On October 25th, Members of the UNLV Rebel Athletic Training Society (RATS) members were on site during the Las Vegas Cancer Awareness walk to ensure the route was clean and safe for the walkers and acted as first aid responders in case of an emergency. The walk had 15,000+ attendees and raised over $700,000 for the cause. RATS members also hosted Boo BASH at UNLV. A UNLV tradition housed in…
On October 17th, the senior students in the UNLV Athletic Training Education Program hosted a booth at the Henderson Community Expo as a service learning project for their organization and administration course. The expo featured exhibits on health and wellness, fire and crime prevention, and public safety. The UNLV athletic training students’ booth, “Special Considerations for the Youth Athlete”, focused on concussion education and introducing the community to athletic trainers…
Los Angeles Southwest College’s athletic trainer Willda Jarrett has helped some of this country’s elite athletes during her almost 30-year career, but the high point may have taken place this past summer working at the World Deaf Championships in Taoyuan, Taiwan on the staff of the gold-medal winning United States women’s basketball team. “I twice worked the Olympics but the World Deaf Championships was better than that because I was…
Alison Aubert MS, ATC was inducted into the 19th Solano Community College Athletics Department Hall of Fame on October 3rd, 2015. Alison has been the head certified athletic trainer at Solano Community College since 1993, and has been a college athletic trainer since 1987. Alison has also worked for USA track and field since 1984. She was an athletic trainer for track and field in the Los Angeles (1984) and Atlanta…
On Friday, October 2, 2015 at the Sheraton Waikiki ballroom with over 800+ people in attendance, Punahou athletic trainer – Beth Ann Young, ATC received the Distinguished Alumnae Award from her alma mater – Sacred Hearts Academy. The evening – billed as the Sacred Hearts Academy Gala showcased six distinguished alumnae from the all girls school located in Honolulu, Hawaii. As a 1985 Sacred Hearts Academy graduate and long-time Punahou…
SSATC and Gatorade are excited to announce The Gatorade Secondary School Athletic Trainer Award. This award recognizes a certified athletic trainer from each NATA district who has made outstanding contributions in furthering their high school’s athletic care program or the overall profession of secondary school athletic training. Each winner will receive a $1,000 grant toward the program featured in their submission; a Gatorade G Series Performance package – which includes…
On September 28th AT’s Holli Jackson (Edison High School in Huntington Beach, CA) and John Hansen (Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, CA) have been selected by the CIF Southern Section as the 2015 Jim Staunton Champions for Character award recipients. The CIF-SS selects their winners due to their “fierce competitive nature” and for “trustworthy, responsibility, respect, fairness, caring and citizenship.” “This award was completely unexpected but I was…
On September 27th 2015, NATA President Scott Sailor cheered on the 40 plus runners who participated in the San Diego State University, Future Athletic Trainers Society inaugural 5K where they raised $1500 for Advocates for Injured Athletes. “We should all volunteer our time to our profession, we never know where it may lead.” states senior student Daniel Rosselli. The following day President Scott Sailor made a visit to…
Click Here to view the Fall 2015 FWATA Newsletter. This electronic newsletter is published twice a year by the Far West Trainers’ Association for its members. For information contained in this newsletter or to submit articles or ideas please contact the FWATA Newsletter Editor and District 8 Secretary: Lyn Nakagawa, MA, ATC, CSCS at 808.956.7144 or email: lynhn@hawaii.edu. Archived issues can be found on the Resources page in the “Quick Links” column under “Newsletters“.
Anaheim based ATvantage Athletic Training assisted in providing athletic trainers for the 10th anniversary Disneyland Half Marathon taking place over Labor Day weekend, September 5-7, 2015. Care is provided for thousands of runners, with athletic trainers placed in course tents, at the finish line, and in the self serve treatment areas. ATvantage helps staff these races, which occur four times per year. For more information, visit www.theATvantage.com. Courtesy…
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