Rae Martin joined the Samford Sports Medicine staff in 2022 as Assistant Athletic Trainer with the Bulldogs football and softball teams. She also serves as the coordinator of the Sports Medicine Student Assistant Internship Program. She is also an active member of the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association Collegiate and Professional Committee.
Prior to joining the Bulldogs Sports Medicine team, Martin served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at King University in Bristol, TN from 2017-2019, predominantly working with the women’s wrestling, softball, and swimming teams. She was granted an opportunity to work alongside a Sports Orthopedic Surgeon as a Clinical Athletic Trainer and First OR Assist from 2019-2021. Martin returned to King University for the 2021-2022 academic year as Co-Head Athletic Trainer. During her time at King University, she worked with men’s wrestling, softball, men’s volleyball, acrobatics and tumbling, cycling, and track and field.
Martin graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training coupled with a concentration in Exercise Science and a minor in Education. After earning her ungraduated degree, she completed a graduate assistantship at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania in 2017, while earning her Master of Science in Athletic Training, Advanced Clinical Practice. Her primary sport coverage included women’s volleyball and men’s wrestling.
Prior to her Athletic Training career, Martin worked as an EMT-Paramedic. She is also a member of the USA Wrestling Medical Pool, where she worked with the women’s wrestling Olympic team prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Martin was also the Athletic Trainer for Team USA at the World Championships in Oslo, Norway in 2021 and continued her tenure with Team USA at the United World Wrestling Senior World Championships in Normandy, France and Belgrade, Serbia in 2023.
Martin hails from West Palm Beach, Florida. In her free time, she enjoys being active outdoors, cooking, and volunteering.
