[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8985]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO TRACYE RAWLS-MARTIN

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 26, 2009

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Tracye 
Rawls-Martin.
  Tracye Rawls-Martin, proud daughter of Henry Sr. and Shirley M. 
Rawls, wife of Arnold V ``Woody'' Martin, stepmother to Britt'ney D. 
Clarence and ``Nana T'' to Woody's oldest daughters' son, Charles 
Lovell 3rd.
  Tracye Rawls-Martin, MS ATC is a Certified Athletic Trainer and one 
of 5 African American Athletic Training Education Program Directors in 
the United States. She is ``mother,'' advisor and professor to more 
than 16 Athletic Training Students within the BS/MS Degree Program in 
Athletic Training & Sports Sciences at Long Island University Brooklyn 
Campus. She began her academic career as a Dance Education major and 
progressed to a Pre-Physical Therapy major and finally fell in love 
with an Athletic Training major. After completing two semesters in the 
Pre-Physical Therapy program at Kingsborough Community College, she 
decided it was time to move on to a more exciting and productive 
field--the field of Athletic Training and Sports Sciences. The field of 
Athletic Trainers was made for her because it is designed for Health 
Care Professionals who specialize in prevention, assessment, treatment 
and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses that occur to athletes and 
the physically active. All Certified Athletic Trainers must have at 
least a bachelor's degree in athletic training, which is an allied 
health profession, must pass a comprehensive exam before earning the 
ATC credential, must keep knowledge and skills current by participating 
in continuing education and must adhere to standards of professional 
practice set by a national certifying agency.
  The combination of dance education & athletic performance was a 
winning combination for her personality because she loves helping 
people, teaching, watching and participating in sports. In addition to 
nurturing her students through academic requirements for the program, 
she has had the honor and privilege of working with over 1000 athletes 
worldwide; high school, junior college, division one collegiate 
athletes, semiprofessional and professional. Her current 
responsibilities as Director of Athletic Training Education Programs at 
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus include teaching (18 credit 
hours teaching a variety of sports medicine topics which include risk 
management, injury prevention, orthopedic examination & diagnosis, 
medical conditions and disabilities, acute care of injuries and 
illnesses, therapeutic modalities, conditioning, rehabilitation 
exercise and pharmacology, psychosocial intervention and referral, 
nutritional aspect of injuries and illnesses and health care 
administration), administrative (direct and administer BS/MS Degree 
Program and Advanced Master's Degree program in Athletic Training and 
Sports Sciences, maintain guidelines and standards set forth by the 
accrediting agency, work with the Clinical Coordinator to establish and 
maintain affiliations, conduct and publish research/ scholarly 
activities in areas of expertise, advise students, develop and 
implement internal/external marketing strategies for the Athletic 
Training Education Programs, assist in the recruitment of faculty, 
continue to encourage good citizenship and professional conduct among 
all students and faculty so as to promote the best interest of athletic 
trainers, maintain continuing education credits, participate/coordinate 
and conduct committees within the Division, School of health 
Professions, the University and the Brooklyn Committee), service 
(active member with the local, regional and national athletic training 
organizations, Athletic Training Students Club/Members and Faculty 
noted on national website, Instructor for American Heart Association, 
Book Reviewer for Lippincott Williams and Wilkin publishing company, 
participant in several health events for children, i.e. TEAM L.I.U-
Teenagers Educated About Asthma Management).
  In addition, Tracye Rawls-Martin is an entrepreneur and a top 
executive for one of the world's largest direct selling 
telecommunications providers. On a part time basis she has reached the 
first earned executive position in the company. She is well on her way 
to helping hundreds and thousands of individuals achieve financial 
freedom and continue to live out their life long dreams whether it is 
to have more time with their families or to explore the beaches of the 
world.
  Tracye will continue to pursue her passions and would like to 
contribute her success to the Lord, her family and her students. She 
will not rest until she has fulfilled her life's long mission--to take 
care of children of all ages, to feed them, clothe them, teach them and 
love them; in the end to develop a place they can call home and a place 
they can always return to a ``University for Children.''

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