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Welcome to the EXSS Department Alumni Page

UE alumni, if you graduated from the EXSS department, please send us an email and let us know what you're doing. We would like to keep this page as current as possible.

Dorothy Cook Easley (1940) English-Health & PE Dorothy is a retired teacher and resides in Sun City California.
Mary Carolyn Dannettell (1946) BS Physical Education Mary received her MS in PE at Indiana University and taught PE in the Evansville for 40 years.
Larry Childers (1975) BS Physical Education, (1978) MS Larry lives in Evansville, IN. E-mail: bball@evansville.net
Joe Starner (1988) BS Communications, Minor Athletic Training

Joe was an ATC for 13 years after graduation before entering the Pharmaceutical industry.  He started as a sales representative with Innovex on a Novartis contract and was promoted to a District Sales Manager in Central Pennsylvania.  Currently he is an Area Sales Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Region for Reliant Pharmaceuticals' Cardiovascular Specialty Sales Force and has 10 CV Specialty Reps that report to him. E-mail: jstarner@reliantrx.com

Lisa Branzel (Gerne) (1990) BS Exercise Science Lisa currently works as an Athletic Trainer in Cincinnati, OH.
Julie Grissom (1992) BS Physical Education Julie completed her MS in Kinesiology at Indiana University and is currently a PE teacher in Washington Township.
Heather Ross (Imel) (1994) BS Exercise Science Heather received her MS from Eastern Illinois University and is currently working at Johnson & Johnson Helathcare System located at DePay Orthopaedics in Warsaw, IN. E-mail: lach@kconline.com
Nury Marie Arevalo (1995) BS Exercise Science  Nury received her M.S. in the physician assistant program at Emory University in Atlanta.  She currently is working as a P.A. in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. Nury lives in Jacksonville, FL.
Raelene Leisure (1999) BS Exercise Science Raelene is at Fitness Instructor at The Heartland Spa in Gilman, IL. E-mail: stingray@nettele.com
Natalie Henning (1999) BS Sports Medicine Natalie is the Health and Fitness Manager for Owensboro Mercy Health System.

Jeremy Aydt (2000)
BS Physical Education

Jeremy teaches Physical Education at St. James elementary school in Haubstadt, IN.
Devin Brennan (2000)
BS Sports Medicine
Devin is completing his MS at Indiana University-Perdue University at Indianapolis where he is specializing in exercise physiology. E-mail: devinbrennan1@yahoo.com
Emily (Eiselstein) Katafiasz (2000)
BS Sports Medicine
Emily received her MS in Exercise Science from Ball State in 2002 and is currently a Health Management Consultant at WellCorp in Solon, OH. E-mail: emily.katafiasz@wellcorp.com
Sandy Knecht (Lockwood) (2000)
BS Sports Medicine
Sandy is at The Heart Center, Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. E-mail: sandy_knecht@hotmail.com
Michelle Keefe (2000)
BS Exercise Science
Michelle lives in Tampa Bay where she is the Program Director for Verizon Fitness Center. E-mail: michelle.keefe@verizon.com

Stacey (Moore) Lockard, (2000) BS Exercise Science/PTA. 

Stacey is the Rehab Manager at McCurdy Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Evansville.  E-mail: slockard@sigecom.net
Suzanna Smith (2000)
BS Sports Medicine
Suzanna is a fitness instructor at the National Institute for Fitness and Sports in Indianapolis.
Virginia Weaver (2000)
BS Sports Medicine
Ginny completed her MS at Indiana University in adult wellness and is now a Fitness/Exercise Instructor at St. Mary's Health Matters center in Evansville. She also serves as an adjunct instructor in health and wellness to the HKSS department. E-mail:  vrweaver@hotmail.com
Kathryn (Kat Mattson) Foust (2001) BS Exercise Science Kat is married to Michael Foust (UE 01) and is carring for their 2-year-old child Hailey. E-mail: klmcf2001@charter.net
Staci Hodges (Rainwater) (2001)
BS Sports Medicine
Stacy is an Exercise Specialist and PTA working at Deaconess Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation in Evansville.

Terrylene Cherry (Miller) (2001)
BS Physical Education

Terrylene currently lives in Athens, GA where she is completing her MS in Adapted Physical Education at the University of Georgia.
Tomas Johansson (2001)
BS Physical Education
Thomas is currently the Men's Tennis coach here at UE.
Elizabeth Dickson (2001)
BS Sports Medicine
Liz is completing her MS in Biomechanics at Ball State University. E-mail: eadix@hotmail.com
Elizabeth (Liz) Gregg (2001) BS Sport Studies Liz is currently working on her Ph.D. in Human Performance at Indiana University Bloomington and plans to graduate in 2006
Stacey Russo (2001)
BS Athletic Training
Stacey is a graduate assistant at Ball State University working toward her MS in Sport Psychology.
Genny Welch (2001)
BS Athletic Training
Genny is a graduate assistant at Ohio University working toward her MS in Athetic Training.
Ben Heimos (2002)
BS Athletic Training
Ben is a graduate assistant at Indiana State University working toward his MS in Athletic Training.
Michelle Boyd (2002)
BS Athletic Training
Michelle is working as a PTA/ATC at ProRehab in Evansville and helps cover Oakland City University sports through ProRehab.
Amanda McClain (2002) BS Sports Medicine Amanda is currently working toward her MS in Human Movement Science with a concentration in Health Promotion at the University of Memphis. E-mail: Amcclain@yahoo.com
Jill McElroy (2002)
BS Athletic Training
Jill is currently currently at Cumberland University serving as an assistant athletic trainer and instructor. E-mail:
Heather Miller (2002)
BS Athletic Training
Heather is working as as PTA/ATC at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis.
Andrea Speer (2002)
BS Sport Studies
Andi works in promotion and advertising for the Evansville Otters professional baseball team. Andi also has served as an assistant basketball coach at Memorial High School in Evansville.
Sarah Chappelow (2002)
BS Sports Medicine 
Sarah is in graduates school at Indiana University-Perdue University in Indianapolis completing her MS in Exercise Science.
Josh Bisher (2002)
BS Sport Studies
Josh is in graduate school at Nebraska-Omaha in the MS program in Recreational Sports.
Kiya Griffin (2002) BS Physical Education

Kiya is an assistant women’s basketball coach at Mars Hill College in North Carolina. E-mail: kgriffin@mhc.edu

April Lang (2002) BS Athletic Training After graduating from UE, April went on to receive a nursing degree and is currently working as an L.P.N. at Dearborn County Hospital on the telemetry floor and doing some outreach athletic training work.