In 1985 there was a shift in perspective in Ball State Athletic Training.  Rex Sharp was hired as the head athletic trainer.  Not being a physical therapist was a change in direction for the program.  He was joining fellow Ball State AT alum and assistant athletic trainer Tony Cox.  Together the first couple of years were spent building a health care and AT education program that would become one of the most prolific AT programs of it time.  1987 Neal Hazen, Also an alum of the Ball State PT program, joins the staff as a physical therapist through Baxter Physical Therapy (Dick Hoover).  The start of 9 special years begin.  This groups influence is responsible for currently 5 NCAA Div. 1 Head Athletic Trainers/Dir of Sports Medicine.  Numerus high school, small college, and clinical athletic trainers that are leaders in the profession.  They did it with a culture of family, fun and professionalism.  Finally a loyalty to each other that surpasses distance and time.  They are truly what this profession is about.  Relationships and caring for people.  

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