The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Softball
- Title:
- Associate Athletic Trainer (Softball)
MEd, ATC, LAT
University of Texas at Austin – B.S. Athletic Training 2008
University of Virginia – M.Ed. Athletic Training 2010
Kassi Hardee joined the Texas Athletics Sports Medicine staff in 2011. She is a former UT Athletic Training Student (2005-08), a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin's Athletic Training Education Program, and both a certified athletic trainer (ATC) and a state licensed athletic trainer (LAT). After earning her bachelor's, she spent time across the Atlantic exploring Europe before accepting a position as a Graduate Assistant at The University of Virginia. Her primary responsibilities while in Charlottesville were with football, women's rowing, and spirit. During that time, the UVA women's rowing team won both an ACC title and a national championship.
In 2010, Hardee published a Clinical Commentary article in the North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. Likewise, in 2012, her master's thesis was published in the Journal of Athletic Training.
After completing graduate school, Hardee moved to Syracuse, New York where she worked as an athletic trainer for a physical therapy clinic and the Syracuse City School District. She returned to Austin to join the UT staff in August 2011 as the athletic trainer with women's swimming and diving for six seasons. From 2015-17 Hardee also served as the athletic trainer with women's tennis. For five seasons, Fall 2017-Fall 2022, she managed the health and wellness of the softball team - including the Longhorns’ exciting run in the 2022 Women’s College World Series. Most recently Hardee transitioned to a role with the Applied Sports Science Department as a Performance Analyst.
Hardee was the recipient of the 2013 SPTS IJSPT Achievement of Distinction for a Clinical Suggestion Manuscript Award and the 2018 Big 12 Conference Assistant Athletic Trainer of the Year.
A native of Houston, Kassi and her husband, Taylor, have one son and reside in Austin, Texas.
