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Jerry Hilker enters his sixth year on staff at Florida State University. Hilker works as an assistant athletic trainer and head baseball athletic trainer for the FSU Athletics De-partment. He performs the "behind-the-scenes" tasks that allow the athletic training staff to provide the best care avail-able to student-athletes by acting as the liaison between the athletic training staff department and FSU's medical providers. Hilker began his education at the University of Nebraska where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in science and education. He completed his master's degree at Northwest Missouri State University in May of 1994. Since his graduation, Hilker has worked for the Tallahas-see Orthopedic Clinic and the Sports Physical Therapy Clinic. During that time, he served as the trainer for the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (a former member of the East Coast Hockey League), the Tallahassee Scorpions (a former indoor soccer team) and the Tallahassee Thunder (arena 2 football). He also provided athletic care to area high schools. Hilker has also had the opportunity to provide medical coverage as an athletic trainer to the United States Field Hockey team at the Men's Four Nations Tournament in Toronto, Canada, and the USA Volleyball developmental team at the Four Nations Tournament in the Dominican Republic. He has volunteered his skills as an athletic trainer to the Spe-cial Olympics and at the United States Training Center. Hilker and his wife, the former Laura Lumpkin, have a new addition to the family Kennedy Rose born on May 3, 2004. |
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