Ben Stewart accepted the position of Director of Sports Medicine in February of 2019 after serving as Associate Athletic Trainer since 2017. His duties are to oversee the day to day operations of the Sports Medicine Department as well as to provide healthcare services to the Baseball team.
Prior to coming to Hammond, Ben served as an Athletic Trainer/ Instructor at the University of West Alabama for 3 years. While at UWA, his responsibilities included sports coverage for the Baseball and Women’s Soccer teams as well as teaching multiple courses in the UWA Athletic Training Program. He also was the faculty advisor for Iota Tau Alpha Honor Society, an honor society comprised of UWA’s most promising athletic training students.
Ben completed his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Mississippi State University in the spring of 2010. There he served as a Student Athletic Trainer working with the football, baseball, and women’s soccer teams. While at MSU, Ben was able to be a part of the 2007 College World Series baseball team. After graduation, he attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he received his Masters of Science in Athletic Training in the spring of 2013.
Upon graduation, he worked as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Frontier Greys of the Frontier Independent Professional Baseball League for the 2013 season. In the fall of 2013, Ben began working as a staff Athletic Trainer for Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer, Indiana. Here he split his time providing evidenced based health care to Saint Joseph’s College as well as a local high school.
Ben is a native of Olive Branch, Mississippi and is currently living in Hammond with his dog Gunnar.
