3.8 GPA.
“UWSP has really done an amazing job at preparing me for what I am doing here this summer
in Indianapolis,” said Waehler. “I feel confident about my skills and believe that my
clinical training at Point has given me that confidence.” Scott is the son of Karen
and Doug Waehler of Lomira.
Waehler will become another of a growing group of athletic training professionals from
UWSP since the program’s inception in 2000, according to Holly Schmies, athletic training
program director in the School of Health, Exercise Science and Athletics.
According to Schmies, the program became fully accredited in 2004 and now has six full-time
faculty members. In the past five years the program has had a 100 percent placement of its
graduates. Thirty-one students are currently in the program, the most in its young
history.
“This program’s reputation is growing and Scott’s internship with an NFL team speaks
volumes about where UWSP’s athletic training program is headed,” said Schmies. “Career
opportunities for our students are expanding, both with traditional athletic programs as
well as in more traditional corporations. Corporations are looking to hire athletic trainers
to help oversee overall employee health and fitness in the workplace.”
The mission of UWSP’s athletic training educational program is to provide students with a
unique and comprehensive education as it relates to the profession of athletic training.
The UWSP athletic training faculty and the sports medicine team are committed to educational
approaches that encompass didactic, clinical and field educational experiences that prepare
the athletic training student as an entry-level professional. Field experience opportunities
are provided in the collegiate, high school and clinical environments. The program’s Web
site has more information at
www.uwsp.edu/hesa/athtraining.
