Vernita R. Young, M.A., ATC/LAT enters her sixth year as the director of sports medicine. Young received her bachelor’s degree in Sports Medicine/Athletic Training from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla. She completed her Masters of Arts in Instructional Leadership from Tennessee Technological University located in Cookeville, Tenn.
Prior to Grambling State University, Young served as the head athletic trainer for Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala. As the first full-time athletic trainer for the College, Young was instrumental in the building and development of the sports medicine program. While at Stillman, she served as the director of championships for athletic trainers for the Southern Inter-Collegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and the advisor for the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
Proceeding her five years at Stillman, she worked as the physician extender/ATC for Dr. Richard Williams of Mid-State Sports Medicine, the team physician for Tennessee Technological University. She also served two seasons as the head athletic trainer for the Nashville Storm, a semi-pro NAFL team in Nashville, Tenn.
Currently, she serves as the Louisiana representative for the Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee for Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association (SEATA). Young is a native of Memphis, Tenn., hailing from Pensacola, Fla. She holds active memberships in the National Athletic Trainers Association, Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association, Louisiana Athletic Trainers Association, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated.
