Hailey Westover joined the UMass Lowell Athletic Healthcare staff in the fall of 2024 and is primarily responsible for the healthcare and wellbeing of the men’s Soccer and the softball programs.
Westover comes to the Mill City with two years of experience at four notable universities. At her most recent stop, Tufts University, she dedicated her time to the men's lacrosse team, as well as the men's and women's swimming and diving programs. Westover evaluated and tended to the athletes' injuries at events and provided rehabilitation services. When not caring for an athlete, Westover completed administrative duties, such as documenting notes and updating records.
Before Tufts, Westover spent several months during 2023 at Buffalo State University, working with women's soccer, men's ice hockey, and men's and women's volleyball. She was tasked with spearheading the design of emergency action plans for general health and mental health emergencies. Westover assisted with preseason evaluations and return to play protocol. She also built rehabilitation plans for athletes both pre/post operation and non-operative.
Westover spent the other half of 2023 at the University of Buffalo with the men's basketball and men's tennis programs. Here she assessed non-orthopedic conditions and administered manual therapy techniques, such as cupping and joint mobilizations.
In 2022, Westover's athletic training journey had begun at D'Youville University. She was assigned to the women's volleyball, softball, women's lacrosse, and cross country teams, conducting baseline concussion screenings and performing rehabilitation methods for the athletes.
Westover earned her master's degree in athletic training from SUNY Buffalo in 2024 and her bachelor's degree from SUNY Brockport in 2021, where she studied exercise science.
Westover is a BOC certified athletic trainer and holds her Commonwealth of Massachusetts Athletic Training license.
