A Kent State University and University of Pittsburgh graduate, George H. Camp III was the first athletic trainer at Middle Tennessee State University, joining the school in 1969. The lone athletic trainer at the school for many years, he cared for countless athletes in his time and saw tremendous growth in the athletic department for years before gaining an assistant. Mr. Camp was a founding member of TATS, which began with an Ad Hoc committee at Vanderbilt University in 1977. He and his contemporaries helped to pave the way for the next generation of athletic trainers, who speak highly of him. George Camp passed away in 2022.