Athletic Training Staff
STAFF
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Hired in
August 2007, Mark Pocinich MS, ATC is the new head athletic trainer
for the 49ers. Pocinich spent the past seven years as an assistant
athletic trainer at the University of Southern California. During
his time at USC Pocinich worked with the Trojan football, men's
basketball, baseball, women's water polo and crew squads.
He collaborated with staff on the design and management of the
new athletic training facility in the Galen Center and he and
his staff served as the host medical team for the Pac 10 Men's
Basketball Tournament (2003-07). Prior to his time at USC, he
spent two years as an assistant trainer at Eastern Washington.
A 1996 graduate of San Diego State with a degree in athletic training,
Pocinich earned his Master's degree in sports medicine in
1998 at the University of Oregon. |
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Jen Kawamoto, MA, ATC is the newest addition to the Sports Medicine Staff, joining the 49ers in 2008 as an assistant athletic trainer. Kawamoto was most recently the athletic trainer at McKinley High School in Hawai'i, where she provided all athletic training services including injury and illness evaluation and rehabilitation. Kawamoto also has extensive collegiate experience, working for four years at Seton Hall University. At Seton Hall, Kawamoto was responsible for covering the women's soccer and baseball teams, and also served as the Coordinator of Substance Abuse of Athletics, running the drug-testing program for all of athletics. A 1999 graduate of Pacific, Kawamoto served as a graduate assistant at Stanford University before earning her master's in kinesiology at San Jose State in 2004. |
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Shauna
Horton, MS, ATC is in her fifth year at LBSU but her third as
an Assistant Athletic Trainer. Her first two years she was a graduate
assistant athletic trainer and completed her Master of Science
degree in Sports Medicine and Injury Studies. A native of the
North Bay Area of California, Shauna started at Santa Rosa Junior
College and then went on to Fresno State University to receive
her B.S. in Sports Medicine in 2003. After graduation she was
a physical therapy aide and athletic trainer at Sierra Pacific
Orthopaedic Center in Fresno. Shauna was also an intern for the
San Francisco Giants minor league affiliate the Fresno Grizzlies.
She was an athletic trainer at Florida Atlantic University, USA
Junior Olympic Baseball, and Perfect Game Baseball in South Florida.
Last summer Shauna was an athletic training intern with the Cincinnati
Reds at their minor league facility in Sarasota, Florida. Her
primary responsibility at LBSU is to provide daily care, injury
prevention and management, and rehabilitation for the Dirtbag
Baseball team. |