NOVEMBER 2014 – With all the concerns being expressed in national media about serious sports injuries at all levels, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association has reported that only 39% of public high schools have access to a full-time certified athletic trainer. Withrow is fortunate to be included in that 39%. Kelly Camp is in her fourth year as Withrow’s athletic trainer. Every day she leaves Children’s Hospital to be in the Withrow training room by 2:15 and can found on the side lines or court side for every home athletic event. She cherishes the opportunity she has in developing relationships with her Tiger athletes as she guides them through the aches and pains of participation. For many she has become a nutritionist, a confident, and a role model.

This is Withrow’s inaugural year in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference (ECC) and the fall season has presented itself as a difficult transition. As expected, the level of overall competition across all the ECC schools for all sports programs has proven to be demanding. This was one of the key reasons for moving from the CMAC to the ECC. Our Tigers achieved its seventh consecutive CMAC Sports Award Championship in the 2013-14 season (acknowledging cumulative successes across all sports programs), and the timing was appropriate to “stretch” our programs beyond “traditional comfort zones”. One can go to www.eccsports.com to follow all our Tiger teams’ schedules and results.  For further information go to the Community Press.