Razorback Athletic Trainers' Legacies Include Scholarships

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This year's recipients of the Bill Ferrell Endowed Scholarship in Athletic Training are, from left, Caroline Lounsbury, Cayla Fritz, Andrew Scheumann, James Grant and Nicole Natter. Grant also won the Dean Weber Endowed Scholarship in Athletic Training.Photo by Beth Hall

Five University of Arkansas students in the graduate athletic training education program were named winners of scholarships honoring legendary Razorback athletic trainers Bill Ferrell and Dean Weber.

Cayla Fritz, James Grant, Caroline Lounsbury, Nicole Natter and Andrew Scheumann are enrolled in the Master of Athletic Training degree program in the College of Education and Health Professions.

They are the 2014 recipients of the Bill Ferrell Endowed Scholarship in Athletic Training. Grant also won the Dean Weber Endowed Scholarship in Athletic Training presented to the top student in the athletic training education program.

Former University of Arkansas football players who played under the care of Weber and Ferrell established the scholarships. Weber supervised the athletic training operations for men’s sports teams for 35 years. Ferrell was head baseball coach and head athletic trainer from 1950 to 1967. He died in 1967.

All five of the student recipients are in the second year of the program and plan to graduate next spring. The master’s degree will prepare them to work in all kinds of sports and at all levels of competition as well as in clinical settings.

Fritz, of Flower Mound, Texas, graduated from Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology, psychology and chemistry from Texas Woman’s University. She also earned a nursing degree from North Central Texas College. She is the daughter of Daryl and Lynette Fritz.

Grant, of Wilmette, Illinois, graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and earned a bachelor’s degree in integrative physiology from the University of Colorado. He is the son of Jim and Jennifer Grant.

Lounsbury, of Duluth, Minnesota, graduated from Duluth East High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Minnesota. She is the daughter of Scott and Sara Lounsbury.

Natter, of Swanton, Ohio, graduated from Evergreen High School in Metamora, Ohio, and earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. She is the daughter of Jerry and Kim Natter.

Scheumann, of Prairietown, Illinois, graduated from Metro East Lutheran High School in Edwardsville, Illinois, and earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Southern Illinois University. He is the son of Jerry and Terri Scheumann.

Each student is doing a clinical rotation with sports teams this semester: Fritz, U of A women’s softball; Grant, U of A women’s gymnastics; Lounsbury, U of A track and cross-country; Natter, U of A baseball; and Scheumann, Fayetteville High School.