Samantha Sarroca is a first-year student trainer for the Culver City girls basketball team. Although she is a rookie to the sports medicine program, her experiences and excellent work ethic has allowed her to excel as a student athletic trainer.
A student athletic trainer assists in helping injured athletes. Duties include setting up for practices and games, taping and assisting with injury evaluations, treatments, first-aid and rehabilitation.
Sarroca’s was playing basketball for the team when she tore her meniscus and ACL ligament in her knee during practice. After surgery and months of rehabilitation, she decided that she could best serve the basketball team as a student trainer because she had learned so much from her own injury.
