SPORTS
Rod Baker ’03
Cassie Donahue
Ruthanne Duffy
Carrie Hanshue-Austin
F E R R U M COL L E GE AT H L E T IC S
New Coaches and Staff
Rod Baker ’03
as head men’s soccer coach, from 2006 through 2008 and four years as head women’s tennis coach, from 2005 through 2008. Baker replaced Josh Parmenter, who resigned in October.
Rod Baker ’03 has been named head tennis coach at Ferrum. Baker graduated from Ferrum with a bachelor’s degree in art. As a student-athlete, he played tennis and soccer four years each for Ferrum. As a senior, he served as captain of the men’s tennis team and led the Panthers to a 15–3 team record and a third-place finish in the USA South. Baker is a native of Maumee, OH. Baker has served as assistant men’s soccer coach the past three seasons and is in his fifth overall season in that role. He will continue in that role, working with head coach Andrew Pauly. Baker previously served three seasons
Cassie Donahue
Men’s & Women’s Tennis Coach, Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach
Assistant Athletic Trainer Cassie Donahue joined the Ferrum sports medicine staff as assistant athletic trainer in August 2014. She came to Ferrum from California University of Pennsylvania, where as a grad student she served as head athletic trainer at Penn State Fayette. Her coverage sports included women’s volleyball, cross-country, men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, softball and baseball. Donahue’s experience included managing the budget for athletic training supplies, administration of
ImPACT testing development of EAP. She also performed evaluations and applied therapeutic modalities and rehab protocols for injured studentathletes. Donahue earned her master’s of science degree in athletic training from California-PA in 2014. Prior to her arrival there, she served six months as a fulltime athletic trainer at Frostburg State University after earning her bachelor’s of science degree in athletic training from Frostburg State in 2012. Her coverage sports included men’s basketball, softball, women’s lacrosse and women’s soccer. Donahue is a member of the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. She is licensed as a BOC-certified athletic trainer in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Donahue is also a performance enhancement specialist.
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Rollins Happy to Be a Member of the Squad...................................75 Fall Semester Roundup....................................................................76 Winter Sports Update......................................................................77 Panther Spring Outlook...................................................................78 Panther Scoring Honors...................................................................79 Ferrum College Mourns Loss of Swim Coach Tom Calomeris..........80 Swartz Gymnasium Renovations.....................................................80 Student-Athlete Profiles...................................................................81