Training & Performance
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You are in good hands as an athlete at Orangewood.
Our athletic trainers determine safe levels of participation and appropriate return-to-play guidelines. If you are unable to practice or play, you are encouraged to engage in a rehabilitation program under the direct supervision of the trainers.
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Assistant Athletic Director/Lead Athletic Trainer
Assistant Athletic Director/Lead Athletic Trainer
JOINED ORANGEWOOD
2024
EDUCATION
MS Athletic Training, Shenandoah University / BS Kinesiology, University of Maryland
SOMETHING FUN
Her favorite things to bake are key lime pie, lemon meringue pie, and pumpkin rolls
FAVORITE OCS TRADITION
Every Athletics event!
FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE
Proverbs 17:22
FAVORITE BEVERAGE
Iced Coffee. Coke Zero
Ms. Emily Hurt was born and raised in Maryland. She has a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in athletic training from Shenandoah University. She previously was an athletic trainer at the University of Richmond and James Madison University. She is married to Will Hurt, self-proclaimed "Orangewood Athletics’ #1 fan" and the two have a dog named Pearl. She spends her free time cooking & baking and trying new recipes or going out to eat to a new restaurant with her husband. She also loves going to all the Disney parks!
Emily Hurt joined the Orangewood Christian School Athletics Staff in 2024 and currently provides day-to-day support and care to all student-athletes. Hurt is contracted to Orangewood through a sports marketing partnership with Advent Health.
Hurt came to the Rams after serving as an assistant athletic trainer at James Madison University form 2021-2023 caring for the cheerleading, men's tennis, women's tennis, and women's swimming and diving teams. Prior to JMU, Hurt was an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Richmond from 2018-2021, providing primary medical coverage for women's swimming and diving and football, where she was a part of the 2021 A10 Championship team.
She completed her master's of athletic training degree at Shenandoah University in Virginia and her undergraduate bachelor's of science in Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is certified in Graston technique, dry needling through Structure and Friction, and American Heart association AED/CPR. Hurt is a member of the National Athletic Training Association and serves on the Athletic Training Association of Florida Secondary School Committee.
Our dedicated athletic training department provides both wellness promotion and injury prevention programs for all of our OCS students-athletes.
