NATA Foundation
Supporting and Advancing the
Athletic Training Profession
through Research & Education
Foundation Goals
• To advance knowledge base of athletic
training profession
• To encourage research among athletic
trainers & those that can contribute to the
athletic training knowledge base
• To provide forums for the exchange of ideas
Foundation Goals
• To facilitate presentation of programs &
production of materials providing learning
opportunities about athletic training topics
• To provide scholarships for undergraduate
and graduate athletic training students
• To plan & implement an on-going total
development program
Leadership Directory
Mike Sitler: President, Chair Exec Committee
Clint Thompson: Vice President, Exec Committee
Sue Hillman: Treasurer, Exec Committee
Mark Hoffman: Research Committee Chair
Ken Kladnik: Scholarship Committee Chair
R.T. Floyd: Member Development Chair
MaryBeth Horodyski: Public Relations Chair
Tara Lepp: Nominating Committee Chair
Jeff Kearney: Sponsor Development Chair
Ronnie Barnes: At Large
Mick Koester: At Large
Chuck Kimmel: NATA Board of Directors Liaison
District Chairs & State Representatives
Staff Members
Foundation Director: John Oliver
Development Coordinator: Patsy Brown
Foundation Associate: Barbara Niland
Accounting Associate: Reyna Zamora
District Chairs
Fulfilling the Foundation’s Mission…
District 1: Charlie Redmond
District 2: Steve Bair
District 3: Bob Casmus
District 4: Sally Nogle
District 5: DC Colt
District 6: Matt Comeau
District 7: Tamara McLeod
District 8: Brent Mangus
District 9: Mike Wilkinson
District 10: Tara Lepp
Committees
Activities
Programs
Scholarships
Supporting our future leaders
Scholarships
Well over $1.5 Million so far…
899 scholarships awarded thru 2006
2006: 73 x $2000=$146,000
Approximately 1 out of 3 applicants
receive a scholarship!!
Apply now!!
Thanks to Bill Chambers for all his work
In obtaining scholarship sponsorship!
Scholarship Application Deadline
Postmarked by Feb. 10th
Must have 3.2 GPA
Must be NATA member
Must have sponsor ATC
Applications available
online!!
Don’t drop the ball!!
39 - Undergraduate scholarships
25 - Master’s scholarships
9 - Doctoral scholarships
2006 District 1 Scholarship Winners
Pamela Guglietti
University of New
Hampshire
Masters
William F. X. Linskey Memorial Scholarship
Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
Sports Medicine Group
Chantelle Bowden Central Connecticut State Undergraduate
University
Sponsored by Professional Baseball Athletic
Trainers’ Society
Chun-Man Fong
Undergraduate
Frank George Scholarship Award sponsored by
Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association/NATA
Districts 1 & 2
Marcia Kafchinski Ithaca College
Undergraduate
Larry “Stosh” Newman Memorial Scholarship
Award sponsored by Professional Football
Athletic Trainers’ Society/Gatorade
Jamie Lambert
Undergraduate
Blynn DeNiro Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Professional Hockey Athletic
Trainers’ Society
Undergraduate
Katie Burke Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Tinactin
Springfield College
Springfield College
Kathryn Zackowitz Southern Connecticut
State University
2006 District 2 Scholarship Winners
Christopher O’Brien, MS, ATC Marywood University
Doctoral
Matthew Hoch
Masters
Nicole Surdam
East Stroudsburg
University
Plymouth State
University
University of Delaware
Erica Freeman
West Virginia University Undergraduate
Gregory Hess
Roanoke College
Undergraduate
Jessica Koegel
Slippery Rock
University
East Stroudsburg
University
Undergraduate
Leah Morrison
Waynesburg College
Undergraduate
Meghan Sarao
Slippery Rock
University
Undergraduate
Mary Stein
California University of Undergraduate
Pennsylvania
Rebecca Scanlon, ATC
Lianne McGinn
Masters
Masters
Undergraduate
Sayers “Bud” Miller Memorial Scholarship
Award sponsored by National Football
League Charities
Sponsored by American Orthopaedic Society
for Sports Medicine
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Sports
Medicine Group
Edward Block Courage Society Scholarship
Award sponsored by Professional Football
Athletic Trainers’ Society/Gatorade
William Tessendorf Scholarship Award
sponsored by Professional Football Athletic
Trainers’ Association/Gatorade
Sponsored by McNeil Consumer
Healthcare/Motrin
Thomas J. Kerin Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Tyco Healthcare/Kendall
Bill Buhler Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Baseball Team Medicine
Conference
Del Humphrey Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Schutt Manufacturing Company
Otho Davis Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by PDMA Field Inventory Services,
Inc.
