MARYVILLE – Maryville College Athletics announced this week the addition of three new assistant athletic trainers to the staff.
LeeAnn Grayson, Zoe Hollowell and Caleb Johnston all began their tenures this summer and have been working with the Scots during preseason practices.
"We are excited to have LeeAnn, Zoe and Caleb join our Maryville College athletic training staff," Scots head athletic trainer Jenny Massey said. "They bring experience working with a variety of teams and levels, and they are eager to help our teams stay healthy and perform at their best. We are looking forward to a great academic year with these three new staff members."
LeeAnn Grayson
Grayson arrives at Maryville after two years at Division I Western Carolina. She had primary sports coverage of softball with the Catamounts to go with secondary football responsibilities. Grayson began her WCU tenure as an Athletic Training Intern before being promoted during summer 2022. She earned New Preceptor of the Year in the WCU MS of Athletic Training Program.
Grayson moved to WCU after serving as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Augusta University, where she worked primarily with softball and the sports of basketball and cross country.
Previous stops saw Grayson at Emmanuel College in Georgia, BenchMark Physical Therapy in Augusta and the University of Alabama in June 2016. While an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, Grayson worked with both football and women's basketball before graduating with a bachelor's degree in Education in 2017. She earned her master's degree in Kinesiology from Augusta in 2020.
"I've really enjoyed my time at Maryville College so far and am looking forward to the upcoming school year," Grayson said. "Go Scots!"
Grayson is a native of Savannah, Georgia.
Zoe Hollowell
Hollowell joins the Maryville staff after a stint as an athletic training student at Young Harris College in Georgia. Before that, she did clinical rotations working with various teams at Georgia Military College and Morgan County High School, also in Georgia, before her final internship at Young Harris.
Hollowell graduated twice from Georgia College & State University, first in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and again in May 2023 with her master's in Athletic Training. She has assisted with medical coverages of practices and games, traveled with teams to games and managed multiple athletes through their softball season. She has managed on-field and sideline emergencies, provided treatment and rehabilitative exercise programs for post-operative ACL and communicated with coaches about an athlete's return-to-play status.
"I am super excited to start this new journey as a Scot and can't wait to see what this year holds for our student-athletes," Hollowell said.
She is a native of Buford, Georgia.
Caleb Johnston
Johnston comes to Maryville after working for two years at Bridgewater College in Virginia and with the Bristol Stateliners collegiate baseball team. At Bridgewater, Johnston was an Assistant Athletic Trainer, working primarily with men's soccer, women's basketball and softball while assisting with the tennis programs and spring field hockey. With the Stateliners, Johnston served as Head Athletic Trainer and traveling coordinator.
He spent 18 months as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for all men's programs at Milligan University and assisted with women's programs of swimming, volleyball, softball, basketball and flag football. Before that, he was an Athletic Training Intern at Point University in Georgia and worked with football, tennis and swimming and softball programs. Previous posts saw Johnston at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia and with the Bristol Pirates of minor league professional baseball.
Johnston completed his education in his home state of Virginia, obtaining a master's degree in Athletic Training from the University of Lynchburg while graduating from Emory & Henry College with a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies of Science.
"I want to thank Jenny and the entire Maryville College athletics department for the opportunity to work alongside them to ensure the benefit of the student-athletes," Johnston said.
He is a native of Bristol, Virginia.
