CROSS COUNTRY SUPPORT STAFF

EVA BAETEN

Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer

Eva Baeten takes over in 2003-04 as the athletic training graduate assistant for cross country and track & field. A native of Oshkosh, Wis., Baeten possesses a bachelor of science in athletic training from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, which she received in 2003. While pursuing her degree, she gained practical experience by working with the football, soccer, softball, and swimming and diving teams at UW-L. Baeten will add to her academic resum? by working on a master's in sport management at Tennessee.

SHARON DICKIE

Cross Country/Track & Field Graduate Assistant

After a fine competitive career as a Lady Volunteer, Sharon Dickie joins the UT coaching staff as a graduate assistant who will aid with administrative duties, recruiting visits and team travel arrangements. She begins a new phase of her life after completing a senior season in which she became the first cross country runner in Lady Vol history to earn All-SEC and All-Region distinction and qualify for the NCAA Championship meet four times. On the track, she capped her career by winning the 5000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships and picked up the second All-America citation of her college days when she placed eighth in the 5K at the NCAA Outdoor meet. A native of Grand Blanc, Mich., Dickie graduated in May 2003 with a degree in sport management and is currently pursuing a master's in recreation administration.

CATHERINE HALL

Event Management Graduate Assistant

Catherine Hall is in her second year as a graduate assistant with the Lady Vols. A former UT tennis player, Hall graduated in May 2002 with a bachelor's degree in communications and a minor in Spanish. The Boone, N.C., native handles event management and operations for cross country and track & field meets as well as for tennis and volleyball matches. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in sport administration.

DANIELLE MERRITT

Cross Country/Track & Field Manager

Danielle Merritt is in her second year as a manager for the Lady Vol cross country and track & field teams. The Atlanta, Ga., native will continue to assist Head Coach J.J. Clark and his staff with administrative and recruiting-related activities, help with practice set-up and breakdown and share event filming duties at meets. A 2001 graduate of Dunwoody High School, Merritt is a junior who is following a pre-pharmacy course of study at the University of Tennessee.

SHELLY MOSS

Student Assistant Athletic Trainer

Shelly Moss will continue to build upon her impressive resum? in 2003-04, as she shares her expertise with the cross country and track & field teams as a student athletic trainer. In her previous four seasons at UT, she has served stints with basketball, cheerleading, soccer, swimming and diving as well as track & field. A native of Douglasville, Ga., Moss is majoring in early childhood education/special education.

MELANIE RIGGIN

Cross Country/Track & Field Manager

Melanie Riggin, the sister of returning manager Tyler Riggin, is in her first season as a manager for the cross country and track & field teams. Like her brother, Riggin is a graduate of Centennial High School in Franklin, Tenn., earning a diploma in 2002. She will assist with practice and meet set-up and breakdown as well as with filming. A sophomore majoring in nursing at UT, Riggin is looking forward to reconnecting to athletics after enjoying a standout soccer career at CHS and participating with a traveling club team since the age of 12.

TYLER RIGGIN

Cross Country/Track & Field Manager

Tyler Riggin is in his second year as a manager for the cross country and track & field teams. The 2000 graduate of Centennial High School in Franklin, Tenn., will assist with practice and meet set-up and breakdown as well as with filming. A senior majoring in sport management at UT, Riggin has aspirations of becoming a tournament director for the PGA Tour and eventually filling the same role for a major championship. He is pursuing an internship with the American Junior Golf Association for summer 2004.

COLLIN SCHLOSSER, C.S.C.S.

Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Collin Schlosser is in his first year as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the women's athletics department and will work with the cross country and track & field programs. His responsibilities include creating and implementing strength, speed and conditioning programs for the Lady Vols. A 2000 graduate of Miami (Ohio) University with a bachelor's degree in exercise science, Schlosser also earned a master's degree in developmental kinesiology from Bowling Green State University in 2002. A native of Napoleon, Ohio, he has been certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

ERIC TRAINER

Assistant Media Relations Director

Eric Trainer is in his seventh year as assistant media relations director at Tennessee after spending the previous six seasons as the director of media relations and marketing at Carson-Newman College. The cross country and track & field contact at UT, Trainer earned a degree in journalism from Arkansas in 1988 and completed his master's in sports administration and a three-year sports information assistantship at UT in 1991. A native of Princeton, Mo., Trainer has received numerous CoSIDA citations and five Tennessee Sports Writers Association awards for his work on publications, press releases and posters. He and his wife, Laura, a former Lady Vol basketball manager, reside in Knoxville with their five-year-old son, Cameron.

RYAN WILLIS

Marketing Graduate Assistant

Ryan Willis is in his first season as a graduate assistant in the Lady Vol marketing and promotions office and is working toward a master's degree in sport management. The Lincolnton, N.C., native received a bachelor's degree in sport management from Western Carolina University. While at Western, Willis completed an undergraduate apprenticeship with the WCU Athletics Department in marketing and promotions. His primary sport responsibilities are cross country, golf and softball.

MISSY CROFT

Secretary

After spending eight years with the men's athletic departments, including the past three working with UT Head Football Coach Phillip Fulmer, Missy Croft is in her first season as a secretary with the Lady Vol Athletics Department. She will work with the cross country and track & field teams as well as the strength and conditioning and athletic training staffs. A native of Knoxville, Croft's leisure time activities include writing and enjoying the great outdoors with her dogs, Roman, Moose and Mabel.

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