Personal Narrative: All-State Athletic Trainer

All-State is for high-level athletes from all over Oklahoma for seniors in high schools to participate in games with other students around their high-level performance. To participate in the games, one must also be selected from the Oklahoma Coaches Association. High schools are then divided into the team they will be playing on; the east and west side. I was one of the eight athletic trainers chosen to participate in the All-State games this past summer in July. I was on the west side along with three others and the head athletic trainer that was from the same school I attended. It was a huge honor! My name appeared on the Putnam City School district’s newsletter. I then got honored at one of the Putnam City School district’s meeting along

The entire week was memorable but the last night we had for All-State was the most memorable to me. It was a Friday night in the big city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the stadium lights were shining down on Tulsa Union’s football field. The football players, trainers, and cheerleaders were at the stadium before anyone else. As I began to walk on the football field with my black Muller trainer bag around my body like a purse, I realized not everyone has had a chance like this. I was very proud to be able to stand on that field with other athletes from different high schools that were very vigorous in football. Before the game started, the west side trainers filled up the water and Gatorade coolers. Then we began preparing the football players by taping their ankles and wrists. The crowd started showing up in the stands and eventually we got introduced before the game started. By the end of the game there were no injuries in the game and the west side I had lost. When the trainers started packing the equipment we used during the game, there was an injury in the stands. The lady had broken her