Kelly Arends is in his
first year as an Athletic Trainer and Assistant
Professor at the University of West Alabama.
Kelly teaches various classes in the athletic
training program and serves as the lead athletic
trainer for the UWA Football team.
Before obtaining his
undergraduate education, Kelly joined the Missouri
Army National Guard as a combat engineer for six
years. While in the National Guard, he obtained
his Emergency Medical Technician-Basic
certification, and in 2012 obtained his Paramedic
License and Certification. Kelly received his B.S.
in Athletic Training from Central Methodist
University in 2015. While obtaining his
undergraduate degree, he worked as a Paramedic at
Samaritan Hospital in Macon, MO. After
graduating with his B.S., he started working at
Midwest Transplant Network and Saving Sight,
preparing tissues and organs for donation.
Kelly returned to his alma mater as a Graduate
Assistant Athletic Trainer, working primarily with
the Men's Basketball team while completing his
M.Ed. in Athletic Administration. Following
graduation with his M.Ed., Kelly moved to West
Palm Beach, FL, to work at Keiser University as an
Assistant Athletic Trainer with coverage
responsibilities for the Seahawk Football and
Baseball teams. Kelly returned to Missouri in 2019
after accepting the Director of Sports Medicine
and Performance position at Peak Sport and Spine,
primarily working at Westminster College in
Fulton, MO. In the Director of Sports
Medicine and Performance role, Kelly oversaw the
strength and conditioning, insurance coordination,
sports coverage, and rehabilitation of
student-athletes for the college while teaching
multiple classes in the Exercise Science
Department. Since 2017, Kelly has been a
preceptor for undergraduate and graduate athletic
training students from multiple Athletic Training
Education Programs. Kelly is currently ABD
at the University of the Cumberlands and is
working toward completing a Doctorate of
Educational Leadership with a Concentration in
Health Sciences in the spring of 2023.
He resides in
Livingston with his wife Santana, four sons, two
dogs, and two cats.
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