Murray State University Athletics
MSU Athletic Trainers
Alan Lollar, MA, ATC Alan Lollar has been head athletic trainer since 1993. Lollar is a native of Vernon, Alabama. A 1981 graduate of Mississippi State University, Lollar received his master's degree from Murray State in 1984. He also did postgraduate work at Western Carolina. Lollar returned to Murray State in 1992 as assistant athletic trainer after serving six years as assistant trainer at the University of Mississippi. He previously served as assistant director of sports medicine at the University of Richmond from 1984-87. Lollar has had experience with the Bakersfield Mariners, a Class A minor league team of the Seattle Mariners. He also has worked numerous summer basketball camps, including the B/C All-Stars. Lollar is certified by the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification. He is a member of the Kentucky Athletic Trainers' Society and the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association. Lollar and his wife Liz are the parents of Margaret Pearson and John Stanley. Eric Frederick, MS, ATC, NREMT-B Eric Frederick began as assistant athletic trainer in 1993. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Frederick's primary duties include the day-to-day handling of the MSU men's basketball team's training needs. Frederick also assists with MSU football training needs in addition to supervising the coverage of Murray State's spring sports and student trainer staff. Frederick came to Murray State from Texas Christian University, where he served as a student and graduate assistant trainer. A 1992 graduate of TCU with a bachelor's degree in physical education, Frederick also earned his master's degree from TCU in May of 1995. Frederick is certified by the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification and is a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician. He is also a member of the Kentucky Athletic Trainers' Society and the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association. Frederick is also licensed by the Texas State Department of Health. Frederick is the director of the MSU Student Athletic Trainer Workshop held on campus. Frederick and his wife, Christy, are the parents of a son, Elliot. Cate Ellis, ATC Cate Ellis is in her first season at Murray State. She handles the athletic training duties for women's basketball, women's soccer, crew, track and field and several other non-revenue sports. An assistant trainer at Murray State, Ellis is a member of the National Athletic Training Association. She earned her bachelor's degree in athletic training in 2003, graduating cum laude from New Hampshire, and earned her master's degree in exercise science in 2005 from Central Michigan. At New Hampshire, Ellis had the athletic training duties for football, women's basketball, volleyball and field hockey. At Central Michigan, she handled the duties for softball, field hockey, track and field and the nationally-ranked cross country team. Ellis grew up in Saudi Arabia, as her father was an oceanographer for an oil company there, and has played sports all her life. She enjoys hiking and playing basketball. She has two brothers: Seth, 29, who played soccer at Springfield (Mass.) College, and Ian, 21, who is the captain of the swim team at New Hampshire.
