Visiting Team Guide

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Welcome to Soka University of America!

It is our pleasure to have you visit our campus and the beautiful surrounding city of Aliso Viejo, CA.

The Soka University of America campus offers free parking. No parking permit is required the day of your game/meet/contest. For soccer and track & field teams; bus loading and unloading is available for you at the top of the hill located directly above the track & field and soccer field facility. For swimming teams; your bus may drop you off in front of the Soka University Gymnasium. We ask that after your team is dropped off, if traveling by bus, have that bus proceed to park in parking lot “A” unless directed otherwise by a Soka University campus security or other Soka personnel. If traveling by vans, you may park in parking lot A or parking lot B (parking structure).

For visiting teams, post-contest showers & towels will be provided if requested no later than one week in advance to your scheduled event with the Soka University Athletics personnel.

During your time at Soka University, our athletic trainers are here to provide the most professional athletic training services to you and your student-athletes. The Athletic Training Room is located within the Soka Gymnasium, Room 136B. If a member of your medical staff will not be traveling with the team, or if you have any special needs, please contact us in advance. If any of your athletes need treatment prior to their competition/game please provide a signed letter from your institution’s Certified Athletic Trainer with the athlete’s name and desired treatment. This letter can be emailed to jcarrillo@soka.edu and nmurzen@soka.edu or faxed at the latest, one day prior to competition day.

If you have any questions or concerns that arise during your stay, please feel free to contact our Athletic Director Mike Moore, or our Assistant Director of Athletics Erica Baldaray.

Thank you and welcome.

Soka University of America Athletic Department

During your time at Soka University, our athletic trainers are here to provide the most professional athletic training services to you and your student-athletes.

The Athletic Training Room is located within the Soka Gymnasium, Room 136B. The athletic training room is open 11am – 7pm weekdays and two hours before competition on weekends. If a member of your medical staff will not be traveling with the team, or if you have any special needs, please contact us in advance. If any of your athletes need treatment prior to their competition/game please provide a signed letter from your institution’s Certified Athletic Trainer with the athlete’s name and desired treatment. This letter can be emailed or faxed at the latest, one day prior to competition day.

Available modalities include:
*Hydrocollator packs   *Cold Whirlpool           *Ice Bag
*Ice Cups                   *E-stim                      *Ultrasound

At the competition/game a certified athletic trainer will be on site and will provide water and injury ice along with emergency equipment (AED, vacuum splints, crutches, spine board, etc). Please note that if you are sending a student-intern athletic trainer with your team, it is imperative that you inform them as well as your coaching staff that all medical decisions will be made by the host institutions Certified Athletic Trainer. If emergency or urgent medical care is needed or warranted, please refer to the local medical facilities:

EMERGENCY CARE                            URGENT CARE
Saddleback Memorial Hospital South Coast Medical Group
24451 Health Center Drive 5 Journey, Suite 130
Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
(949) 837-4500 (949) 360-1069

If you have any questions or concerns that arise during your stay, please feel free to contact our head athletic trainer Jenny Carrillo or our Athletic Director Mike Moore.

Thank you and welcome.

~ Soka University of America Athletic Department