August 12, 2008

CACC SPOTLIGHTS FELICIAN ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER, SARAH WILDER

Name:  Sarah Wilder MSA, ATC   

School:  Felician College

Position: Assistant Athletic Trainer

Where did you graduate from and when? University of Maine, BS 2005. Belmont University, MSA 2008

Why did you choose to work at Felician College? It was close to where I relocated and was compatible with the quality of life goals I have.

What other jobs have you held before this current position? Most recently, I worked as a Graduate Assistant at Vanderbilt University. Before that I was on staff at the University of Maine.

What is your favorite aspect of life at your school? The pace of life.

Hobbies: Running, photography, watching football.

If you could invite three people to dinner, who would they be?

John Wooden, Virginia Woolf and Friedrich Nietzsche

If you could be someone for a day, famous or not, who would you be?

Oprah, she "has the power"

If you had free tickets to any sporting event in the world, where would you go?

Greece. It's the next place on my "list" of places to go, so I would really go there to see any sporting event

If you could be the President for a day, what would you do?

I would work on education reform -- extend the school day, require 12 years of health and physical education, increase the legal age to drop out, and pay teachers more.

Most visited website: ESPN.com

Describe yourself in one word: Driven

Favorite Sports Team: Go Giants!

Favorite Athlete: Doug Flutie

Who is the most famous person you have met? Bill Parcells (Vanderbilt athletes don't count -- Jay Cutler, David Price, Shan Foster, Chris Williams etc)

Who is your Role Model? Gretchen Benz, ATC. She was my clinical instructor at Maine. She is everything I hope to be as an athletic trainer

Most Exciting Sports Memory: Working with the University of Maine football team when they beat Mississippi State University, on my 21st birthday. As an Atlantic-10 school, beating an SEC school was a huge deal.