MARIETTA, Ohio – Kemery Sigmund is the new Head Athletic Trainer for the Marietta College Athletics Department. The announcement recently came from Athletics Director Larry Hiser. She replaces David Marchetti, who resigned in June to take a position at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Sigmund's promotion comes after one year of being an Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine and an Assistant Athletic Trainer, and she could not feel more prepared or better about what she is doing.

“At this point, I don't see this promotion as a “stepping stone” to get me somewhere else or to get a different title,” Sigmund said. “It's exactly where I want to be professionally and it will help fine tune my administrative capabilities.”

Sigmund is no stranger to the athletic training world. She has served as Head Athletic Trainer for a year at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Illinois Wesleyan University and an athletic training intern at the Chapin School in New York City. Sigmund earned a Bachelor of Arts in Athletic Training from Hope College in 2004. She went on to earn a Master's of Science in Kinesiology from Illinois State University in 2008.

Sigmund has done everything from teaching classes to providing treatments for various athletic injuries, but this year her workload will be a little different. She will be in charge of the daily operations in the athletic training room. Those daily operations include scheduling athletic training students to work in the clinic, maintaining communication with team physician, Dr. Darlene Snider, attending the OAC Athletic Trainer's annual meeting, ordering supplies, communicating with vendors and assisting the other certified athletic trainers with any clinical challenges, changes or problems that may arise for the year.

Sigmund will also serve as a liaison between the Athletics Department and the Sports Medicine Department.

“Being a liaison to the Athletics Department means that I'll be attending the Athletics Department meetings, communicating with the Athletic Director, assisting coaches with any concerns and working with the entire department to ensure safe athletic participation and, when injuries occur, the safe and quick return of the injured athlete,” Sigmund said.

This year, Sigmund will also take on a new course load to teach in the Sports Medicine Department. She will undertake the First Year Experience: Introduction to Health Science Professions, Research and Design I, II, and III, Assessment of the Head and Spine lecture and lab, and will continue teaching Personal Health and Biomechanics.

Sigmund will be clinically responsible for the football and softball teams, which are new sport assignments for her at Marietta, but she is ready for the challenge and excited to begin her new position. 

“I'm looking forward to working with the new members of our sports medicine team, including a new team physician, a new intern, a new faculty member, and a new network of physicians in the community, which is a really exciting development for our staff,” Sigmund said. “All in all, I think we have a great year ahead of us.”