University of West Alabama

Olivia Sabo is returning to West Alabama as an Athletic Trainer and Instructor. Her primary responsibility is providing athletic training services to the UWA football team.

Olivia received an Associate of Arts degree from Catawba Valley Community College in 2013 and her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016. Upon graduation from UNCC Olivia took an internship at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, SC, where she provided athletic training services to the volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, softball and track and field teams.  She then accepted a graduate assistantship at UWA where she completed her Master’s in Physical Education with a concentration in Exercise Science in 2019. 

During her time at UWA Olivia provided athletic training services to the UWA volleyball, softball and football teams.  After UWA Olivia worked as an athletic trainer and interim head athletic trainer at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC.  While at GC she worked primarily with the football, swimming, cross country, baseball and women’s lacrosse teams.

Olivia is excited to return to UWA and provide quality health care and education to the Tiger students and student athletes. She is originally from Salisbury, North Carolina and currently resides in Livingston, Alabama.