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| Contributed photo Carl Randolph, right, receives the 2012 Minor League Athletic Trainer of the Year award from PBATS President and Head Athletic Trainer of the Baltimore Orioles, Richie Bancells. |
Randolph gets trainer award
By Kevin Sjoberg
Sports Reporter
The Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society has announced the Caribou native Carl Randolph of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization has been named the 2012 Minor League Athletic Trainer of the Year.
Randolph is the minor league coordinator for the Pirates.
Voted on by his peers in PBATS, this award is given annually to an athletic trainer who exemplifies the best in athletic training for their players and demonstrates a deep concern for the community and fellow athletic trainers.
“Carl has been a consummate professional during his time spent in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, said Richie Bancells, presidents of PBATS. “We are so proud of Carl and the excellence he provides as an athletic trainer. He is very deserving of this prestigious award as he exemplifies everything that is right within our profession.”
Randolph is a 1989 graduate of Caribou High School and said his days growing up in Aroostook County prepared him well for his current occupation.
“This job in professional baseball is a very tough job with a long day and long season. If anything, growing up in Caribou has taught me was that hard work is what gets you where you want to go,” Randolph said. “There is no question that long days in the potato fields and on the farm shaped who I am and what I do today.
“Also you do not need to come from a big city to follow your dreams. Anyone can reach their goals if they work hard at it,” he added.
Randolph added that his family, former CHS athletic director Dwight Hunter and the staff at the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department all provided the support that has allowed him to succeed in his career.
He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a degree in athletic training and began his career in baseball with the New York Yankees’ organization in 1993. Randolph has made numerous stops during his career in the minor leagues, including stints with the Oneonta Yankees, Tampa Yankees, Norwich Navigators and the Nashville Sounds.
He has been with the Pirates’ organization since 2001 and has been working as their minor league medical coordinator since 2002.
He resides in Parrish, Fla. with his wife, Marlene. He enjoys spending time outdoors, camping and mountain climbing during the off-season.
His parents are Nate and Claire Randolph of Caribou.
“I will be starting my 20th year and in baseball and it has been a dream come true and quite an enjoyable ride,” Randolph said.
