A message from Gina Biviano, CATA Membership Legislative Action Committee, Chair Hit the Hill and Legislative Action Team Coordinator: On behalf of the California Athletic Trainer’s Association (CATA) Governmental Affairs Committee I cannot express THANK YOU enough for your participation in this year’s CATA Hit the Hill lobbying day. Without a doubt this was not only our best attended event but our best overall Hit The Hill to date! Over…
The FWATA Public Relations Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the Excellence in Athletic Training Award. Each quarter, the Excellence in Athletic Training Award celebrates District 8 athletic trainers or athletic training student members who display an exceptional commitment to mentoring, professional development or enhancing the quality of health care. This quarter’s winner is Reid Takano BS, ATC of Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawai’i. “Mahalo nui loa! It’s…
San Diego State University Athletic Training Education Program is proud to announce that Robert Bowers, Jr. has been awarded the 2015 Robert J. Moore Distinguished Alumnus Award. “Robbie” currently is the head athletic trainer at Rancho Bernardo High School in Southern California. Announcement Flyer The San Diego State University School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences will present the award ceremony on: Sunday April 19, 2015 Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center…
Football punished Jon Sung’s body. He endured three concussions, tore his groin and rolled his ankle plenty during his final two seasons at Esperanza High School. While rehabilitating from his injuries, he studied the athletic trainers who were helping him, mesmerized by the movements and drills they enacted to help injured athletes and the medical terms they spewed. This is what they do all day? They help athletes? The football…
EUGENE, Ore. – Ami Lakoju, a freshman on the UCSB men’s basketball team, had to be revived with a defibrillator after collapsing during Sunday night’s practice while in preparation for tonight’s basketball game at the University of Oregon. He was rushed by paramedics to River Bend Medical Center in Springfield where his condition had not been released yet by press time. UCSB officials said they were also unable to comment…
A.B. Miller High School is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Safe Sports School award for its Rebel Athletics Program. The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes. The award reinforces the importance of providing the best level of care, injury prevention and treatment. “A.B. Miller is honored to receive this 1st Team recognition from NATA, and we remain committed…
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Death certificates have empty spaces to be filled — even if death, like life, never fits easily into bureaucratic boxes. The death certificate of Damon Janes sketches a terrible story. Usual Occupation: Student. Kind of Business or Industry: High School. Immediate Cause of Death: Blunt impact injury of head. Place of Injury: Football Field. The nexus of high school football and death trespasses too often on the…
On October 25th, 2014 the University of La Verne Athletic Training Student Club (ATSC) hosted the Annual 5k Community Fun Run , at the University of La Verne. The Fun Run drew over 110 participants and the proceeds help raise funds to attend educational conferences like the FWATA and NATA annual meetings. The Athletic Training Student Club is dedicated to promoting the athletic training profession and health awareness through education…
On Saturday, October 11th 2014, University of Hawaii at Manoa Post-Professional Athletic Training Program students Timothy Cuddeback and Nicholas DePhillipo helped volunteer for the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. They were part of the logistics and transportation crew and helped transport athletes to cots in the medical tent, triage, and weigh them in. They were a valuable asset to the medical team for the Ironman and made lasting relationships. …
The results the NATA presidential election are finalized, and former FWATA District Director, Scott Sailor, EdD, ATC, has been voted by the membership to be our next president. He will take office in June 2015. Our sincere thanks to Russ Richardson for his willingness to serve the association and to all the members who engaged in the voting process. We caught up with Sailor shortly after he received the big news from…
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