Sponsored by Bike Athletic Company
2006 District 3 Scholarship Winners
Ashley Goodman, MAE, ATC
Melanie McGrath, MS, ATC
Patrick McKeon, MS, ATC
University of South Doctoral
Carolina
University of North Doctoral
Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Virginia Doctoral
Jason Mihalik, MS, ATC
University of North Doctoral
Carolina-Chapel Hill
Anh-Dung Nguyen, MSEd, ATC University of North Doctoral
Carolina-Greensboro
Douglas Bennett, ATC
University of North Masters
Carolina-Chapel Hill
Samantha Boudreau
Charleston Southern
University
University of North
Carolina-Greensboro
Old Dominion
University
Salisbury University
Masters
University of South
Carolina
Old Dominion
University
Masters
Salisbury State
University
Western Carolina
University
Western Carolina
University
Masters
Laura Christopher
Mary Joos, ATC
Laura Marinaro ATC
Byron Millwood, ATC
Lacey Nordsiden, ATC
Benjamin Waples, ATC
Amanda Cope
Emily Mikeal
Masters
Masters
Masters
Masters
Donald J. Fauls Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
NATA Foundation Golf Classic/Gatorade
Lindsy McLean Scholarship Award sponsored by Board of
Certification
Joe & Sally Gieck Scholarship Award sponsored by Joe &
Sally Gieck Charitable Fund
William Prentice Scholarship Award sponsored by MidAtlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association/NATA District 3
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers’
Association/Vandervoort Foundation
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Professional Basketball Athletic Trainers’
Association/Vandervoort Foundation
Sponsored by Medtronic Physio-Control
Jimmy Warfield Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Baseball Team Medicine Conference
Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers’ Society
Sponsored by Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers’ Society
Ralph Salvon Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers’ Society/Gatorade
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers’
Association/Vandervoort Foundation
Sponsored by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Undergraduate Janet Bristor Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Friends of Janet Bristor
Undergraduate Karen Toburen Scholarship Award sponsored by Karen
Toburen, EdD, ATC
2006 District 4 Scholarship Winners
Christina Eyers, ATC
Central Michigan
University
Ryan Wilkinson, MS, ATC Nova Southeastern
University
Ashley Cole
Ohio State University
Doctoral
Ashley Jones
Ohio University
Masters
Joseph McBeth
University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse
Northern Michigan
University
Bethel University
Masters
Chad Henneberry
University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Undergraduate
Julie Kruessel
University of Cincinnati Undergraduate
Haley Orwick
Wright State University Undergraduate
Audra Piszynski
University of IllinoisUrbana Champaign
Ashley Reed
Central Michigan
University
University of IllinoisUrbana Champaign
Bridget Deutsch
Jeffrey Donatelle
Suhei Suzuki
Doctoral
Masters
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
William E. “Pinky” Newell Memorial Scholarship
Award sponsored by Chattanooga Group
Denny & Linda Miller Scholarship Award sponsored
by Friends of Denny & Linda Miller
Sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers’
Association
Otho Davis Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
by Johnson & Johnson Sports Medicine Group
Sponsored by Professional Hockey Athletic
Trainers’ Society
Kent & Maxine Falb Scholarship Award sponsored
by National Football League Charities
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship
Award sponsored by National Basketball Athletic
Trainers’ Association/Vandervoort Foundation
Jeff Snedeker Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers’
Association
Sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers’
Association
Sponsored by Swede-O, Inc.
Undergraduate Dean Kleinschmidt Scholarship Award sponsored
by Professional Football Athletic Trainers’
Society/Gatorade
Undergraduate Sponsored by Professional Baseball Athletic
Trainers’ Society
Undergraduate Sponsored by F. A. Davis Company - Publisher
2006 District 5 Scholarship Winners
Thomas Bertoncino, MS, ATC University of
Kansas
Amanda Glasgow
Oklahoma State
University
Doctoral
Kathleen Hughes
Masters
Shelby Walsten
Dawn Wedeking
University of
Northern Iowa
University of
Northern Iowa
Iowa State
University
Christy Hancock
Tabor College
Gary Herman
Missouri State
University
Masters
Jack Rockwell Scholarship Award sponsored by
Far West Athletic Trainers’ Association/District 8
Roland “Duke” Larue Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Mid-America Athletic Trainers’
Association/NATA District 5
Sponsored by McDavid Sports Medical Products
Masters
NATA Past Presidents Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Football League Charities
Masters
Jack Cramer Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Athletic Trainers’
Association
Undergraduate Chuck Cramer Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Cramer Products, Inc.
