Erica Witkowski MS, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer
Erica Witkowski joined the Prairie Fire Athletic Training staff in the fall of 2017. Erica earned her bachelors in Athletic Training from Northern Illinois University in 2016. She then received her master's degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology and Ability Diversity from Western Illinois University in 2019. Prior to Knox, Erica worked as an athletic trainer for the women's soccer and baseball teams at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
During her time at Northern Illinois, she focused on ACL injury prevention research programs. With her research on ACL injury prevention, Witkowski has been published in the Journal of Athletic Training and presented her work at the National Athletic Training Convention. Erica has also worked as an intern with the University of Illinois men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams and the USA Paralympic Wheelchair Track team during the 2016 Rio Olympic games.
Athletic Training Room: 309-341-7378
Email: erwitkowski@knox.edu
Tim Ladewig MS, ATC, CSCS
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Tim joined the Prairie Fire Athletic Training staff in 2023. He recently completed his M.S. in Athletic Training at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh where he also worked with the football, track and field, and baseball teams. Tim also has experience at Thedacare Orthopedics, Bellin Walk-in Clinic, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Mercy Hospital Emergency Department, Fox Valley Lutheran High School, and Menasha High School.
Athletic Training Room: 309-341-7378
Email: tladewig@knox.edu
Doctors
Team Physician
Dr. Amro M. Elsharoud, M.D. serves as the Knox College Team Physician, specializing in Family Medicine. He attended the Texas Tech University of Health Sciences in Lubbock and is Board Certified in Family Medicine - American Board of Family Medicine.
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