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
Mark Hoffman: President, Chair Exec Committee
Charlie Redmond: Vice President, Exec Committee
Clint Thompson: Treasurer, Exec Committee
Darin Padua: Research Committee Chair
Beth Raitz-Rex: Scholarship Committee Chair
R.T. Floyd: Member Development Chair
MaryBeth Horodyski: Public Relations Chair
Tara Lepp: Nominating Committee Chair
Ronnie Barnes: At Large
Dave Perrin: At Large
Jeff Ryan: At Large
Marje Albohm: NATA Board of Directors Liaison
District Chairs & State Representatives
District Chairs
Fulfilling the Foundation’s Mission…
District 1: Susan Geyer
District 2: Steve Bair
District 3: Bob Casmus
District 4: Sally Nogle
District 5: Michelle Boyd
District 6: Cynthia Trowbridge
District 7: Tamara McLeod
District 8: Robert Kersey
District 9: Mike Wilkinson
District 10: Tara Lepp
Staff Members
Foundation Director: John Oliver
Capital Campaign Manager: John Honaman
 Development Coordinator: Patsy Brown
 Foundation Associate: Velma Meza
 Foundation Associate: Ty Jones
 Accounting Associate: Reyna Zamora
Committees
Activities
Programs
Scholarships
Supporting our future leaders
Scholarships
Over $1.9 Million granted to date…
1,058 scholarships awarded thru 2008
2008: 75 x $2,000=$150,000
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
Must be a Junior in College
Applications available
online!!
Don’t drop the ball!!
45 – Entry Level scholarships
19 - Master’s scholarships
11 - Doctoral scholarships
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 1
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Doctoral
Rebecca Lopez
University of Connecticut
Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers' Society
Masters
Erin Hagedorn
Quinnipiac University
Karen Toburen Scholarship Award sponsored by Karen
Toburen Scholarship Fund
Masters
Dominique Mathieu
Springfield College
Del Humphrey Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Schutt Manufacturing Company
Masters
Rebekah Porter
University of New Hampshire
Frank George Scholarship Award sponsored by Eastern Athletic
Trainers' Association/Districts 1 and 2
Entry Level
Matthew Cutts
Keene State College
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by F.A.
Davis Company--Publishers
Entry Level
Isaac Gardner
Charleston Southern University
Jerry Rhea Scholarship Award sponsored by National Football
League Charities
Entry Level
James Lisowski
Springfield College
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by
Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers' Association
Entry Level
Jennifer McCormack Lasell College
Jeff Snedeker Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
National Basketball Athletic Trainers' Association
Entry Level
Kelly Raposo
Westfield State College
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
by National Basketball Athletic Trainers' Association/
Vandervoort Foundation
Entry Level
Lauren Ziaks
Northeastern University
William F.X. Linskey Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Johnson & Johnson Sports Medicine Group
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 2
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Doctoral
Scott Heinerichs
Widener University
Ronnie Barnes Scholarship Award sponsored by Ronnie Barnes Endowed
Scholarship Fund
Doctoral
Giampietro Vairo
Pennsylvania State University
Sayers "Bud" Miller Award sponsored by National Football League
Charities
Masters
Shannon Baldwin
East Stroudsburg University
Gail Weldon Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by NATA
Foundation Golf Classic/Gatorade
Masters
Tiffiny Butler
Temple University
Janet Bristor, Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Friends of Janet
Bristor
Masters
Jane McDevitt
Temple University
NATA Foundation Masters Level Scholarship sponsored by American
Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Masters
Douglas Zaruta
University of Pittsburgh
Thomas J. Kerin Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by DeRoyal
Sports Medicine
Entry Level
Mark Balceniuk
Duquesne University
Jimmy Warfield Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Baseball
Team Medicine Conference
Entry Level
Leah Deist
Slippery Rock University
Otho Davis Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Johnson &
Johnson Sports Medicine Group
Entry Level
Jennifer Donnelly
Slippery Rock University
NATA Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by All NATA Districts
Entry Level
Michael Freed
East Stroudsburg University
NATA Past Presidents Scholarship Award sponsored by National Football
League Charities
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 2
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Entry Level
Kerri Gavin
East Stroudsburg
University
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by McNeil Consumer
Healthcare--Motrin
Entry Level
Pascual Guerrero
Long Island University
Norm Mackie Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Professional Hockey
Athletic Trainers' Society
Entry Level
William Jones
Edward Block Courage Society Scholarship Award sponsored by Professional
Slippery Rock University Football Athletic Trainers' Society/Gatorade
Entry Level
Jenna Micsky
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by National Basketball
Slippery Rock University Athletic Trainers' Association
Entry Level
Bailee Miller
University of Pittsburgh
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
Sports Medicine Group
Entry Level
Kyle Moore
East Stroudsburg
University
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by Professional Baseball
Athletic Trainers' Society
Entry Level
Heather Pothier
Long Island University
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by Professional Hockey
Athletic Trainers' Society
Entry Level
J. Luke Pryor
Lock Haven University
of Pennsylvania
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by Professional Baseball
Athletic Trainers' Society
Entry Level
Adam Raikes
Temple University
Otho Davis Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Cegedim Dendrite
(Buzzeo) Intl.
