Ed Strapp ’93, of Reistertown, Md., co-owner of Sports Medicine Emergency Management and athletic trainer for the United States Ski Team, is headed to the Olympics. In the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Strapp will serve as an athletic trainer and medical staff member for Team USA.

Winner of the 2023 Athletic Trainer Service Award by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Strapp started his career at Hill. He was a multi-sport Major H letter winner, co-head prefect, and member of the Ellis Theatre Guild. He was introduced to training by former Hill athletic trainer, Joe Borysowski, and later attended UNC Chapel Hill for Exercise and Sports Science. After getting his degree, he came back to The Hill for three years as an associate athletic trainer.

“The biggest influence was working with Joe [Borysowski]; he has been a mentor and friend and really helped guide me over the years as I have grown as an athletic trainer and been able to experience so many opportunities since leaving The Hill.”

After Hill, Strapp became the head athletic trainer at Carrabassett Valley Academy in Maine and focused primarily on skiing and snowboarding. He connected with the US Ski and Snowboard Team and began covering events as a rotational athletic trainer. Although he left full-time athletic training to become a paramedic, he has continued with rotational trainings for the US Ski Team, which led to his selection for the Olympics. In both the 2024 Youth Winter Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, he provides medical coverage for all members of Team USA. Strapp says, “We really provide a wide variety of medical services to all of our Team USA athletes, and I am one cog in this team behind the team.”

“At the Olympics, I look forward to the chance to connect with amazing people and experience such an incredible event. I am the guy you pay to never see, so I honestly hope I am never needed, but I’m always there and ready.”

Strapp mentioned several Hill ties who led him to the place where he is today including instructors Jim Long, Winnie O’Shaughnessy, Dave Hannon, and Mark Nelson along with coaches Rev. Bensinger, Tom Herold, and John Micheletto. “I can truly identify a piece of me from everyone on campus that I came across.”