Undergraduate Sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers’
Association/Gatorade
2006 District 6 Scholarship Winners
Alison Moore
University of Central Arkansas
Ryan Boozer
Arkansas State University
Sayuri Hiraishi
Texas State University-San
Marcos
Hollie Whittaker
University of Central Arkansas
Masters
Robert H. Gunn Scholarship Award sponsored by
National Football League Charities
Undergraduate Frank Cramer Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Cramer Products, Inc.
Undergraduate Eddie Wojecki Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Southwest Athletic Trainers’
Association/NATA District 6
Undergraduate Sponsored by Professional Baseball Athletic
Trainers’ Society
2006 District 7 Scholarship Winners
Jeffrey Deits
University of Northern
Colorado
Undergraduate Warren Lee Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
by Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers’
Association/NATA District 7
Roxanne Horwath University of New Mexico Undergraduate Sponsored by BHP Copper Fund
Heidi Neitzke
Metropolitan State College Undergraduate Gary Delforge Scholarship Award sponsored by
of Denver
Friends of Gary Delforge
2006 District 8 Scholarship Winners
Haley Daniel, ATC
University of the Pacific
Masters
Jayme Burns
California State
University-Fullerton
California State
University-Fullerton
Undergraduate Sponsored by Big West Conference Officials
Adam Cady
Sponsored by Big West Conference Officials
Undergraduate William H. Chambers Scholarship Award sponsored
by Johnson & Johnson Sports Medicine Group
2006 District 9 Scholarship Winners
Jessica Dysart
University of Georgia Masters
Devona Hollingsworth University of Georgia Undergraduate
Takeo Ichiyanagi
University of Alabama Undergraduate
Renan Saavedra
University of South
Florida
University of West
Alabama
Lauren Steiner
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Bobby Barton Scholarship Award sponsored by
Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association/NATA
District 9
Jerry Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Scholarship Award
sponsored by Jerry Rhea Scholarship/Atlanta
Falcons Scholarship Fund
Dr. Jack Hughston Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation
Thomas J. Kerin Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by DeRoyal Sports Medicine
Jerry Rhea Scholarship Award sponsored by National
Football League Charities
2006 District 10 Scholarship Winners
Patti Davenport, ATC Washington State
University
Michelle Floch ATC
Derek Hirai
Nicole Knigge
Miyuki Nishibe
Matthew Payne
Masters
Mark Smaha Scholarship Award sponsored by
Northwest Athletic Trainers’ Association/NATA District
10
Eastern Washington Masters
Norm Mackie Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
University
by Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers’ Society
Oregon State
Masters
G. E. “Moose” Detty Memorial Scholarship Award
University
sponsored by PRO Orthopedic
Boise State University Undergraduate Gail Weldon Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
by NATA Foundation Golf Classic/Gatorade
University of Idaho
Undergraduate NATA Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by All
NATA Districts
Eastern Washington Undergraduate Julie Max Scholarship Award sponsored by dj
University
Orthopedics
Education
Annual Topics
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Supporting & Funding
NATA Continuing Education
Committee Activities
Head Injury
Sudden Death
Pharmacology
Psychology of Rehab
Lumbar Spine
Hand/Wrist
Infectious Disease
Athletes with Physical & Cognitive Impairment
Emergency Preparedness
Evidence-Based Athletic Training
Cervical Spine Injuries
The ATC/Clinical Instructor
Foundation-sponsored
PASS/Home Study Programs for CEU’s
Myofascial Release (4.5)
Psychology of Sport Injuries (4)
Managing Low Back Problems (5)
Sudden Death in Sports (5)
Disordered Eating Among Athletes (8)
Management of Bloodborne Pathogens (7)
Progressive Rehab - Lower Extremity Injuries (12)
Assessing/Rehabilitating Shoulder Instability (5)
Pharmacology: Therapeutic Medications (10)
Pharmacology: Performance Enhan. & Soc. Drugs (3)
Hand & Wrist in Sports (10) (Online)
Care & Treatment of Asthma (12.5)
Current Trends in Use of E-stim (8.5)
Lecture Exchanges
Promoting Education and the Transfer of Knowledge
through Exchanges with these Prestigious Organizations:
Sponsoring Summits on Vital
Health Care Topics
(Summaries available through Foundation website)
Sudden Death
Healthcare of Youth
Sports Participants
Consensus Conference
 Infusing Evidence-Based
Medicine into Athletic
Training and Clinical Practice
Research
Grant Program Accomplishments
• Over 2 million dollars
of funded research
• Over 150 funded
research projects
directly applicable to
the healthcare of the
physically active
• REF funded research
has appeared in
numerous scientific
