Kasinda Bussell

Kasinda Bussell

  • Title
    Assistant Athletic Trainer
  • Email
    khodge3@gsu.edu
  • Phone
    404.413.4177

Kasinda Bussell has been a member of the Georgia State athletics staff since 2011 and is currently serving as an assistant athletic trainer and insurance coordinator. She works primarily with the Panthers women’s basketball team in addition to providing direct supervision to graduate assistant athletic trainers overseeing the track & field and cross country teams.

Bussell founded the GSU community service outreach program PAWS for a CAUSE. In 2013, with the help of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), she organized a drive to collect donations to help serve the homeless in the Atlanta area.

Before returning to GSU, Bussell spent two years at Valparaiso working as an assistant athletic trainer with the Crusaders women’s basketball and soccer teams. While at Valparaiso, Bussell had the opportunity to travel to China with the women’s basketball program. She was able to speak with educators at Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical School about the role of athletic trainers in youth sports.

Bussell received a Master of Science in sports medicine from Georgia State in 2009 after spending two years as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the Panthers. She graduated from Charlotte in 2006 with a B.S. in athletic training. Bussell is also a certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner and Corrective Exercise Specialist, and she currently serves as a member of the Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association Research and Education Committee.

A native of Tulsa, OK, the former Kasinda Hodge is married to Bobby Bussell.