Entry Level
Ashley Rex
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by CASTLE Worldwide,
Slippery Rock University Inc.
Entry Level
Katherine Sullivan
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by McDavid Sports
Slippery Rock University Medicine Products
Entry Level
Robyn Weidner
California University of
Pennsylvania
Blynn DeNiro Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Professional Hockey
Athletic Trainers' Society
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 3
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Doctoral
David Bell
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
William Prentice Scholarship Award sponsored by MidAtlantic Athletic Trainers' Association/District 3
Doctoral
Marc Norcross
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
William Tessendorf Scholarship Award sponsored by
Professional Football Athletic Trainers'
Society/Gatorade
Masters
Rebekah Blend
University of South Carolina
Katie Burke Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
by Schering-Plough
Masters
Colin Covelli
Western Carolina University
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers'
Association/Vandervoort Foundation
Masters
Justin Goins
University of South Carolina
Donald J. Fauls Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by NATA Foundation Golf Classic/Gatorade
Masters
Dawn Minton
University of South Carolina
Dr. Jack Hughston Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by The Hughston Foundation
Entry Level
Bethany Barron
Erskine College
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers'
Association/Gatorade
Entry Level
Takeshi Kojima
West Virginia University
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored
by Bike Athletic Company
Entry Level
Caleb Lott
Mars Hill College
Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by National Basketball Athletic Trainers'
Assn./Vandervoort Foundation
Entry Level
Stephanie Salvatore
Barton College
Joe and Sally Gieck Scholarship Award sponsored by
Joe and Sally Gieck Charitable Fund
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 4
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Doctoral
Jeremy Dicus
Ohio University
Lindsy McLean Scholarship Award sponsored by Board of
Certification, Inc.
Doctoral
Cordial Gillette
Capella University
NATA Foundation Doctoral Scholarship sponsored by
Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers' Assn./Gatorade
Doctoral
Kathryn Webster
University of Toledo
Z. Mel Blickenstaff Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association/District 4
Masters
Amanda Friedline
Hope College
Kent and Maxine Falb Scholarship Award sponsored by National
Football League Charities
Masters
Lindsey Otte
University of Illinois at Urbana
William E. "Pinky" Newell Memorial Scholarship Award
sponsored by Chattanooga Group
Masters
Caroline Wesley
Indiana University
Jerry Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Scholarship Award sponsored by
Jerry Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Scholarship Fund
Entry Level
Lucy Elliott
McKendree University
Linda Weber Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Great
Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association/District 4
Entry Level
Beth Fruechte
Minnesota State University--Moorhead
Larry "Stosh" Neumann Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
by Professional Football Athletic Trainers' Society/Gatorade
Entry Level
Timothy Mauntel
College of Mount Saint Joseph
Ralph Salvon Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers' Association
Entry Level
Chad Moeller
Concordia University of Wisconsin
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by
National Basketball Athletic Trainers' Association
Entry Level
Jessica Raden
University of Montana at Missoula
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by BHP
Copper Foundation
Entry Level
Alex Rhinehart
Wilmington College
Bill Buhler Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Baseball
Team Medicine Conference
Entry Level
Kaylah Riederer
Concordia University of Wisconsin
Julie Max Scholarship Award sponsored by DJO, Inc.