journals
General Grants Program
• Application Deadline
February 15 & August 15
• General Categories:
• Basic Science
• Applied Science
• Educational Research
• Online pre-proposals
process
General Grants Program Process
Pre-Proposal Submission
(Rolling submissions)
Research Committee Makes one of the
following Recommendations for Each Proposal
Pre-Proposal
Recommend to REF BOD for Funding
(Evaluated within 6 weeks)
Recommend Not to Fund with Approval
for Resubmission
Accepted Pre-Proposals:
Investigators Invited to Submit Full
Proposal within 2 Years
Recommend to REF BOD for Funding
After Revisions
Grant Proposal Submitted
Recommend Not to Fund without
Approval for Resubmission
February 15 or August 15
Proposal Reviewed by
Research Committee & Content
Specific External Reviewers
Research Committee Consider all
Proposals at Face-to-Face Meeting
REF Board of Directors takes Action on
Recommendations
Investigators Notified of REF BOD Action
(January for August submission and June for
February submission)
Current Requests for Proposals
• General Grant Program
• Epidemiological Study of Pediatric
Sports Health Care
• Exercise by Children and Adolescents
in Warm and Hot Environments
• Bone and Joint Decade
• Evidence-Based Clinical Practice in
Athletic Training
Dissemination of Funded Research
Grant Information Summaries (53 available)
Title of Study
Take Home
Message
Description of
study, with
results and
conclusion
Dissemination of Funded Research
• Scientific Journals
– Journal of Athletic Training
– Gait and Posture
– Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology
– Clinical Biomechanics
– Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
– Journal of Women's Health and Gender Based Medicine
– Journal of Hand Therapy
– Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
– Journal of Physical Therapy
– European Journal of Applied Physiology
– Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
– International Journal of Neuroscience
– Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
– Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
– Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
– International Journal of Sports Medicine
Funding of Graduate Student Research
• Osternig Master’s
Grant
– Multiple awards up to
$1000
– April 15th & October 15th
App. Deadline
• Doctoral Grant
– $2500 Maximum
– March 1st App.
Deadline
• More Information at
www.natafoundation.org
NATA Foundation Distinguished
Scholars Awards
• Distinguished Athletic Training
Research Award
• New Investigator Award
• Doctoral Dissertation Award
Distinguished Athletic Training
Research Award
• Presented in honor of Joseph S. Torg, M.D.
• Sponsored by Riddell, Inc.
• Award Winners
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Kevin M. Guskiewicz (2006)
Christopher D. Ingersoll (2005)
Craig R. Denegar (2003)
Scott M. Lephart (2002)
David O. Draper (2001)
John W. Powell (2000)
David H. Perrin (1999)
Louis R. Osternig (1998)
Kenneth L. Knight (1997)
New Investigator Award
• Presented in honor of Freddie H. Fu, M.D.
• Award Winners
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Darin A. Padua (2006)
Joseph B. Myers (2005)
J. Ty Hopkins (2004)
Sandra J. Schultz (2003)
Jay N. Hertel (2002)
Douglas J. Casa (2001)
Mitchell L. Cordova (2000)
Kevin M. Guskiewicz (1999)
Scott M. Lephart (1998)
Doctoral Dissertation Award
• Presented in honor of David H.
Perrin, PhD, ATC
– Annually recognizes highest
quality research that emanates
from a doctoral dissertation
• Award Winners
– Timothy A. Butterfield (2006)
– Riann M. Palmieri (2005)
• More Information at
www.natafoundation.org
Free Communication Program
• Submissions have
increased by 73%
over the past 5 years
Received
Accepted
400
350
300
• Quality of presented
research has
increased
250
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• Journal of Athletic
Training Supplement
reaching over 30,000
NATA members
50
NATA Foundation is Involved with the
“Bone & Joint Decade” 2000-2010
Global campaign to help understand
& treat musculoskeletal disorders
through prevention, education and
research
Working in concert with UN,
WHO, and other healthcare
organizations
NATA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization:
How can you help to support Athletic Training, and ensure
that all the Foundation’s activities continue?.....
Participate in Foundation’s Fun Events
Donate to the Foundation!!
Fund/sponsor publishing, scholarship, events, etc.
Donate speaker stipends or awards
Explore “planned giving” options, including stocks, shares,
wills, and more
NATA Night 2006 with
Atlanta Braves!
Fun Run
Foundation Golf Classic
Keep in touch with the Foundation’s
many activities…
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eBlast
Newsletter
Thank you for your support!!
Be sure to take
advantage of all the
NATA Foundation’s
activities!!