Sergio Ibarra is in his fourth season with San Diego State as an associate athletic trainer with his primary focus on the men’s basketball and men’s golf programs. He also provides assistance for SDSU’s other athletic teams. Ibarra handles all the medical needs for the men’s basketball squad throughout the entire year. He also supervises and coordinates all rehabilitative efforts in case of injury.
A certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), Ibarra comes to the Aztecs from his most recent stop as the head athletic trainer of the New York Cosmos Soccer Club, a North American Soccer League (NASL) team, in Uniondale, N.Y. Ibarra has extensive collegiate experience with stops at the University of Bridgeport, Hofstra University, Westmont College, Elmira College and Santa Barbara City College. Along the way, Ibarra has also gained clinical experience throughout the state of New York and in California, more specifically Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
A former student-athlete, Ibarra was a four-year lacrosse player at Alfred University in Alfred, NY, where he ultimately earned his bachelor’s degree in athletic training in 2006. On his way to obtaining his degree, Ibarra was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and president of the Athletic Training Club in 2004-05. From Alfred, Ibarra went 75 miles east to Elmira College in Elmira, NY, where he successfully worked toward and obtained his master’s degree in Health Service Management in 2010.
Since graduating, Ibarra completed his EMT training as well as a Level 1 Dry Needling certification. He is currently working toward Level 2 Dry Needling as well as full body ART.
Chris Downey began his tenure at Binghamton University on August 3, 2015 as the Director of Sports Medicine and Athletics Healthcare Administrator. He oversees Sports Medicine, which includes ten full-time staff members and more than a dozen Sports Medicine Student Interns. Binghamton’s Sports Medicine staff provides medical care for more than 400 student-athletes across 21 sports.
Oakes, pictured here with Sochi Winter Olympic Bronze Medalist Erin Hamlin, is currently at Alfred University where he is the program director of Health and Fitness Management as well as a clinical instructor in the Athletic Training Education Program. He brings a wealth of knowledge and skills in high performance sports having worked for USA Luge and USA Bobsled and Skeleton over the course of 5 years.
Robert Minlionica, an Alfred University Alumnus ('15, Honors) is now pursuing a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Logan University in Chesterfield, MO. Prior to continuing his education in Missouri, Robert worked as both a Summer and Seasonal Athletic Training Intern with the New York Jets of the National Football League.
Jamie graduated from Alfred University in 2013 with her Bachelor's in Athletic Training and a minor in Exercise Science. She then continued on to Winthrop University where she worked as a graduate assistant for two years while getting her Master's in Sport and Fitness Administration.