Sara Melby is from Middle River, Minnesota and graduated from the University of North Dakota with an Athletic Training degree. She went on to get her masters in Education at Marshall University where she stayed on to be the Women’s Athletic Trainer primarily working with women’s basketball, softball, and women’s tennis. She worked a variety of other teams during her time there and assisted in developing future athletic training students under their curriculum program.
Before coming to Vanderbilt University, she worked a year at the University of Arkansas with women’s basketball and women’s golf. She came to Vanderbilt in 2006 and has enjoyed her time with the women’s soccer team and working on developing a student education program for those interested in the profession of athletic training. She enjoys being on the Health Enhancement Committee to provide education from a different perspective than her daily obligations with her team.
Shannon Gordon is from Missouri and graduated from Indiana State and then finished his graduate education at Indiana University. He has worked in the high school outreach, hospital, professional and collegiate settings since first coming to Nashville in 1993; and serving on state and national committees with TATS, SEATA and NATA. He came to Vanderbilt University in the fall of 2006 after working at Ohio University with football, men’s basketball and women’s soccer since 1999. Takes pride in improving the delivery of health care for the student athletes with projects like the revised concussion protocol and the Health Enhancement Committee.
Our primary role as Athletic Trainers is to be there for all medical needs to keep the student-athlete as healthy as possible to compete in their sport at their highest potential. We also provide medical referrals that come up as needed. We are committed to attending all practices, conditioning work outs, and competitions. It is our obligation and pleasure to assist student-athletes when injured, ill, or in need of any medical attention.