Sammie Charters

Biography

Sammie Charters joined the sports medicine staff full time in June of 2015. Serving as an Associate Athletic Trainer, she was recently promoted to Co-Manager of the East Athletic Training Room in July of 2024 and serves as the primary athletic trainer with the volleyball and women’s golf teams. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, she oversees the Assistant Athletic Trainer for men’s and women’s tennis and the intern athletic trainer for the Tennessee spirit programs. Her current administrative duties include Nike ordering and inventory, assisting with Graduate Assistant/Intern hiring, new staff orientation & onboarding, women’s health liaison and Graduate Assistant/Intern education programming. During Charters’ second season with volleyball, the Lady Vols enjoyed one of the best campaigns in program history in 2023, advancing to the regional semifinals for the first time since 2005, hosting the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 and earning the program's best-ever national seed at No. 10. She worked with four All-Americans, including 2023 AVCA Southeast Region Player of the Year and SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Morgahn Fingall as well as freshman standout and All-SEC setter Caroline Kerr. A staple with the program since the 2016-17 season, Charters continues to serve women’s golf during an impressive stretch, as the team boasts seven NCAA Regional appearances in eight years (excludes the 2019-20 season) and a pair of NCAA