COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M's Josh Cohen served as the athletic trainer for the USA Baseball 18U National Team as they won their third consecutive world championship at the 2015 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, Japan.
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Team USA finished the competition with an 8-1 record after a 2-1 win over Japan in Sunday's title game.
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Cohen is starting his 11th season as the athletic trainer for the Texas A&M Baseball team. He is known for the wealth of baseball-specific sports medicine knowledge and experience he brings to the Aggie baseball team. Prior to his arrival in College Station, he worked with A&M head coach Rob Childress as the head baseball athletic trainer at Nebraska for two seasons. Before that, Cohen gained professional baseball experience by working as an athletic trainer in both the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.
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The Old Tappan, New Jersey native served as a volunteer emergency medical technician in his hometown for six years. He earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and psychology from The College of William & Mary and went on to receive his master's degree from Nebraska while working with the Husker football and baseball programs.
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Cohen is a nationally certified and state licensed athletic trainer and is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Southwest Athletic Trainers' Association.
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Team USA finished the competition with an 8-1 record after a 2-1 win over Japan in Sunday's title game.
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Cohen is starting his 11th season as the athletic trainer for the Texas A&M Baseball team. He is known for the wealth of baseball-specific sports medicine knowledge and experience he brings to the Aggie baseball team. Prior to his arrival in College Station, he worked with A&M head coach Rob Childress as the head baseball athletic trainer at Nebraska for two seasons. Before that, Cohen gained professional baseball experience by working as an athletic trainer in both the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.
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The Old Tappan, New Jersey native served as a volunteer emergency medical technician in his hometown for six years. He earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and psychology from The College of William & Mary and went on to receive his master's degree from Nebraska while working with the Husker football and baseball programs.
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Cohen is a nationally certified and state licensed athletic trainer and is an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Southwest Athletic Trainers' Association.