Entry Level
Katie Vissers
University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse
Denny and Linda Miller Scholarship Award sponsored by Purdue
Athletic Training Family and Shelbourne Knee Center
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 5
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Masters
Rachel Brinkman
University of Northern Iowa
Frank Cramer Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Cramer
Products, Inc.
Masters
Yuko Hasegawa
Oklahoma State University
Chuck Cramer Scholarship Award sponsored by Cramer
Products, Inc.
Masters
Jessica O'Neel
Northwest Missouri State University
NATA Foundation Masters Level Scholarship sponsored by BHP
Copper Foundation
Masters
Hajime Takashima Wichita State University
Jack Rockwell Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Far
West Athletic Trainers' Association/District 8
Entry Level
Randyl Meyer
University of Northern Iowa
Roland "Duke" LaRue Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored
by Mid-America Athletic Trainers' Association/District 5
Entry Level
Vanessa Norman
University of Tulsa
Robert H. Gunn Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
National Football League Charities
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 6
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Entry Level
Kelvin Phan
University of Texas at Arlington
Scholarship & Sponsor
Eddie Wojecki Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by
Southwest Athletic Trainers' Association/District 6
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 7
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Doctoral
Matthew Gage
Brigham Young University
NATA Foundation Doctoral Scholarship sponsored by BHP Copper
Foundation
Entry Level
Timothy Cooley
Northern Arizona University
Warren Lee Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Rocky Mountain
Athletic Trainers' Association/District 7
Entry Level
Jessica Tidswell
University of Utah
G.E. "Moose" Detty Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by PRO
Orthopedic/Friends of "Moose" Detty
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 8
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Entry Level
Linda Duong
Chapman University
William H. Chambers Scholarship Award sponsored by Johnson &
Johnson Sports Medicine Group
Entry Level
Alicia Roth
California State University
NATA Foundation Entry Level Scholarship sponsored by Big West
Conference Officials
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 9
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Masters
Shellie Spiers
Louisiana College
Dean Kleinschmidt Scholarship Award sponsored by Professional
Football Athletic Trainers' Society/Gatorade
Entry Level
Alyse King
Eastern Kentucky University
Bobby Barton Scholarship Award sponsored by Southeast Athletic
Trainers' Association/District 9
Entry Level
Katrina Kramer
College of Mount Saint Joseph
Chuck Kimmel Scholarship Award sponsored by Swede-O, Inc.
Entry Level
Carrie Rahn
Valdosta State University
Jerry Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Scholarship Award sponsored by Jerry
Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Scholarship Fund
2008 Scholarship Recipients from District 10
Level
Recipient
Academic Institution
Scholarship & Sponsor
Doctoral
Kenneth Kladnik
Northcentral University Gary Delforge Scholarship Award sponsored by Friends of Gary Delforge
Doctoral
Charles Leddon
Oregon State
University
NATA Foundation Doctoral Scholarship sponsored by National Basketball
Athletic Trainers' Association
Linfield College
Mark Smaha Scholarship Award sponsored by Northwest Athletic
Trainers' Assn./District 10
Entry Level Christopher Hawley
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 $2.25 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
$1,000
– April 15th & October 15th
App. Deadline
• Doctoral Grant
– $2,500 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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Douglas J. Casa (2008)
No Award Given (2007)
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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Tricia J. Hubbard (2008)
Riann Palmieri (2007)
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
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Christopher Mendias (2008)
J. Troy Blackburn (2007)
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
200
150
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• Journal of Athletic
Training Supplement
reaching over 30,000
NATA members
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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
Capital Campaign
The Campaign
for Research
& Education
A PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVE
Photograph Courtesy of the
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2008 – 2010
• The quiet phase of the
Capital Campaign for
Endowed Efforts has
begun!
• Each dollar donated to
endowments pays back
three fold.
• Endowments will truly
GROW THE
FOUNDATION
NATA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization:
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