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2015 Athletes Saving Athletes 2nd Annual Walk/Jog Fundraiser Wrapup

Advocates for Injured Athletes (A4IA) hosted their 2nd Annual “Relay the Message” Walk/Jog-a-thon on May 2nd at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego CA.  This year’s message was to Speak Up about concussion signs and symptoms.  Along with the walk, there were booths with information on concussions, heat illnesses and sudden cardiac arrest. Approximately ~175 participants including San Diego Athletic Trainers, UC San Diego Sports Medicine Department, and multiple…

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District 8 NATA Foundation 5K Challenge

The NATA Foundation 5k is returning in 2015! You can run or walk, and proceeds benefit the NATA Research & Education Foundation. The race is at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, June 26. Sign up for the race when you register for the NATA 66th Clinical Symposia and AT Expo in St Louis, MO. FWATA District 8 NATA Foundation Board members, Robert Kersey, PhD, ATC, and Kavin Tsang, PhD, ATC, are…

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UC Santa Barbara Hosts First Annual Gauchos Swim With Mike

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…

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FWATA Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament Wrap-Up

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…

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2015 Athletes Saving Athletes 2nd Annual Walk/Jog Fundraiser

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…

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2015 FWATA Student Scholarship Winners

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,…

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2015 FWATA Awards Banquet

It was a night to honor all the FWATA Awards winners with 600 attendees. We celebrated HATA’s 30th Anniversary with special “Aloha” favors.

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2015 State Special Service Awardees

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…

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2015 NATA Research & Education Foundation Scholarship Awardees

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)

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