Jane received a B.S. degree from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant Michigan in Physical Education with a minor in athletic training in 1978, and her Master of Arts degree from Michigan State University in Physical Education with an emphasis in athletic training in 1980. Jane’s first athletic training position was that of assistant athletic trainer at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. After two years she when to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. From September 1982 to May 1997 she served as an adjunct faculty/instructor and was head athletic trainer for women’s athletics at UT from August 1982 to May 1989. From August, 1989 to September, 1991, Jane was a staff athletic trainer for Ft. Sanders Center for Sports Medicine. Starting in September of 1991 to December of 1997, Jane was a staff athletic trainer and clinical coordinator of the outreach program which included 22 schools for the Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic. In December, 1997, Jane became the head athletic trainer of fourteen teams and Assistant Professor at Tusculum College in Greeneville TN. In August, 2000 she became program director of the Athletic Training Program at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN and achieved accreditation in April, 2004 In May, Jane moved to Columbia, SC to become the clinical coordination at the University of South Carolina where she teaches undergraduates courses while directing and supervise students 20 sites. Recently, Jane left the academic setting to join The Moore Orthopaedic Clinic in Columbia where she is a staff ATC assigned to Ben Lippen School.
Jane has made several present at NATA, SEATA and TATS meetings as well as several universities. For the NATA she has been a reviewer for the Journal of Athletic Training, a member of the Research and Education Foundation, member of the Honors and Awards Committee, Chair of the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer sub-committee and a member of the Injury and Research Committee. For SEATA she was host for the Student Symposium in Gatlinburg, TN, the Honors and Awards committee, and the Research Committee.
For TATS she was chair of the Ethics and Compliance Committee and chair of the High School ATC committee and a member of the TATS Annual Meeting planning committee.
Jane has served for the U.S. Olympic Committee as a volunteer for Men’s Volleyball, Colorado Springs (1985) and the 1986 Sports Festival, Houston Texas with Field Hockey. She has been a long-time consultant for the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation as well as working various national sporting events in Tennessee and South Carolina. She has served the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association for over 15 years as a Sport First Aid instructor.
Awards include: from NATA, Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award, Dedicated Service and Leadership, and Service Award. From TATS; Hall of Fame, Sports Medicine Person of the Year and the Dedicated Service Award. She has also received the Governor’s Citation Council on Physical Fitness/ Tennessee Sportsfest.