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  Speaker 1: Mallory Pearson looking to build relationships help athletes as Princeton's
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  Speaker 1: full time athletic trainer. Written by Kevin Schlump, This article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. When Mallory Pearson was a sophomore at IVCC
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  Speaker 1: playing volleyball and softball, she was having a hard time
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  Speaker 1: after her father was in a bad accident. Athletic trainer
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  Speaker 1: Kayla Olsen helped her through. I was emotionally having a
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  Speaker 1: really hard time, and she would always bring me protein
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  Speaker 1: shakes and stuff before practices. Pearson said, she did so
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  Speaker 1: much stuff that was a lot bigger than helping with
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  Speaker 1: an injury, and it meant a lot. I've held onto
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  Speaker 1: it for these last eight years. People don't forget I've
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  Speaker 1: always wanted to help someone else like that. Pearson was
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  Speaker 1: inspired to become an athletic trainer herself. She studied kinesiology
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  Speaker 1: at Lauris College before getting her mass degree in athletic training.
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  Speaker 1: For the past two years, she served as an assistant
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  Speaker 1: athletic trainer at Illinois Wesleyan University, working with the men's
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  Speaker 1: soccer and men's volleyball teams. Now she'll be a coworker
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  Speaker 1: of Olsen as Pearson has moved to OSF and Princeton
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  Speaker 1: and will serve as the full time athletic trainer for
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  Speaker 1: Tiger Athletics. I get the opportunity to work alongside her,
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  Speaker 1: which is really cool, Pearson said. Pearson and her boyfriend
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  Speaker 1: were looking for places and when she saw an opening
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  Speaker 1: in Princeton, it was a perfect fit. Her brother, Ryan
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  Speaker 1: is the head football coach at Princeton. It's an exciting opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: Mallory Pearson said, I've already gotten a lot of excited
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  Speaker 1: parents coming up and talking to me, so it's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: People are excited because Princeton has not had an athletic
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  Speaker 1: trainer for the last three years, Ryan Pearson said, and
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  Speaker 1: Mallory Pearson will be serving all of Princeton's team's full time.
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  Speaker 1: It's exciting being able to be the first full time
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  Speaker 1: athletic trainer that they have at Princeton. Malory Pearson said,
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  Speaker 1: I can kind of mold everything to be my own
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  Speaker 1: and fit the way that I like it. Malory Pearson
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  Speaker 1: is looking forward to building relationships with the athletes and coaches.
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  Speaker 1: I'm super excited to work with everybody and be able
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  Speaker 1: to see every sports season three, which I don't think
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  Speaker 1: the other athletic trainers here have gotten the opportunity to do.
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  Speaker 1: Malory Pearson said being able to be that number one
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  Speaker 1: contact person for them they are always able to go to,
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  Speaker 1: and having a lot of consistency I think will help.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing them at practice every day and having those relationships,
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  Speaker 1: They'll be able to trust me and I can help
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  Speaker 1: them with more things than if they were to just
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  Speaker 1: see me once a week. Ryan Pearson said, having a
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  Speaker 1: full time trainer is an asset for Princeton's athletes. We
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  Speaker 1: could not be more grateful to finally have that for
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  Speaker 1: our kids. Ryan Pearson said, she's very knowledgeable in multiple sports,
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  Speaker 1: not just one, so I think that's really going to
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  Speaker 1: be beneficial for all our athletic programs here. Ryan Pearson
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  Speaker 1: had Mallory Pearson address the team after Thursday's practice. She
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  Speaker 1: just talked to our team and told them if they
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  Speaker 1: ever have anything going on, she wants them to come
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  Speaker 1: to her so she can help prevent it from becoming
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  Speaker 1: a bigger injury and possibly keep them out of playing.
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Pearson said she's very big on our kids being
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  Speaker 1: proactive with their injuries. And taking care of themselves. She's
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  Speaker 1: already been out here taping ankles and giving advice to
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  Speaker 1: kids that's truly been missed the last four years