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Department of Sports and Exercise Sciences

Faculty

 Kevin Blaskowski

Kevin Blaskowski

Head Softball Coach

"What I enjoy most about teaching is the interaction with the students."

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Michelle Bartlett

Instructor of Sports & Exercise Sciences

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“I am still learning.” – Michelangelo, at age 87

"As humans we are always learning, whether it is small and subconscious, or life-changing lessons. My goal in the classroom is to stimulate and encourage this learning, and hopefully a passion for it."

 Colby Carthel

Colby Carthel

Assistant Football Coach - Defensive Coordinator

"You gotta be tough to take my class...  They all start before the sun comes up!  But there's not a better way to start the day, and make the most of your PHED 1111 experience!"

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Don Carthel

Don Carthel

Head Football Coach

"Teaching is a great way to connect to the student body. Preparing future coaches for a great profession is very rewarding to me personally."

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 Sarah Carthel

Sarah Carthel

Assistant Volleyball Coach

"The most enjoyable thing about teaching is the interaction with the students.  As a coach, I know most of the athletes in the program, but teaching gives me a chance to meet other students on campus and find out more about them as individuals." 

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 Dr. Charles Chase

Dr. Charles Chase

Associate Professor

"When students enroll in my classes they can expect my total dedication to their development of a hopefully enjoyable, but certainly functional and working knowledge base of the material being covered, from which they are then able to make informed and personally defensible decisions.  My intent is to provide content of worth and utility that may well be of use to them somewhere down their personal roads of life."

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Rick Cooper

Rick Cooper

Head Men's Basketball Coach, Instructor of Physical Education

"The best thing about working at West Texas A&M University is the caring, family oriented faculty and staff."


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Chris Dane

Chris Dane

Instructor/ATEP Clinical Coordinator

“I love seeing my students take what has been taught in the classroom and apply it in the field, that is when true learning has occurred.”

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Vanessa Fiaud

Assistant Professor of Sports & Exercise Sciences

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Rick Raasl

Rick Haasl

Instructor

"I enjoy teaching so much because I get to spend my day with the most important people in the world.  As I interact with my students each day, I realize that they are the most important people in the world to their parents.  Having a daughter in dental school, I try to treat each of my students as I would want Terra to be treated."

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Ron Hulsey

William R. Hulsey

Head Trainer

"Athletic training students that I supervise know that the health care of our WTAMU student athletes is always my top priority.  If my students learn that from me, then I feel like they have learned the most important thing about being a great certified athletic trainer!"

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Butch Lauffer

Butch Lauffer

Head Soccer Coach

"I am thankful for the opportunity to work at WT because they have given
me the chance to practice and perfect my craft as a soccer coach."

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Dr. John Lubker

Dr. John Lubker

Assistant Professor, Interim Dean

"If you find yourself in one of my classes, be prepared to learn, be prepared to work hard and be prepared to have fun!"

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Michael Nesbitt

Michael Nesbitt

Instructor and Assistant Coach

"My philosophy, as it relates to my students and athletes, is to take them to a point in life in which they are not able to take themselves. I would like my students and athletes to see me as a person that will always give them my best efforts in order to ensure they have the prime opportunity to reach every goal in which they set out to achieve."

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 Seth Naughton

Seth Naughton

Assistant Athletic Trainer

"The best thing about West Texas A&M University is the family atmosphere found in my department. We look out for one another and get great enjoyment out of improving the health of our student athletes."

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 Scott Parr

Scott Parr

Assistant Football Coach - Offensive Coordinator

" Excellence is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle

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Adam Parker

Adam Parker

Assistant Professor

"Theodore Roosevelt said, 'Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.' I am thankful to be in a position that allows me to do just that."

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Lorna Strong

Lorna Strong

Department Head, Instructor, ATEP Program Director

"Athletic training allows me to combine my interest in the medical field with my fascination of sports. The hands-on nature of the Athletic Training Education Program allows me to work with students collectively and individually to see the content come alive."

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 Stephanie Sumpter

Stephanie Sumpter

Assistant Athletic Trainer, Claims Coordinator

"While I am serving others as You would have me do, please help me to remember that I am truly serving You." -R.Fogle

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 Matthew Vanderburg

Matthew Vanderburg

Head Baseball Coach

“Education is a never ending work of art; educate your mind and body to the extreme.”

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