Boston University Mourns the Passing of Maria Hutsick
October 24, 2023 | General
BOSTON - The Boston University Department of Athletics mourns the passing of Maria Hutsick, who became one of the most respected athletic trainers in the country during her 27-year career at BU. Hutsick passed away on Oct. 20 following a two-year battle with cancer.
A true pioneer in her profession, Hutsick became one of the first women to serve as a head athletic trainer at the Division I level in 1982 and was the first woman to be an athletic trainer for a Division I football team.
Hutsick worked with the U.S. Olympic women's ice hockey team for eight years and was named its head athletic trainer in 2001. She was behind the bench for the 2002 team that claimed a silver medal at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
A native of Sayre, Pennsylvania, Hutsick spent two years at Yale as an assistant athletic trainer prior to coming to BU in 1980. In addition to her athletic training duties, she was responsible for the organization and administration of the entire BU sports medicine department. She was also an assistant clinical professor in Sargent College as well as a certified strength & conditioning specialist.
After heading up the athletic training unit at BU for 25 years, she left in 2007 to take the same role at Medfield High School. In addition to her work at the college and high school levels, Hutsick served as an injury spotter for the NFL Network for several years.
A past president of the College Athletic Trainers' Society, Hutsick was on the National Athletic Trainers Association's Board of Certification and was a member of the NCAA Competitive Safeguards Committee. She was named the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association Outstanding Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2002 and served on the editorial board of Training & Conditioning magazine for 21 years.
Hutsick received her bachelor's degree from Ithaca College in 1975 and a master's from Indiana in 1978. In 2017, she became the first athletic trainer to be inducted into Ithaca's Hall of Fame.
Visiting hours will be held on Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon at The Morris-Johnston Funeral Home in Southborough, Massachusetts. Burial will follow at Southborugh Rural Cemetery.
A true pioneer in her profession, Hutsick became one of the first women to serve as a head athletic trainer at the Division I level in 1982 and was the first woman to be an athletic trainer for a Division I football team.
Hutsick worked with the U.S. Olympic women's ice hockey team for eight years and was named its head athletic trainer in 2001. She was behind the bench for the 2002 team that claimed a silver medal at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
A native of Sayre, Pennsylvania, Hutsick spent two years at Yale as an assistant athletic trainer prior to coming to BU in 1980. In addition to her athletic training duties, she was responsible for the organization and administration of the entire BU sports medicine department. She was also an assistant clinical professor in Sargent College as well as a certified strength & conditioning specialist.
After heading up the athletic training unit at BU for 25 years, she left in 2007 to take the same role at Medfield High School. In addition to her work at the college and high school levels, Hutsick served as an injury spotter for the NFL Network for several years.
A past president of the College Athletic Trainers' Society, Hutsick was on the National Athletic Trainers Association's Board of Certification and was a member of the NCAA Competitive Safeguards Committee. She was named the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association Outstanding Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2002 and served on the editorial board of Training & Conditioning magazine for 21 years.
Hutsick received her bachelor's degree from Ithaca College in 1975 and a master's from Indiana in 1978. In 2017, she became the first athletic trainer to be inducted into Ithaca's Hall of Fame.
Visiting hours will be held on Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon at The Morris-Johnston Funeral Home in Southborough, Massachusetts. Burial will follow at Southborugh Rural Cemetery.
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