Rachel Lacy, AT | Associate Sports Medicine Director

Rachel Lacy, M.S., LAT, ATC, is the Associate Sports Medicine Director.  She assists with the supervision of all of Optim’s Athletic Trainers and the Sports Medicine outreach program. Her other responsibilities include ensuring all Optim ATs are staying up to date with the best practices in sports medicine and providing high-quality healthcare. Rachel joined Optim in 2020 and served as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Tormenta FC professional soccer team before managing the Optim Impact program, and was then promoted to her current role.

Before joining Optim, she was the Associate Head Athletic Trainer at Georgia Southern University from 2013-2020. While at GSU, Rachel worked primarily with the women’s basketball team, served as the insurance coordinator, supervised graduate assistants, organized pre-participate physical exams, assisted with drug testing, and managed the day-to-day operations of the Hanner Fieldhouse athletic training facility. Prior to GSU, she was a graduate assistant athletic trainer assigned to men’s and women’s track and field at Arkansas State University.

Rachel served as a Preceptor in Georgia Southern’s athletic training education program, providing both clinical instruction to undergraduate students and guest lecturing in senior-level athletic training courses. In May of 2016, she was recognized by the athletic training education program as the preceptor who made the most impact on students.

Rachel received her undergraduate degree from Salisbury University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training.  While at Salisbury, she was awarded the Hunter R. Smith Athletic Training Student Scholarship as well as the Hunter R. Smith Outstanding Senior Athletic Training Award. In 2013, Rachel obtained her Master of Science in Sports Administration from Arkansas State University.

A native of Crownsville, Maryland, Rachel is credentialed in CPR for the professional rescuer, emergency oxygen, Kinesiotape Level 1-3, Graston M1 Level, Dry Needling, Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Level I-II, Stop the Bleed, Save a Life, and is a Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist Level 1.