Ath­letic Staff Wel­comes New Trainer

MISHAWAKA—As of this past month, Bethel’s staff wel­comed a new ath­letic trainer, Doug Cas­sell.  

Cas­sell will be the ath­letic trainer for Rugby, Wom­en’s Soc­cer, Wom­en’s Bas­ket­ball, and Base­ball. With around 20 sports teams and close to 400 ath­letes at Bethel, Cas­sell is a much-needed ad­di­tion to the staff. 

Cas­sell said, “The op­por­tu­nity to come to Bethel lit­er­ally fell into my lap. I was look­ing for a new op­por­tu­nity and so I posted my in­ter­est on Face­book. Shortly af­ter post­ing, I was con­tacted by a staff mem­ber from St. Joseph Hos­pi­tal about Bethel. 

“I had played against Bethel for years and knew about their rich tra­di­tions and how com­pet­i­tive their teams are, and I knew that was some­thing I wanted to be a part of. I could not pass up the chance to be a part of not only a qual­ity in­sti­tu­tion, but a great ath­letic pro­gram.” 

Cas­sell has been an ath­letic trainer for 20 years. He re­ceived his bach­e­lor’s in Ath­letic Train­ing from the Uni­ver­sity of Charl­ston, W.Va., and his mas­ter’s in Sec­ondary Ed­u­ca­tion from Mar­shall Uni­ver­sity.  

Cas­sell said his in­ter­est in be­com­ing an ath­letic trainer goes back to high school. 

" I was never much of an ath­lete but loved to be in­volved with the teams,” he said. “My ath­letic di­rec­tor saw my in­ter­est and sent me to an ath­letic train­ing camp where I learned some ba­sic skills, and I was hooked.” 

Fun fact: Cas­sell is in the Pur­due North­west Ath­letic Hall of Fame for his ser­vices as an ath­letic trainer to Pur­due North Cen­tral.