VanMeter to join training staff
VanMeter spent the past seven seasons as the assistant director of sports medicine at the University of Detroit Mercy. VanMeter had direct involvement with women’s basketball, men’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s cross country for the Titans. She was the insurance coordinator for all student-athletes, coordinated staff and physician coverage for practices, games and clinics, and directed the work activities of four graduate assistants.
VanMeter also developed a six-week lower body neuromuscular control program at Detroit Mercy for prevention and treatment. She also was on the sports medicine staff for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four, the 2008 Division I Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional, the 2009 and 2011 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championships, and the 2013 Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She presented at the 2008 National Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Meeting and Symposium.
VanMeter previously served as head athletic trainer at Morrison R. Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio, from 2005-07, where she provided oversight for the medical needs of a 35-team athletic program. She earned her master’s degree in exercise science with a concentration in athletic training from the University of Toledo in 2007, and her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Hope College in 2005.
The Mountain Lions compete in 14 sports within the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference of NCAA Division II. UCCS student-athletes have earned 50 All-America and five Academic All-America honors since the intercollegiate athletics were introduced in the 1987-88 season. The Mountain Lions have recorded a departmental grade point average of 3.0 or greater for 20 consecutive semesters.