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Recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding collegiate athletic trainers and teachers, John Baxter was elected to the NAIA’s Hall of Fame in 1986, the highest honor given by that association. The caretaker of Hornet athletes since 1966, Baxter has represented ESU for 20 years as the coordinator of the athletic training facilities at the NAIA National Basketball Tournament in Kansas City. He also served in that capacity at the NAIA National Indoor Track & Field Championships for four years. Cramer Products awarded Baxter a Distinguished Service Award as one of the innovators of the Cramer Student Trainer Summer Workshops, which have grown into a nationwide program for high school students and coaches interested in athletic training skills. ESU presented Baxter with a Distinguished Service Citation for his service in 1986. He has served as president of the Kansas Athletic Trainers Society and is a member of the National Examining Board for the National Athletic Trainers Association. Baxter was awarded the National Athletic Trainer’s Outstanding Service Award in 1992 and the Award of Excellence from the city of Emporia in 1990. Baxter’s students have worked in high schools, universities, professional organizations and sports medicine clinics as athletic trainers, physical therapists, and sports medicine administrators.
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