Sports Medicine Club contains students who help the trainers make sure that every athlete stays healthy. The students are taught first aid and how to identify injuries on the spot.

The club was founded in 2017 and now has a club president, junior Emily Higgins, and vice president, sophomore Savannah Payonk, leading the rest of the members.

“We are learning how to use first aid and how to identify injuries,” sophomore Taylor Mueller said. “We use this knowledge to keep athletes from injuring themselves.” 

The students in the club learn basic first aid to help guide athletes through their injuries. The students also interact with many athletes and have made great connections with other students inside and outside of the club. They get to have the first-hand experience observing other students learning sports medicine and even their teachers taking care of athletes.

According to Parkview Health Benefits of Sports Medicine, they are able to address a comprehensive range of issues that go into improving every athlete’s game.

Parkview Health shows that in sports medicine it is important to know all ranges of issues to take care of every athlete’s need.

“This year it feels nice to be a sophomore and to already have the hang of high school,” Payonk said. “Being the vice president makes me very happy.”

Payonk was elected to be vice president of the Sports Medicine Club in which she organizes what they will need and what they will do each day. The president and vice president are both in charge of teaching the other members so they know what to do in situations where injuries occur.

“Every few weeks we discuss how everyone is doing and what they’d like to learn or improve on,” Payonk said.

As a whole, everyone that is a part of the club always challenges themselves to become better, improve their sport medicine skills and actively learn new things.