Quick Facts / Media Guide - GatorZone.com
Quick Facts / Media Guide - GatorZone.com
Quick Facts / Media Guide - GatorZone.com
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Michelle Rockwell is the UAA’s full-time nutritionist. She is<br />
responsible for the coordination of nutrition programs for all<br />
Gator athletes, including team education, individual nutrition<br />
counseling, injury rehabilitation, supplement evaluation<br />
and supervising the Gator training table.<br />
Dr. Ann Grooms is responsible<br />
for coordinating and<br />
overseeing the medical care<br />
of athletes, in particular,<br />
UF’s female athletes. She is<br />
just one of four teamphysicians<br />
that work with Florida<br />
athletes.<br />
0 2,300 square foot<br />
lockerroom, team meeting room,<br />
equipment room and laundry room<br />
adjacent to field.<br />
0 Softball facility includes a training<br />
room, coaches and umpires lockerroom<br />
and two enclosed batting<br />
cages.<br />
0 Press box with booths for home and<br />
visitors radio broadcasts, TV telecasts<br />
and a multi-level print media<br />
seating area.<br />
0 Ultra-modern 51,000 square-foot<br />
Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. Athletic Training<br />
Center <strong>com</strong>plete with nearly 11,000<br />
square feet devoted for strength and<br />
conditioning<br />
0 50,000 pounds of high-tech equipment<br />
with both free weights and<br />
selectorized machines<br />
0 Comprehensive year-round program<br />
designed to enhance each player’s<br />
athletic ability and achieve maximum<br />
results<br />
0 Programs for strength, flexibility,<br />
agility, quickness, leaping ability,<br />
speed and power<br />
0 Additional programs for nutritional<br />
education and increasing mental<br />
toughness and <strong>com</strong>petitiveness<br />
0 A state-of-the-art dining facility<br />
0 Full-time athletic trainer and assistants<br />
who work only with volleyball<br />
0 Health care program focuses on<br />
prevention, precaution, treatment<br />
and rehabilitation<br />
0 Medical staff works with physical<br />
therapy and massage staff as well<br />
as nationally renowned Shands<br />
Hospital<br />
0 Consultants available in nutrition,<br />
cardiology, neurosurgery, opthamology<br />
and podiatry<br />
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