J. Pat Evans, MD
		J. Pat is a native of Texas and the ultimate doctor in the sport of rodeo. He attended Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington on a football scholarship. When he was injured playing ball he became a student athletic trainer. After graduation he attended the Grady Vaughn School of Physical Therapy and was then accepted to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. J. Pat continued his education where he became a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Follow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. He was the Team Physician for the Dallas Cowboys from 1970 to 1989 and the Dallas Mavericks from 1980 to 1992. Doctor Evans started covering rodeos in the 1970's for friend and cowboy (both football and rodeo) Walt Garrison. It was at one of these events that he and Don Andrews envisioned sports medicine for the professional rodeo athlete which became a reality in 1981. J. Pat Evans is not only an innovator being one of the first physicians in the country to dedicate his medical practice to sports medicine but saw the need for the rodeo cowboy to be treated the same as a Dallas Cowboy. J. Pat and Joan have three grown children and live in Dallas, Texas in the winter and Victor, (Colorado Springs) Colorado in the summer. Dr. Evans is also a 2004 inductee into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Don Andrews, Executive Director
		The concept of mobile sports medicine coverage first appeared in 1979 during the Copenhagen Superstars Rodeo competition in Fort Worth, Texas. Don had come to Texas as the Head Athletic Trainer with the New York Islanders' development club after stints with the Toronto and Vancouver Hockey Organizations. He first got into contact sports at the University of Tennessee after playing hockey in high school in Nashville where he grew up. Andrews co-founded the Rodeo Sportsmedicine Team with Doctor Evans while employed as the Director of Sports Medicine Programs by the Medical School of the University of North Texas. He is currently the CEO and President of Mobile Sports Medicine Systems, Inc. and the Vice President of the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund. Don established the first mobile sports medicine program in the sport of rodeo in 1981 and in motorsports in 1985. He is also the Executive Director of Motor Sports Medicine Group and the Secretary of the International Council of Motorsport Sciences. Don lives in Denton Texas, (Dallas/Ft. Worth area) and has two grown daughters, a son and a granddaughter.
Ted Bryant, ATC
		Ted has worked with the Sportsmedicine Team as a Certified Athletic Trainer volunteer at the Mesquite Championship Rodeo since the summer of 1991. He was at the rodeo almost every Friday and Saturday night (April through September) and moved to Program Associate just a short time later. Ted did an outstanding job helping coordinate the program and was made a Sportsmedicine Team Program Manager in 1997. He has an extensive background in both rodeo and motor sports and worked the first NASCAR and CART races at the new Texas Motor Speedway. He is a native of Lubbock, Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1984. Ted was the Head Athletic Trainer at Plano (Dallas) High School when they won back-to-back Texas state football championships in 1986 and 1987. He lives in Lubbock, Texas with his wife Lisa.
Dee Cornell, PT, ATC
		Dee started as a volunteer Certified Athletic Trainer with the Sportsmedicine Team at the Mesquite Championship Rodeo in 1993. While attending Physical Therapy School in Colorado she covered rodeo events all over the Rocky Mountain Region as a Program Associate. Upon graduation as a Physical Therapist in 1997 she returned to Texas and worked many rodeos in and around the state. She has been key associate at the Fort Worth Stock Show, Dallas Stampede and many of the other large rodeos in Texas. Dee became a Program Manager in 2004 and has a long history of covering extreme events from little britches to high school and college to motocross in the Olympic Games. Dee is single and raises cattle in Krum, Texas.
Lisa Herring, PT, ATC
		Lisa is one of many female Physical Therapist and Certified Athletic Trainers that work with the Sportsmedicine Team all over the country. Lisa started as a volunteer with the program in 1989 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma. She spent so many hours helping with the program in the Oklahoma City area she was made a Program Associate just a few years later. Lisa became a Program for the Sportsmedicine Team in 1995 and has assisted in covering events throughout Oklahoma and surrounding states. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma as an athletic trainer and received her degree in Physical Therapy in 1986. Lisa and her husband Don live in Oklahoma City.
Andy Hopkins, ATC
		Andy began his association with the Sportsmedicine Team not as a care provider but as a patient. He was a PRCA bullfighter for over 10 years and on more than one occasion during that time utilized the services of the Program. Following his career as Bullfighter, Andy returned to school at Brigham Young University, where he received both a bachelors and a Masters degree in sports medicine. He is a certified athletic trainer and has worked in all levels of sport, from high school to the Olympic Games. Andy has the head trainer at Utah Valley State College and has served an internship with the San Diego Chargers. Andy first worked with the Sportsmedicine Team as an associate in 2000 and became a program manager in 2004. He and his wife Jennifer live in Saratoga Springs (Salt Lake City), Utah with their son.
Dale Kiecke, PT, ATC
		Dale began his relationship with the Sportsmedicine Team as a Program Associate at the Houston PRCA Rodeo in 1985. Dale was instrumental in developing the criteria for program associates' work with the rodeo sports medicine program and became a Program Manager in 1997. Having worked his way up the ladder from volunteer to Program Manager, Dale understands every aspect of the Sportsmedicine Team event coverage at professional rodeos. He covers many rodeos in the southeast region as well as Texas and is the Program Manager for Rodeo Houston with a volunteer team of 15 Certified Athletic Trainers and Massage Therapists. Dale received this degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Athletic Training Certification in 1984. Dale and his wife Deborah live on a farm in Cypress, (Houston) Texas with their daughter.
Jason Roe, ATC, LMT
		Jason has been involved with rodeo sports medicine since the 1999 WNFR where he started the massage therapy program as part of the comprehensive services of the Sportsmedicine Team. He became a Program Manager with the Sportsmedicine Team in 2005. Jason is a graduate of UNLV with a degree in Athletic Training. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer and also is a Licensed Massage Therapist. Jason has worked with various programs including Olympic Water Polo, High School Athletics, Professional Hockey, and Ultimate Fighting. He is the author of a book on Sports Massage. Jason lives in Las Vegas with his two children where he also works as a massage therapist for one of the premier hotel/casino shows on the famed Las Vegas Strip.

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