Matlage Joins Eagles Athletic Training Staff
7/24/2010 6:14:00 PM | General
STATESBORO, Ga. - After a year with the Carolina Panthers organization.Justin Matlage joins the Georgia Southern Athletics Training staff as an assistant athletic trainer. At Georgia Southern, Matlage will work with the Football and Golf teams, and oversee the care of the Baseball team and Cheerleading squads.
With the Carolina Panthers, Matlage provided daily treatment, rehabilitation, aquatic therapy and preventative care to the athletes. He also helped document injuries and treatment sessions, as well as assisting in the inventory and order process for supplies. As a full-time intern, Matlage supervised part-time interns during preseason training camp and mini-camps.
Matlage began his athletic training career as a student at the University of Northern Iowa, where he earned a bachelor's degree in athletic training in May 2007. While at UNI, Matlage worked with the Panthers football, baseball, women's basketball, wrestling and men's and women's track and field teams. He also assisted with high school programs in the Cedar Falls area.
After his graduation from UNI, the Saint Marys, Iowa, native attended graduate school at West Virginia University, earning a master's degree in athletic training in August 2009. He was the co-Head Athletic Trainer for Club Sports and Intramurals at West Virginia, working with the hockey, men's and women's rugby, men's lacrosse and women's soccer club programs.
He also worked at HealthWorks Rehab and Fitness in Morgantown, W.V., gaining more experience in physical therapy and rehabilitation, as well as aquatic therapy. Matlage conducted an independent study in athletic training with the WVU Sports Medicine Center during his master's coursework.
Matlage donates his time as a volunteer for several organizations and events including the Special Olympics, high school athletics, the NCAA Division III Track and Field National Championships, Thomas Davis' Youth Football Camp and Jordan Gross' Charity Kickball Tournament for Cystic Fibrosis.
