BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 3, 2023)-The Morgan State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced the summation of Dr. Sierra Hobbs arsenic the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine, wherever she volition oversee a unit of eight.
"We are precise excited for Dr. Sierra Hobbs to articulation Morgan State University's Athletic Department Leadership Team. She volition oversee a broad wellness and wellness programme to connection prime attraction to each of our student-athletes," said Morgan State Deputy Athletic Director and Senior Women's Administrator, Erlease Wagner.
"She volition pb a section of 8 diversion trainers and service arsenic the superior interaction for the MedStar Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation partnership. I look guardant to seeing how Dr. Hobb's enactment volition not lone alteration the student-athlete experience, but besides person a affirmative interaction connected the maturation and improvement of the Sports Medicine Team."
Dr. Hobbs comes to Morgan State aft serving the past six months arsenic the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine astatine Clark Atlanta University. She besides spent clip arsenic an Athletic Trainer with Source Fitness Management, wherever she provided sports medicine services astatine the secondary schoolhouse level from February 2022-July 2022.
"Being named the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine astatine Morgan State University genuinely has maine speechless," said Dr. Hobbs. "It is specified an grant and privilege to beryllium afforded this opportunity. I'm excited to bring my years of objective and administrative expertise to a increasing Sports Medicine section and look guardant to the continued elevation arsenic we supply fantabulous prime diligent attraction to each of our student-athletes."
From May 2021-February 2022, Dr. Hobbs spent 9 months arsenic the Director of Sports Medicine astatine Alabama State University. While astatine Alabama State, she oversaw each aspects of the sports medicine section astatine the university, the university's narration with Rehab Associates, and was the main liaison to the squad doctors.
Prior to Alabama State, Dr. Hobbs had a stint arsenic an outreach diversion trainer for Virginia Commonwealth University Health Sports Medicine successful Richmond (Va.), wherever she provided diversion grooming services to Virginia Union University. While astatine Virginia Union, Dr. Hobbs provided sum for aggregate sports including football, women's basketball, way and field, transverse country, and softball.
Prior to VCU Health, she worked arsenic an adjunct diversion trainer astatine Fayetteville State University (2018-19), providing sum for each 12 varsity sports with a superior absorption connected shot and women's basketball.
Before heading to Fayetteville State, Dr. Hobbs was the diversion trainer astatine San Marino (Calif.) High School, moving chiefly with shot and girls' varsity soccer.
A autochthonal of Long Beach (Calf.), she earned her Bachelor of Science successful Athletic Training from North Carolina Central successful 2010, graduating with honors, earlier earning her Master of Science successful Kinesiology – with a attraction successful Sports Medicine and Injury Studies from California State University Long Beach successful 2017, graduating with honors.
In June 2022, Dr. Hobbs received her Doctor of Athletic Training with an accent successful Leadership Education and Orthopedics from A.T. Still University.
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