For more than 25 years, Terry Geirnaeirt has been a pillar of the Illinois College athletic department as an athletic trainer. Starting as a part-time trainer who doubled as a hall director in Crampton Hall,  Geirnaeirt has become a constant in the experiences of nearly every student-athlete who walks through the doors of the Bruner Fitness and Recreation Center and into the athletic training room that he helped design. Since beginning as a one-man crew in December of 1991, and continuing to work solo for nearly 20 years,  Geirnaeirt has treated thousands of Illinois College athletes, including NCAA Tournament and Championships qualifiers from the sports of volleyball, men's basketball, football and track & field. Many graduates who learned under him have also followed in his footsteps by choosing careers in the athletic training industry.