University of Toledo Athletics

Sara McGriff is in her third year as an assistant athletic trainer with the University of Toledo. McGriff is assigned to women[apos]s basketball and oversees graduate assistant athletic trainers in the sports of men[apos]s and women[apos]s tennis and women[apos]s swimming and diving.

McGriff joined the Rockets[apos] staff on July 8, 2004 after she received her master[apos]s degree in exercise and sport science from Georgia, while working directly with the Bulldogs[apos] swimming and diving programs. Georgia finished second at the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Championships. In July 2004, Sara worked the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, where two of her Georgia swimmers qualified for the United States Olympic Team.

McGriff is very familiar with the Mid-American Conference having received her undergraduate degree from Ball State in 2002, where she worked with the Cardinals[apos] football, volleyball, gymnastics and tennis programs.

McGriff was a recipient of the NATA Research and Education Foundation Scholarship, and she is an Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate. She was certified by the BOC in 2002 and licensed by the State of Ohio in 2004. She is a member of the National Athletic Trainers[apos] Association and the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers[apos] Association.

McGriff is a native of La Porte, IN where her parents, Randy and Nancy currently reside. She also has a younger brother, Ian.