LIBERTY, MO- William Jewell College, in conjunction with Liberty Hospital Sports Medicine, announces the addition of Director of Sports Medicine, Matt Gilbertson and Assistant Athletic Trainer, Ryan Arens.    
 
Gilbertson will serve as the NCAA designated Athletics Healthcare Administrator and oversee the staff while also coordinating primary coverage for football, men's basketball, golf, tennis, and cross country. He comes to Jewell from Lincoln University where he served as the head athletic trainer and oversaw the medical care of all student-athletes for 12 varsity sports. Prior to Lincoln he served as the interim head athletic trainer at the University of Texas - Permian Basin. Gilbertson began his career as a graduate assistant at Northwest Missouri State where he worked the national championship Bearcat football program as well as baseball, volleyball, and track and field. 
 
He earned his undergraduate degree from Culver-Stockton College and a master's in applied health sciences from Northwest Missouri State. He is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and is certified by the American Red Cross in first aid/CPR/AED for rescue and as an instructor. 
 
Arens joins Jewell after serving as a physician extender for St. Louis Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and will serve as the primary contact for volleyball, baseball, and men's and women's swimming. He previously served as the Athletic Trainer for the River City Rascals Professional Baseball Club where he was responsible for overall health and injury assessment. He also served on the medical staff for the 2013 women's Big 12 Conference Tournament as well as the assistant athletic trainer at Kansas City Kansas Community College where he was the primary contact for volleyball and softball while also assisting with men's and women's basketball, baseball, track and field, and men's and women's soccer. 
 
He earned his degree in athletic training from Central Methodist University where he received the Athletic Training Student Clinical Excellence Award followed by a master's in applied health science from Northwest Missouri State. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and is certified in first aid CPR/AED by the American Red Cross. 
 
Ashley Watson who returns for her second year with Cardinal student-athletes and will work with men's and women's soccer, indoor track and field and softball while graduate assistant Lindsey Weir will work with football, women's basketball and outdoor track and field. In addition, Kaylee Quattlebaum, Allison Oyler, Jolinda Kiel, Jared Hanson, and Jackson Redmond will also serve on staff for additional sport coverage and healthcare while team doctors Ryan Schneweis, and Bradley Garstang, as well as orthopedic specialist Dr. Ryan Snyder, also return as Jewell's primary physicians.