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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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