Key Highlights
- I am from a very small Class B school so growing up, we didn't have athletic trainers at our school every single day, but I spent a lot of time with them when they were there and asked them a lot of questions about what they do and that's why I decided to go into athletic training."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHansen and fellow athletic trainer Mason Ankenbauer are both Certified Athletic Trainers through JRMC.
- The pair provides full-time athletic training services for Jamestown High School and Blue Jay varsity athletics through JRMC.
- Hansen and Ankenbauer work with athletes on injury prevention protocols and consult with coaches to optimize performance and treat athletic injuries.
- As trainers, Hansen and Ankenbauer are also responsible for designing and overseeing rehab programs for injured athletes under the guidance of a physician."Being from small town North Dakota, I didn't have an athletic trainer in high school," Ankenbauer said.
- "I barely knew what the profession was, but I knew I wanted to help people and I knew I wanted to stay involved in sports and this seemed like the best way to do both."Ankenbauer attended North Dakota State University for his undergraduate and graduate schooling."They had an accelerated athletic training degree and I was able to get my master's of athletic training degree in five years," Ankenbauer said. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnkenbauer graduated from NDSU in 2018."My first true day as a Certified Athletic Trainer was probably at a football camp at NDSU," Ankenbauer said.
