Sports Medicine

For new athletes, including freshmen, transfer students, and any athlete who has not participated in athletics for consecutive semesters at SUNY Potsdam:

1. Create an ATS profile by August 15
   • The first time you login use the following information:
     1. Username: new
     2. Password: new
     3. Database: atspotsdam
   • The Athletic Training System (ATS) Instructions & Video
   • Access Athletic Training System & Create Your Profile
2. Fill out all personal, contact, emergency contact, and insurance information. Please include clear pictures of the front and back of your health insurance card. Note: Please come to Potsdam with a hard copy or paper copy of your health insurance card to keep on hand in case of emergency.
3. Fill out and save/submit a Participation Statement on ATS by August 15
4. Fill out and save/submit a Concussion Statement on ATS by August 15
5. Submit your sickle cell test results on ATS, by mail, or by email by August 15. Sickle cell test results will only be accepted in the form of an official lab test. A sickle cell test is a blood test, typically taken at birth. Contact the hospital you were born at for those records or schedule an appointment to have the test done. If you are a transfer, your previous school should have these results also. Note: Proof of sickle cell testing is required by the NCAA.
6. Submit the Potsdam Athletics Physical Form and Health History Questionnaire on ATS, by mail, by email or in person by August 15. Note: Submitting by email does not guarantee meeting the requirements set forth by HIPPA. 

1. Login to ATS and update your personal, contact, emergency contact, and insurance information. Please include clear pictures of the front and back of your health insurance card. Note: Please come to Potsdam with a hard copy or paper copy of your health insurance care to keep on hand in case of emergency.
   • Access Athletic Training System
2. Fill out and save/submit a Participation Statement on ATS by August 15.
3. Fill out and save/submit a Concussion Statement on ATS by August 15.
4. Submit the Potsdam Athletics Physical Form and Health History Questionnaire on ATS, by mail, by email, or in person by August 15. Note: Submitting by email does not guarantee meeting the requirement set forth by HIPPA.