The Northwest Missouri State University athletic training room soon will be named the David "DC" Colt Athletic Training Room. The ceremony, which is open to the public, will take place at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, on the lower level of Lamkin Activity Center.
Colt was a faculty member in Northwest’s Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and was the University’s head athletic trainer for 27 years. In 2008, he became athletic trainer at the Air Force Academy.
In addition to naming the training room in Colt’s honor, a fundraising initiative aims to garner $100,000 for the Colt Fund, which has been established through the Northwest Foundation. The purpose of the Colt Fund is to raise money and house gifts that are designated to support the University’s sports medicine program. The funds will be used at the discretion of the athletic training staff for equipment or immediate or long-term improvements to the athletic training room.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Colt graduated from West Virginia University in 1977, received his master’s from Northwest in 1978 and his doctorate in education from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2006.
Colt has been a certified athletic trainer since 1977 and has received many accolades throughout his career, including four Hall of Fame inductions. Most recently, Colt was named to the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2008. He also was inducted into the Missouri Athletic Trainers’ Association Sports Medicine Hall of Fame, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the Mid-America Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame.
The Sept. 25 ceremony is scheduled in conjunction with the Chip Strong Memorial Golf Tournament at Mozingo Lake Golf Course in Maryville. A portion of the proceeds from the golf tournament will benefit the Colt Fund. Friends, family, former student-athletes, athletic trainers and others who worked with Colt are encouraged to attend.
Story courtesy of Northwest Missouri State athletics .