Sports Medicine
Bishop McNamara Sports Medicine is located in the Fine Arts & Athletics Center Building on the main campus. It is comprised of certified athletic trainers, athletic training student interns, student aids, referring orthopedic surgeons, and other specialists.
Bishop McNamara High School also offers a Sports Medicine class in which the course is designed to include the basic concepts of anatomy, mechanism of injury, and administration of athletic training. Students will be introduced to how athletic injuries occur, how they are treated, and can be prevented. The course also includes education on sports nutrition, drugs and supplements commonly used, as well as common illnesses and diseases typically seen by a Certified Athletic Trainer.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Bishop McNamara High School Athletic Training staff is to provide optimal health care for all student-athletes in the Bishop McNamara community. The care provided should include the prevention, recognition, evaluation, initial treatment, continued treatment, referral, and proper rehabilitation for all athletic injuries and illnesses. Additional responsibilities include education of the patients and sports medicine aids, counseling of the patients, as well documentation and record keeping. It is also a goal of the Bishop McNamara Athletic Training staff to set a positive, Christian example for the student-athletes to follow in treating each other with respect and compassion.
Staff
Katherine Cobarrubias
Head Athletic Trainer
Bachelor of Science, Texas Christian University
Katherine Cobarrubias, LAT, ATC, grew up in Rancho Cucamonga, California. She attended Texas Christian University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training, and worked closely with the TCU football, women's basketball, and soccer teams. She spent her senior summer interning with the University of Alabama football team and Sports Medicine staff. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training, she accepted a position as an Athletic Trainer with the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army on Fort Liberty, North Carolina.
Jordan Fleet
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Bachelor of Science, Towson University
Master of Science, George Mason University
Master of Science, George Mason University
Ms. Jordan Fleet is a Baltimore City native who earned her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from Towson University. She went on to pursue a master’s degree in Athletic Training at George Mason University, where she gained valuable clinical experience working with several Division I athletic programs. Her work included supporting Howard University’s men’s football team, George Washington University’s men’s basketball and women’s rowing teams, as well as the men’s and women’s basketball programs at George Mason University.
Ms. Fleet is passionate about both research and student care, and she is dedicated to supporting the health and success of those she serves.
Ms. Fleet is passionate about both research and student care, and she is dedicated to supporting the health and success of those she serves.
Team Doctor
Craig H. Bennett, M.D.
Chief of Sports Medicine
Dr. Bennett is an assistant professor of orthopaedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and chief of sports medicine in the department of orthopaedics at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He is also the head team orthopaedic surgeon for the University of Maryland at College Park.
Dr. Bennett specializes in treating knee, shoulder and ankle injuries and in complex reconstructive surgery, particularly on the knee, such as anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligament reconstructions, cartilage surgery, meniscus transplantation, knee osteotomies and partial knee replacements.
Dr. Bennett previously served on the staff of the Center for Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, where his roles included being associate team physician with the Pittsburgh Steelers and head team physician for the University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team.
He received his medical degree from the University of California at San Francisco. He completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at Emory University and a knee and shoulder surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.