“I’ve been very fortunate to be in the right places, but I never would have had those opportunities or inclinations if it hadn’t been for this community,” McLean said at the time of his bequest. The Athletic Training Room Hall of Fame Scholarship provides need-based student athletic trainer assistance, while the Athletic Training Room Endowment helps the department maintain a modern, state-of-the-art training facility.
Allocated in two parts, it ensures that future athletic trainers are given every opportunity to succeed. In 2018, he honored Worden with a bequest to Athletics.
He then spent his undergraduate years at Vanderbilt as a student-trainer learning from his mentor and fellow Hall of Fame inductee. C and Spirit Squad Appearance RequestsĪ Nashville native who found a calling and went all in at Vanderbilt, Lindsy McLean, BA’60, ultimately helped modernize a profession and played a part in one of the greatest dynasties in professional football.Īn alumnus of Nashville’s Hillsboro High School, he described himself as a “junior in charge of the football team’s first-aid kit” when he responded to an opportunity to sit in on a class on sports injuries taught by Vanderbilt trainer Joe Worden. NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete Student-athlete mental health and performance Ingram Center for Student-Athlete Success Vanderbilt University Athletics - Official Athletics Website Open Menu