Scott Areceneaux
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Scott is a highly decorated Secondary School Athletic Trainer and the longtime Athletic Trainer at St. Amant High School. He lobbied the Louisiana Athletic Trainer Association for a secondary school committee in 1997. It became the catalyst for improving the secondary school setting. That committee is credited with giving the start to the Safe Sports School Award and the ATLAS project. That committee in 2002, also worked with the Board of elementary and secondary schools to implement the Athletic trainer as a career and technical instructor. Opening the door to a huge influx of secondary schools to employ Athletic Trainers.
He served as the Athletic Trainer coordinator from 1996 -2002 for the LHSAA All-Star Games. In 2011 and 2012 he was chosen to be the Head Athletic Trainer for Team Louisiana football team in the Bayou Bowl. He was an original member of the LHSAA’s first Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. For those efforts working with both the coaches association and high school sports association, he was recognized by LHSCA for his distinguished service in 2012. He worked with his school district to expand athletic trainers in his district and improve pay. His district went from 2 athletic trainers to 14. Those efforts also garnered them more pay for the care they provided. His school became nationally recognized by the NATA three times as a Safe Sports School. (2013 -16, 2016-19, 2019-22).
In 2013, he was selected as the SEATA High School Athletic Trainer of the Year. He has served as a longtime member of the LATA secondary school committee. In 2016 he was elected to be the LATA president through 2018. He continues to serve on the executive committee as past president, president-elect and will serve as president from 2022-24.
In 2018, he garnered the prestigious NATA service award for his work for the profession and his involvement in important sports safety legislation in the state. He has worked on legislation making it a requirement to have AEDs on all school campuses. He was part of legislation that recognized best practices for serious sports injury.
In 2017, Scott was invited to help move the needle to improve sports safety policy in Louisiana. That movement became TUFSS. In 2020 Louisiana signed into law ACT 259 that opened the door for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement best practices for EAPs, WBGT, Cold water immersion, Heat acclimatization, and coaches education. Through the efforts of the Louisiana TUFSS group, they moved Louisiana from 42 to 9th in sports policy.
In 2020, he was awarded the highest honor by the Louisiana Athletic Trainer Association, being inducted into their Hall of Fame. The NATA recognized him in 2021 for 25 years of service. Recently, Scott retired from 30 years of service as the Director of Sports Medicine for St Amant High School.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
- NATA Service Award
- SEATA High School Athletic Trainer of the Year
- LATA Hall of Fame
- LATA Bob Goodwin Award of Merit
- Coursons Care Award
- LHSAA Distinguished Service Award
- APSP Core Value Medal Recipient
- St. Amant High School Shirt of Their Back Award – 50x
- LATA President 2016-2018, 2022-2024
QUALIFICATIONS
- Licensed Athletic Trainer – Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
- Certified Athletic Trainer – Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer
- Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health Sciences – Southeastern Louisiana University
- Associate Degree of Science – Neosho County Community College
