Stacy Downar joined UNCW’s athletic training staff in August of 2004 as an assistant athletic trainer.

      The Hertford, N.C., native works with the women’s soccer and men’s and women’s swimming teams. In addition, she serves as an instructor in the Department of Health and Applied Human Sciences.           

      Downar, who enjoys going to the beach, sailing, camping, exercising and reading, earned her B.A. In Exercise and Sports Science from UNC Chapel Hill in 2002 and completed her M.S. in Kinesiology and Health Promotion from Kentucky in 2004.

      Downar is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, North Carolina Athletic Trainers Association and Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association.

      She is certified as an American Red Cross First Aid, CPR and AED instructor.