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Randy Ballard enters his 10th season as an athletic trainer for the volleyball, cross country and track and field teams. A 1999 graduate of Kansas State University, Ballard earned his master's degree in kinesiology from the University of Texas in 2001.
The Concordia, Kan., native is no stranger to working with world-class athletes. Ballard has worked as an athletic trainer several times for the USA Track & Field teams. Most recently, he served as an athletic trainer for USA Track and Field at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
The previous year, Ballard was an athletic trainer for the 2007 U.S. Track & Field World Championships team in Osaka, Japan. He also served as the Head athletic trainer at the 2006 Cross Country World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
He has also served as therapist for numerous Olympians and world champions including Perdita Felicien, Bershawn Jackson, and Lauren Williams.
Randy has a great interest in manual therapies and the rehabilitation aspects of the athletic training world. Having learned from numerous well-renowned therapists, Ballard brings a well-rounded skill set to the athletic training room.
Prior to Illinois, Ballard spent three seasons as a student athletic trainer for the Kansas State athletic program before moving to Texas. In Austin, Ballard worked primarily with the Longhorn football and men's track and field programs.
Randy is married to wife Lori, and has a daughter, Avery.
Updated October 2011
