TSATA Administration
TSATA Executive Director
Spanky Stephens
Texas State Athletic Trainers’ Association
1676 Coushatte Road
Bellville, Texas 77418
Phone: 866-886-1688
FAX: 979-865-3333
Cell: 512-656-5336
Board of Directors
Region 1 Director
Nancy Vanley
El Paso
915-346-1599
Nancy Cervantes Vanley is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso. She has worked for the Ysleta Independent School District at Bel Air High School since August 2000. She is also co-sponsor of Fellowship of Christian Athletes on her campus, Sunday School Teacher at McComb’s Baptist Church, and President of Sun City Athletic Trainers Association.
Region 2 Director
Bill “Hondo” Schneider
Midland
432-556-2506
William “Hondo” Schneider graduated, of course, from Hondo High School, well as Texas Tech University with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Health in 1982 and a Master’s degree in Sports Medicine in 1985.
Hondo has served as athletic trainer for the San Francisco 49ers, the USFL Houston Gamblers, Howard Payne University, and Copperas Cove High School. He has been with the Midland Independent School for 17 years, first with Midland Lee High School and currently serving as a staff athletic trainer at Midland Senior High School.
He also serves on the UIL Medical Advisory Committee and is the TSATA’s UIL committee chairman as well as the liaison to the UIL.
Hondo is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, the Southwest Athletic Trainers’ Association, Texas State Athletic Trainers’ Association as well as the United States Golf Association, The United States Team Roping Championships, and is on the Board of Directors of the Sandhills Stockshow and Rodeo in Odessa, Texas.
His bride’s name is Marla. They have two children – a daughter Jessica, 19, a pre-med major attending Texas Tech University, and a son Brandt, 10.
Region 3 Director
Mark “Buzz” Chisum
Lubbock
806-742-5111
Mark Chisum, who handles many of the sports medicine duties for football, is in his 13th year on the athletic training staff at Texas Tech. From 1991 until 1996, Chisum was the head athletic trainer at South Plains College. Chisum is a 1982 graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He completed his master’s degree in physical education at Sul Ross State in 1995. A native of Brownfield, Texas, Chisum has a varied background in athletic training. He worked in the NFL for the Houston Oilers from 1985-87 as an assistant athletic trainer. Chisum also has considerable track and field athletic training experience. In 1993, he worked with the U.S. National Junior squad and the NCAA Division II Championships and has annually worked with the NJCAA Track and Field Championships since 1984. In 1996, Chisum served as an athletic trainer at the ARCO Olympic Training Center. He also is a member of the Texas State Athletic Trainers Association (TSATA). He has been involved as an associate athletic trainer with the Justin Sports Medicine Program, which covers professional rodeo and bull riding events. Chisum is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association. He and his wife, Diane, reside in Lubbock with their basset hound, Elvis, and two cats, Punkin and Miss Kitty.
Region 4 Director
Scott Galloway
Desoto
972-274-8289
Region 5 Director
Dan Fuller, Vice Chair
903-570-6857
Dan Fuller is the Head Athletic Trainer/Sports Medicine Coordinator for Azalea Orthopedics in Tyler Texas. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1993 and his Master of Education Degree from The University of Texas at Tyler in 2006.
Dan is a Texas Licensed and Nationally Certified Athletic Trainer. He has been working professionally since 1993 and has worked in the clinical and Professional Sports settings.
Dan is starting his second term as the Region 5 Director for TSATA. He is the Chairman for the Membership Task Force and looks foreword to helping the TSATA in any way possible.
Dan is a founding member of the East Texas Athletic Trainers Association. He has maintained an Executive position with the organization since the inception in 1996
Region 6 Director
Cathy Poerner Supak, Chair
Houston
281-284-2174
Cathy is a native of Hondo, Texas, graduated from Austin Westlake High School and (Southwest) Texas State University in San Marcos where she earned a degree in Athletic Training. She is a Texas Licensed and Nationally Certified Athletic Trainer with twenty-five years experience that began with her career at La Porte High School in 1984. Cathy moved to Clear Brook High School as an outreach Athletic Trainer with Christus St. John Sports Medicine Center in 1992. Along with her full time position, Cathy also volunteers with local organizations including the Justin Sports Medicine Team at the Houston Rodeo, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Clear Lake Aggie Mother’s Club.
Cathy has been active in all levels of the Athletic Training professional associations. She is a past president of the Greater Houston Athletic Trainers’ Society (GHATS), and served on several SWATA committees which included serving as chair of the Women in Athletic Training Committee. She was on the founding committee of the Texas State Athletic Trainers’ Association and was also the first chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee. On the National level, Cathy has served as the District 6 Representative on the Women in Athletic Training Committee and on the Host Committee for three NATA Annual meetings.
Among her many accomplishments, Cathy was the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Service Award, GHATS Bobby Gunn Award, and American Red Cross Certificate of Merit, and has been honored in the “Who’s Who among American High School Teachers” and “Who’s Who in America”. In 1998, she was chosen Athletic Training Distinguished Alumni of the Year by (Southwest) Texas State University.
Cathy has been married to husband Ray for twenty-three years. Together they have two children, Amanda and Cameron.
Region 7 Director
Josh Woodall , Secretary – Treasurer
Bryan
979-209-7992
Josh is a State Licensed and National Certified Athletic Trainer. Currently he is the Head Athletic Trainer at Bryan High School which is in the Bryan Independent School District. He has worked in Bryan ISD since 2002, three as the assistant athletic trainer prior to becoming the Head Athletic Trainer in the fall of 2006. Josh attended Sam Houston State University where he received a degree in Kinesiology, with an emphasis in Sports Medicine and a Minor in Health, he also received his Texas Teachers Certificate while a student at SHSU. Josh is married to Jamie Woodall who is also a graduate of Sam Houston State University and a athletic trainer, working in Bryan ISD.
Region 8 Director
Ed Mizicko
210-397-2762
Ed is a graduate of Mathews High School, Vienna Ohio. He earned a B.S. in Health from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in 1980 and a M.A. in Athletic Training Specialization from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1981.
He became Certified as an Athletic Trainer in 1981 and began his career as Athletic Trainer at Comstock High School, Comstock Michigan and then the following year at Athens High School, The Plains, Ohio. He then moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1982; he was licensed and became Head Athletic Trainer at John Jay High School where he established the first high school athletic training curriculum in 1989 and has been there since.
He became involved in the Alamo Area Athletic Trainers Association and initially served as the founding head of the Scholarship Committee that established what is now known as the Charles Cortez Memorial Scholarship which is awarded annually. He has since served in all offices of the AAATA; serving as President in 1990 and 1991. He was a member of the SWATA Honors and Awards Committee from 1992-2005; SWATA South Texas Rep to the NATA Research and Education Committee 1996-2000; NATA Honors and Awards Honorary Committee 2000-2005. He was also fortunate to be named as South All-Star Basketball Athletic Trainer by the THSCA in 2002.
He is married to Martha Elizabeth; has one step-son Mark and wife Amy; and one grand-daughter Megan Alise.
Region 9 Director
Lee H. Knox
Corpus Christi
361-533-2587
Lee is the Head Athletic Trainer at Corpus Christi ISD, and has been in the Corpus Christi area for 21 years. A 26 year member of the NATA, Lee has been a certified athletic trainer for 23 years and a Texas licensed athletic trainer for 22 years. Lee is a former member of the Secondary School Athletic Trainers Committee for SWATA
Executive Secretary
Robert Ramos
Parliamentarian
Stephanie Keiningham
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