The 'Red' Romo Scholarship Fund For Student Trainers at the United States Naval Academy.
James Lee Romo
Chairman
Jamie Reed
Co-Chairman
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER/MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR TEXAS RANGERS
Jamie Reed, 46, is entering his third season as head athletic trainer for the Texas
Rangers. From 1997 to 2002, Reed was head athletic trainer for the Tampa Bay Devil
Rays. He also was the assistant athletic trainer for the Baltimore Orioles from
1989 to 1996. While at the Orioles, Reed shared "Major League Baseball Athletic
Training Staff of the Year" honors in 1996 with Richie Bancells. Prior to his Major
League appointment in 1989, Reed spent seven seasons in the Orioles' Minor League
system with teams in Bluefield (Rookie League), Hagerstown (Class A), Charlotte
(Class AA) and Rochester (Class AAA). Reed is a former American League assistant
athletic trainer representative on the PBATS Executive Committee. In addition to
speaking at MLB's 1999 Rookie Development Program, he lectured on the role of the
Minor League athletic trainer at the 1997 NATA Clinical Symposium in Salt Lake City.
In December 2003 Reed traveled to Japan to address the Japanese Professional Baseball
Athletics Trainers Society (JPBATS). Anative of Annapolis, Md., Reed served as athletic
trainer for the U.S. Naval Academy's football and basketball teams from 1982 to
1984, and again in 1988. During the 2000 season, he was selected as the trainer
for the American League team in the All-Star Game. In December 2001, he was selected
by his peers as the new president of PBATS, and was re-elected to the position in
2003. Reed lives in Grand Prairie, Texas ,with his wife Jean and their children,
Zach, Becky, and Rachel.