Ashley Elwell joined the department as an assistant athletic trainer on Feb. 1, 2015 after spending the previous year as an athletic trainer and physician extender at Heartland Orthopedics, a service of Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, Minn.
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Elwell spent the previous four years as an athletic trainer at The Orthopedic & Fracture Clinic in Mankato, Minn.
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At both stops, Elwell worked primarily with high school student-athletes participating in soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, cross country, track & field, baseball, softball, football, hockey, swimming, wrestling, gymnastics and skiing.
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She was also a clinical preceptor for Mankato West High School in 2013-14, mentoring and teaching current athletic training students from Minnesota State Mankato’s athletic training program.
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Elwell is board certified as an athletic trainer and has an American Red Cross certification in CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer & the Health Care Provider. She is a member of the National, Great Lakes and Minnesota Athletic Training Associations.
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Elwell earned her Bachelor of Athletic Training from Minnesota State Mankato in 2010 and is currently working towards her Master of Public Health from Concordia University in Nebraska.
