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Doug Straley was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Sports
Medicine in August 2009, after serving as Manhattan's Director of
Sports Medicine for the previous six years. Straley supervises the
athletic training of the 300+ student-athletes who compete for
Manhattan’s 19 Division I athletic teams.
Prior to his arrival in Riverdale, Straley served as the director of
sports medicine at Manhattanville College in nearby Purchase, NY. At
Manhattanville, he coordinated the rehabilitation, prevention, and
management of athletic injuries for over 250 intercollegiate NCAA
Division III student-athletes.
Before his tenure at Manhattanville, Straley worked for three
years as the assistant director of sports medicine at Assumption
College. He assisted with the medical care of the athletic program’s
19 Division II varsity sport teams.
Straley, a 1998 graduate of Northeastern University, worked as
a student athletic trainer during his undergraduate years. In 1999,
he received a master of science degree in athletic training from
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Additionally, Straley served as the head athletic trainer for the
Westchester Wildfire, a United States Basketball League (USBL) team
coached by former New York Knick John Starks.
Straley had been published on numerous occasions, and has made
several presentations based upon his research in the field of Athletic
Training.
Straley holds Athletic Training licenses in New York, Massachusetts,
and Georgia, and is a member of the National Athletic Trainers
Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
He is certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist, as an
Athletic Trainer, and in CPR and First Aid. A decorated Eagle Scout,
Straley won the Koko Kassabian award while at Northeastern for
outstanding achievement in leadership, scholarship, and professional
development.
A native of Newton, Mass., Straley currently resides in Dobbs Ferry,
NY with his wife Jennifer and their daughter Annabelle.
Katie Leighton ’02 enters her third year as academic advisor for
the Manhattan College Athletic Department. Leighton manages
the academic support for Manhattan’s 300+ student-athletes, a role
which has helped the department rank among the nation’s best
according to several NCAA measures of academic success. Leighton’s
duties include assisting student-athletes in class scheduling, monitor
their academic progress, oversee the Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) and coordinate tutoring and other special needs.
Prior this appointment, Leighton worked as Manhattan’s
compliance coordinator for the 2006-07 academic year. In this role,
she was responsible for monitoring and regulating NCAA eligibility
rules.
Leighton, an alumna of Manhattan, was a four year letterwinner
and two-time team captain for the women’s soccer program. During
her career, she was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team three
consecutive years. She earned CoSIDA Academic All District I Team
honors twice, and was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America
Second Team at the conclusion of her senior year. Leighton graduated
with a bachelor’s degree in education in 2002, and earned a master’s
degree of arts with a concentration in counseling in 2007.
Following her undergraduate studies at Manhattan, Leighton
worked as a second grade teacher at Harley Avenue Primary School
in Elwood, N.Y. She returned to Manhattan in 2003 holding the roll
of assistant compliance coordinator/ticket manager for two years.
During the 2005-06 academic year, Leighton was the assistant director
for student-athlete support services at Columbia University.
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