Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Associate Athletic Trainer
- Phone:
- 325-4108
Olivia Silva, formerly Olivia Vita-Farnsworth, joined Mississippi State University as an Associate Athletic Trainer in July of 2020. Olivia currently is the primary athletic trainer for the Bulldog women's basketball program.
Prior to joining the Mississippi State staff, Olivia was an assistant athletic trainer for George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.), serving the women’s basketball and women’s tennis programs for the 2019-2020 season. She has also previously functioned as an assistant athletic trainer at St. Bonaventure University (Olean, N.Y.) as the primary athletic trainer for their women’s basketball and cross country/track programs from 2017-2019. Before St. Bonaventure, Olivia served at Binghamton University (Binghamton, N.Y.) from 2016 to 2017 as the primary athletic trainer for their softball and track & field programs.
Olivia served as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer for Texas State University (San Marcos, Texas) from 2014 to 2016. During her time in Texas, she was responsible for the sports medicine needs of all varsity and sub-varsity teams at Jack C. Hays High School. While working as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer, Olivia earned her Master of Science Degree in Athletic Training from Texas State University in May of 2016.
Olivia is originally from Baltimore, Md. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Athletic Training from Towson University in May of 2014. She became a certified Athletic Trainer upon graduating from Towson. Olivia is currently licensed in the state of Mississippi and is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association (SEATA), and the Mississippi Athletic Trainers’ Association (MATA). She is a certified American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor, is an ImPACT Trained Athletic Trainer (ITAT), and is certified in Graston M1 techniques.
