Athletic Training
High Point Christian Academy is proud to partner with Atrium Health to provide expert athletic training support for our student-athletes. Through this partnership, HPCA athletes have access to highly skilled athletic trainers who are dedicated to promoting health, safety, and performance excellence in every sport.
Our Atrium Health athletic trainer works closely with coaches, athletes, and families to prevent, assess, and treat injuries, ensuring that each student-athlete receives prompt, professional care. They provide guidance on conditioning, injury prevention, rehabilitation, and safe return-to-play protocols, helping athletes perform at their best while prioritizing long-term health.
This collaboration reflects HPCA’s commitment to supporting the whole student-athlete—physically, mentally, and spiritually—so our teams can compete safely and confidently. With Atrium Health’s expertise on our sidelines, HPCA athletes can pursue excellence in sports while being well cared for and guided toward optimal performance.
About Our Trainer
Briana Lawry-Popelka comes to us from High Point University, where she worked for two years as an assistant Athletic Trainer. Her first year as one of the track and field Athletic Trainer and her second year as the women’s Volleyball Athletic Trainer.
She completed her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science in 2019 from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She was then part of the first cohort at ODU for the master of Science in Athletic Training and graduated with her master’s degree in 2021.
High Point Christian Academy is a religious institution that admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students of the school. HPCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in its administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, tuition assistance, and athletic and other school-administered programs.