For Luxemburg-Casco native Adam Hallet, returning to L-C High School as a sports medicine professional seemed like an improbable dream.
He and his high school sweetheart wife, the former Sara Streckenbach, were living in Western Wisconsin with the thought of someday getting back to the area to be closer to family. They came back to participate in the Bellin Run — Sara as a runner and Adam as a medical volunteer — and though he wasn’t job searching, Hallet learned Bellin Health was looking to hire a Licensed Athletic Trainer at Peshtigo High School. He applied, landed the job and he and Sara, an ICU nurse, were on their way back — but L-C wasn’t a Bellin school, so Hallet figured that was as close to home as he was likely to get.
That all changed a year later when Bellin began providing L-C’s athletic training services. Again, Hallet, a 2009 L-C grad, applied — and before he knew it the former football player and wrestler was back on the same fields and in the same gyms where he’d competed back in his high school days. 
“The way it’s worked out has been for the absolute best – I love it,” Hallet said. “If you would’ve asked me two years ago, I would’ve said there’s no way — but how everything has worked out, it has been just unreal. It’s been cool.”
Motivated to become an athletic trainer by the AT who helped him when he tore his ACL wrestling as a high school sophomore, Hallet loves his job and relishes the chance to make a difference in the lives of his athletes. He spends his mornings in the clinic setting and mid-afternoons until early evenings (or later evenings on event days) at the high school. 
“It’s just fun – it’s something different every day,” Hallet said. “I really like the event coverage. I’m a big sports fan and I think sports bring out the best in people.”  
Hallet also enjoys serving as a resource for students and families who may struggle to navigate an often-confusing healthcare landscape. And there’s nothing like the feeling of satisfaction when an athlete he’s worked with makes his or her comeback.
“I don’t know if there’s a way to describe it, when you see them return to sport and doing something they enjoy,” he said. “It’s not even the physical aspect of playing the sport, but just mentally, psychologically, returning to the team.”
The Hallets are happy to have returned to their home town, and now they’re looking forward to adding to their own team — Adam and Sara’s first child is due this month. 
“It’s pretty cool,” Hallet said. “I didn’t realize how many people I grew up with stayed here. It just goes to show you how good the community is. We’re happy to be home.”