Shelby Dale joined UTSA’s Sports Medicine Staff in July 2018 and works primarily with the soccer program as an Associate Athletic Trainer overseeing the Park West Field House.
Dale is a native of Tampa, Florida, and graduated from the University of Tampa in 2014 with her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training. While at UT, she studied abroad to the National Taiwan Sport University and was able to experience non-traditional sports as well as non-western treatment options. Dale completed an undergraduate internship with the Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) during their National Championship season in 2012. She then moved on to Illinois State University to complete her Master of Science in Athletic Training, graduating in 2016. While completing coursework at ISU, she served as the athletic trainer for the Men’s Soccer, Women’s Volleyball, Softball and the Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving programs at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Dale completed two years as an intern with the University of Tennessee Track and Field programs and the Vol’s Swimming and Diving programs. During the summers, Dale has previously worked as the Medical Director for Camp Woodward, an action sports and acrobatic summer camp located in Woodward, Pennsylvania. In November 2023, she was selected to serve as an Athletic Trainer with the Team USA Para Track and Field team for the Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile and in 2024 was selected to serve in the same capacity for the Team at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France. She holds certifications in Graston Technique M-1 Basic, Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation, National Academy of Sports Medicine- Performance Enhancement Specialist and Sports and Orthopedic Regenerative Dry Needling Level 1.
In her free time, she likes to be outside, hanging out with friends, family and her dog Maverick or watching a good movie and says her favorite superhero is Iron Man.