On April 19, 2015 UC Santa Barbara hosted its “First Annual Gauchos Swim With Mike”, which was a satellite event for the Swim with Mike scholarship fund. The event was organized by UCSB staff athletic trainer, Kelly Walsh. After two current UCSB students received 2014-15 scholarships through Swim With Mike, which helps physically challenged athletes get a college education, Walsh (who had been involved with the charity for over 20…
This year’s annual FWATA Scholarship Golf Tournament was held at Riverwalk Golf Course in San Diego, basically just a driver and a good 5-iron away from the Town and Country Resort. Registration opened at noon with several golfers already lined up. After grabbing lunch and drinks and purchasing up to three mulligans per participant golfers took advantage of the the opportunity to warm up on the driving range and putting…
Join the 2nd annual walk/jog event to support athletic trainers and the Athletes Saving Athletes (ASA) program. This year help us Relay the Message around our concussion education campaign, #ASASpeakUp! The Organization: Advocates for Injured Athletes (A4IA), is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. It was founded in 2010 after high school lacrosse player, Tommy Mallon, suffered a life-threatening catastrophic injury during a game. Tommy fractured his neck, dissecting a vertebral…
Daniel D. Arnheim Scholarship – Marissa Sumida, Chapman University Gail Weldon Memorial Scholarship – Jillian Hubbel, Cal State University Fresno Lew Crowl Scholarship – Nysa Allen, University of La Verne Jerry Lloyd Memorial Scholarship – Jesse Williams, Cal State University Fullerton FWATA Hall of Fame Memorial Scholarship – Sara Hart, Cal State University Fresno CATA Scholarship – Hope Allen, University of La Verne Nelson Family Scholarship – Noelle Cahill,…
It was a night to honor all the FWATA Awards winners with 600 attendees. We celebrated HATA’s 30th Anniversary with special “Aloha” favors.
CATA State Recognition Award – Mike West, Jurupa Valley High Schoo/ California State Representative CATA Special Service Award – Eric Paredes Family, Save a Life Foundation CATA Life Saver Award – Erin Stovall, Archbishop Riodan High School HATA Special Service Award – Lyn Nakagawa, MS, ATC, CSCS, Univeristy of Hawaii at Manoa/District 8 Secretary Michelle Samuel M.S., ATC, LAT from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas…
Samuel Lee, MS, ATC | Hawaii Baptist Academy Chris Mumaw, MA, ATC Past FWATA Honors & Awards Chair Kavin Tsang, PhD, ATC Cal State University, Fullerton
NATA Research & Education Foundation Scholarships Gail Weldon Memorial – Abby Knight (University of La Verne) William “Bill” Chambers – Brenda Valdez Nava (CSU Fullerton) Jack Rockwell Memorial – Nysa Allen (University of La Verne) Larry “Stosh” Neumann Memorial – Jesse Williams (CSU Fullerton) Ronnie Barnes – Yusuke Ohashi (CSU LB) Bill Buhler Memorial – Hope Allen (University of La Verne) NATA Foundation – Tyler Voas (San Diego State Univ)
All the attending FWATA Hall of Fame members gather during the Annual Meeting to reminisce about the past and catch up with each other’s lives! It was a great honor to have NATA President Thorton and Rachel Oats, NATA Associate Executive Director at this special breakfast. (L-R) Bill Chambers, Lew Crowl, Fran Babich, Robert Kersey, Carolyn Greer, Julie Max, Tony Marek, Tom Abdenour, Rachel Oats, Jim Thorton and Scott Sailor
Free Communications Research Presentation Award 1st Place: Sara Nottingham, EdD, ATC (Reasons for and Mechanics of Documenting Patient Care Among Athletic Trainers: A Report from the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network) 2nd Place: Monica Caro (Bilateral Comparison of Lower Extremity Joint Energetics during Drop-Jumping) 3rd Place Runners Up (tie): Tricia Kasamatsu, PhD, ATC (Predicting the Likelihood of an Existing Concussion Management Policy in Secondary Schools: An Athletic Trainers’ Perspective), Tim…
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