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The Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society invites you to join Jason Kopec as he starts a conversation with members of the athletic training community and experts from around the country to engage and foster relationships in the state, talk about current topics that affect athletes and provide resources for all of us to be better athletic trainers.
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Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
🚨🚨That's a wrap on the 2025 PATS Symposium!! Weren't able to join us in person?? The PATS podcast is going to try to bring a little bit of the experience to you! Listen in over the next few weeks as we bring you all the conversations and interviews we were able to hold over the weekend. 🚨🚨
Our next installment includes another member of the PATs Executive Board, Marguerite Carver. In addition to her role as Assistant Professor of Athletic Training at East Stroudsburg University, Marguerite also serves as the Parliamentarian. Tune in to hear her journey as she shares her experiences along the path of her career.
https://www.gopats.org/executive-board
https://www.esu.edu/athletic_training/faculty.cfm
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends and colleagues to give us a follow as well!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
🚨🚨That's a wrap on the 2025 PATS Symposium!! Weren't able to join us in person?? The PATS podcast is going to try to bring a little bit of the experience to you! Listen in over the next few weeks as we bring you all the conversations and interviews we were able to hold over the weekend. 🚨🚨
Our second installment includes our own President-Elect, Kyle Harris. Tune in to hear about the what Kyle's first year in his role has entailed, what his plans are for year 2, and what we can expect from him during his tenure as PATS President.
https://www.gopats.org/executive-board
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends and colleagues to give us a follow as well!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
🚨🚨That's a wrap on the 2025 PATS Symposium!! Weren't able to join us in person?? The PATS podcast is going to try to bring a little bit of the experience to you! Listen in over the next few weeks as we bring you all the conversations and interviews we were able to hold over the weekend. 🚨🚨
To kick things off, we had the opportunity to sit down with Liz Evarts, co-chair of the PATS Convention Committee. Listen in as hear about what goes in to making the convention as great as it is. Spoiler alert, plans are already in motion for the 2026 convention!
Special shoutout to the entire Convention Committee, for this weekend wouldn't be possible without you all!
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends and colleagues to give us a follow!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Join us for a monumental, 4 part episode! To celebrate both National Athletic Training Month and National Women’s History Month, we are joined by three of the most influential athletic trainers in our field. We kick off this series with Ms. Jasmin Lalin, chair of the PATS Inclusivity Committee and athletic trainer at Shippensburg University. Hear about Jasmin’s journey in the profession, her work within PATS and the brainstorming behind the committee’s ideas of this panel of amazing individuals. Make sure you don’t miss any of the episodes.
Part 1 – Jasmin Lalin, MS, LAT, ATC, CES (Chair of the Inclusivity Committee)
https://www.gopats.org/committees
Part 2 – Linda Mazzolli, (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2018)MS, LAT, ATC, PTA, PES
https://www.gopats.org/2018
Part 3 - Cecilia Yost (First Female President of PATS, PATS Hall of Fame Inductee - 2005)
https://www.gopats.org/2005
Part 4 – Yvette Ingram PhD., LAT, ATC (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2019)
https://www.gopats.org/2019
Special shoutout to all the members of the PATS Inclusivity Committee, for all of their hard work and dedication: Jasmin Lalin, Ethan Alderman, Bonnie Siple, Mercedes Himmons and Heidi Peters.
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends to give us a follow!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Join us for a monumental, 4 part episode! To celebrate both National Athletic Training Month and National Women’s History Month, we are joined by three of the most influential athletic trainers in our field. We kick off this series with Ms. Jasmin Lalin, chair of the PATS Inclusivity Committee and athletic trainer at Shippensburg University. Hear about Jasmin’s journey in the profession, her work within PATS and the brainstorming behind the committee’s ideas of this panel of amazing individuals. Make sure you don’t miss any of the episodes.
Part 1 – Jasmin Lalin, MS, LAT, ATC, CES (Chair of the Inclusivity Committee)
https://www.gopats.org/committees
Part 2 – Linda Mazzolli, (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2018)MS, LAT, ATC, PTA, PES
https://www.gopats.org/2018
Part 3 - Cecilia Yost (First Female President of PATS, PATS Hall of Fame Inductee - 2005)
https://www.gopats.org/2005
Part 4 – Yvette Ingram PhD., LAT, ATC (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2019)
https://www.gopats.org/2019
Special shoutout to all the members of the PATS Inclusivity Committee, for all of their hard work and dedication: Jasmin Lalin, Ethan Alderman, Bonnie Siple, Mercedes Himmons and Heidi Peters.
