Saliba Promoted To Associate Athletics Director
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CHARLOTTESVILLEEthan Saliba, who is in his 25th year as a member of the athletic training staff at Virginia, has been promoted to associate athletics director for sports medicine. UVa Athletics Director Craig Littlepage announced Saliba’s promotion on Thursday (Sept. 27).
Saliba, who is also head athletic trainer at Virginia, was honored earlier this year as the 2007 Division I Athletic Trainer of the Year as selected by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s College/University Athletic Training Committee. The award recognizes outstanding service to the athletic training profession and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) at the Division I level.
“Ethan is a dedicated professional who is very deserving of this promotion,” Littlepage said. “He has worked tirelessly for the benefit of our student-athletes, coaches and staff for many years. Ethan’s outstanding work has positively impacted not only the athletics department, but also hundreds of aspiring athletic trainers he’s mentored. He’s certainly been an integral part of the success enjoyed by the Virginia athletics program.”
Saliba was named assistant athletics director for sports medicine in June of 2003 and has served as UVa’s head athletic trainer since August of 1998. He oversees all daily athletic training room operations, including: staff, clerical and student assignments; injury management and rehabilitation; and ensuring medical coverage for all UVa varsity athletes. Saliba was previously named senior associate athletic trainer in September of 1995 after serving as associate athletic trainer since 1990. He originally joined the UVa athletics department as an assistant athletic trainer in 1983.
“I am very excited and honored by this promotion,” Saliba said. “I look forward to meeting the additional administrative responsibilities brought about by the expansion of our facilities and the increased expectations for Sports Medicine.”
Saliba came to Virginia from Lincoln, Neb., where he worked for four years as a staff physical therapist at the University Health Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
He received his bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Kansas in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in sports medicine/athletic training from Virginia in 1986. He received his doctorate in sports medicine from UVa in 1992.
Saliba has faculty appointments as a professor in Virginia’s Curry School of Education and as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer by the NATA and a licensed athletic trainer and physical therapist. He is a Sport Certified Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.