St. Lawrence University Sports Medicine Department Mission Statement
The St. Lawrence University Sports Medicine Department is dedicated to provide quality health care that will protect and enhance the health, safety, and welfare of the student-athletes at St. Lawrence University. This will be done through the domains of athletic training, which are:
- Injury/Illness Prevention and Wellness Protection
- Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis
- Immediate and Emergency Care
- Treatment and Rehabilitation
- Organizational and Professional Health and Well-being
St. Lawrence University offers its student-athletes a state-of-the-art athletic training room. The Littlejohn Athletic Training Center is staffed by six full-time Certified Athletic Trainers and several student first-aiders, helping to keep student-athletes safe and healthy while competing for the Saints!
Training Room Staff:
Brian Atkins, Head Athletic Trainer (football, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's crew, esports, men's and women's squash, men's and women's Alpine and Nordic skiing, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field)
Abigail Hampson, Athletic Trainer (women's soccer, women’s basketball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis)
Nikki Williams, Athletic Trainer (men's soccer, men's basketball, men's lacrosse)
Emily Miller, Athletic Trainer (volleyball, men's hockey, men's and women's golf)
Scott Howard, Athletic Trainer (women's hockey, women's lacrosse, riding)
Becca Rohrer, Athletic Trainer (field hockey, men's and women's swimming and diving, baseball)
Information regarding sports medicine at St. Lawrence University is offered below, including our required health forms and training hours. For additional information, please contact:
Brian Atkins, MS, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer
Email: batkins@stlawu.edu
Office: (315) 229-5835
Fax: (315) 229-5414
Insurance:
The NCAA requires all participants in NCAA sports to provide health insurance coverage information as requested on the university’s health insurance waiver form, as well as evidence of insurance showing a minimum of $90,000 coverage for athletic related injuries. The University’s athletics department highly recommends that every student -athlete enrolls in the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) because of the extensive coverage for athletic related injuries that may not be covered by family (primary) insurance or if your primary insurance is not accepted by local medical providers around St. Lawrence University. St. Lawrence University has purchased a secondary health insurance policy that will cover "excess" medical bills after primary insurance for injuries occurred during official practices and games.
The university also carries a Catastrophic injury insurance policy provided by the NCAA which provides up to $20 million in lifetime benefits to varsity student athletes who are catastrophically injured during qualifying intercollegiate athletics play or practice, or during travel related to these activities. It provides benefits for medically necessary care and treatment in excel of all other available benefit plans. Details of this program are available at the Augsbury Physical Education Center Office.
Varsity Student-Athlete Pre-Participation Medical Forms:
All Varsity Student-Athletes have REQUIRED Sports Medicine medical paperwork that needs to be completed prior to participation in athletics at St. Lawrence University each year. All of the Sports Medicine paperwork is online through the Athletic Trainer System (ATS). The link to log in is listed below as ATS Login Webpage or it can be reached here: stlawu2.atsusers.com
All First-Year/Transfer Student-Athletes will have to use the initial login information posted below:
Your initial login information (only to be used when you first log in):
User ID: new
Password: new
Database: atsstlawu
Once you login, set your User ID as your SLU ID# and your password for whatever you want. Fill in all information. Once you save your information, new tabs will be created at the top of the page. Complete the information on each tab and on the “Forms” tab complete the following forms in the drop down menu “Form Name”:
- First-Year/Transfer Athlete Pre-Participation Form
- Concussion Policy and Plan
- Concussion Baseline Symptom Evaluation
- Acknowledgment of Insurance Requirements
- Student-Athlete Election with Respect to Sickle Cell Trait Testing Form
- Assumption of Risk Form
All First-Year/Transfer Student-Athletes also have to complete the required health forms at the Health Center. Those forms can be found at this link: https://www.stlawu.edu/health-and-counseling-services/information-new-students.
Returning Varsity Student-Athletes will receive an email from the Sports Medicine department during the end of spring/early summer with login information and directions for forms. If you are a returning student-athlete and you have not received an email by June 1st please contact Brian Atkins to get that information. Returning Varsity Student-Athletes need to update all information and only fill out the following forms:
- Returning Athlete Pre-Participation Form
- Concussion Policy and Plan
- Concussion Baseline Symptom Evaluation
- Acknowledgment of Insurance Requirements
If you are having difficulty, please contact Brian Atkins at batkins@stlawu.edu or office number: 315-229-5835. Also, there are two documents below, the First-Year Student Pre-Participation Letter and Returning Student Pre-Participation Letter that has step by step instructions for the ATS online paperwork.
ATS Login
First-Year/Transfer Student-Athlete ATS Sports Medicine Forms Video Instructions
Returning Student-Athlete ATS Sports Medicine Forms Video Instructions
First-Year Student Pre-Participation Letter (PDF)
Returning Student Pre-Participation Letter (PDF)
Form II (PDF)
ADHD/ADD Documentation (PDF)
NCAA Sickle Cell Trait Resource Page
Internet Explorer Fix for ATS Web Site
NCAA Student-Athlete Concussion Fact Sheet (PDF)
St. Lawrence University Sports Medicine Concussion Safety Protocol
Emergency Action Plan - Appleton Arena