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends to give us a follow!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Join us for a monumental, 4 part episode! To celebrate both National Athletic Training Month and National Women’s History Month, we are joined by three of the most influential athletic trainers in our field. We kick off this series with Ms. Jasmin Lalin, chair of the PATS Inclusivity Committee and athletic trainer at Shippensburg University. Hear about Jasmin’s journey in the profession, her work within PATS and the brainstorming behind the committee’s ideas of this panel of amazing individuals. Make sure you don’t miss any of the episodes.
Part 1 – Jasmin Lalin, MS, LAT, ATC, CES (Chair of the Inclusivity Committee)
https://www.gopats.org/committees
Part 2 – Linda Mazzolli, (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2018)MS, LAT, ATC, PTA, PES
https://www.gopats.org/2018
Part 3 - Cecilia Yost (First Female President of PATS, PATS Hall of Fame Inductee - 2005)
https://www.gopats.org/2005
Part 4 – Yvette Ingram PhD., LAT, ATC (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2019)
https://www.gopats.org/2019
Special shoutout to all the members of the PATS Inclusivity Committee, for all of their hard work and dedication: Jasmin Lalin, Ethan Alderman, Bonnie Siple, Mercedes Himmons and Heidi Peters
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends to give us a follow!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Join us for a monumental, 4 part episode! To celebrate both National Athletic Training Month and National Women’s History Month, we are joined by three of the most influential athletic trainers in our field. We kick off this series with Ms. Jasmin Lalin, chair of the PATS Inclusivity Committee and athletic trainer at Shippensburg University. Hear about Jasmin’s journey in the profession, her work within PATS and the brainstorming behind the committee’s ideas of this panel of amazing individuals. Make sure you don’t miss any of the episodes.
Part 1 – Jasmin Lalin, MS, LAT, ATC, CES (Chair of the Inclusivity Committee)
https://www.gopats.org/committees
Part 2 – Linda Mazzolli, (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2018)MS, LAT, ATC, PTA, PES
https://www.gopats.org/2018
Part 3 - Cecilia Yost (First Female President of PATS, PATS Hall of Fame Inductee - 2005)
https://www.gopats.org/2005
Part 4 – Yvette Ingram PhD., LAT, ATC (PATS Hall of Fame Inductee – 2019)
https://www.gopats.org/2019
Special shoutout to all the members of the PATS Inclusivity Committee, for all of their hard work and dedication: Jasmin Lalin, Ethan Alderman, Bonnie Siple, Mercedes Himmons and Heidi Peters.
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends to give us a follow!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
The conclusion of fall sports can only mean one thing, the start of the NCAA men's and women's basketball seasons! On this episode, we are joined by Austin Pascarella, athletic trainer for the men's basketball team at Duquesne University. Join us to hear about Austin's background and a look inside the life of an athletic trainer in the Division 1 Basketball setting.
Austin Pascarella
https://goduquesne.com/staff-directory/austin-pascarella/1567
The podcast would love to hear from YOU! Do you want to hear a specific topic, nominate a guest, or to be on the show yourself?!?!?! Reach out to our host!
Jason Kopec: jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
ALERT!! Episode republished!! (Thanks to our past-president, Nicky Cattano, for catching the editing mishap!) Hear the uninterrupted episode now!
On the latest episode of the PATS podcast, we were able to sit down with Joe Vogler, current athletic director at Unionville-Chadds Ford School district. Hear about his transition from the high school athletic trainer to his current role, and why he felt like his background as an athletic trainer prepared him to be able to make the jump to his current role. Additionally, Joe talks about his involvement with the Adam Taliaferro Foundation and the incredible work the organization does in the community!
Adam Taliaferro Foundation - to learn more or to get involved, please visit their website at: https://taliaferrofoundation.org/
Do you have an idea for the show, including topics or guests? Reach out to our host at any time! We would love your feedback! Make sure to follow us where ever you get your podcasts, and tell your friends to give us a follow!
Host: Jason Kopec - jkopec@wcupa.edu
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Happy PATS Week of Service! The podcast was joined today by Bill Frye, a true advocate of the Week of Service Initiative. Listen to our discussion on Bill's background, his amazing efforts in the community and his advice on getting involved! Interested in getting out there in your community? Feel free to reach out to Bill directly for ways to best utilize your efforts! Remember, lets be better athletic trainers, together!
Contact our guest:
William Frye: bill.frye78@gmail.com
Do you have a recommendation for a topic on the show, want to recommend a guest, or do you yourself want to be on an episode?!?! Reach out to our host, Jason Kopec, at anytime!! jkopec@wcupa.edu