NATA Foundation Supporting and Advancing the Athletic Training

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 ØMike Sitler: President, Chair Exec Committee ØClint Thompson: Vice President, Exec Committee ØSue Hillman: Treasurer, Exec Committee ØMark Hoffman: Research Committee Chair ØKen Kladnik: Scholarship Committee Chair ØR. T. Floyd: Member Development Chair ØMary. Beth Horodyski: Public Relations Chair ØTara Lepp: Nominating Committee Chair ØJeff Kearney: Sponsor Development Chair ØRonnie Barnes: At Large ØMick Koester: At Large ØChuck Kimmel: NATA Board of Directors Liaison ØDistrict Chairs & State Representatives

Staff Members Foundation Director: John Oliver ØDevelopment Coordinator: Patsy Brown ØFoundation Associate: Barbara Niland ØAccounting 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 Mc. Leod 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… Ø 899 scholarships awarded thru 2006 Ø 2006: 73 x $2000=$146, 000 ØApproximately 1 out of 3 applicants receive a scholarship!! ØApply now!! Thanks to Bill Chambers for all his work In obtaining scholarship sponsorship!

Scholarship Application Deadline Postmarked by Feb. 10 th üMust have 3. 2 GPA üMust be NATA member üMust have sponsor ATC üApplications 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 Springfield College 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 Springfield College Undergraduate Blynn De. Niro Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers’ Society Undergraduate Katie Burke Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Tinactin 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 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 Mc. Ginn 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 Mc. Neil 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 Mc. Grath, MS, ATC Patrick Mc. Keon, 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 of North Carolina-Greensboro Old Dominion University Salisbury University Masters University of South Carolina Old Dominion University Masters Salisbury State 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 Donald J. Fauls Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by NATA Foundation Golf Classic/Gatorade Lindsy Mc. Lean 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 Mid. Atlantic 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, Ed. D, ATC

Christina Eyers, ATC 2006 District 4 Scholarship Winners Central Michigan University Ryan Wilkinson, MS, ATC Nova Southeastern University Ashley Cole Ohio State University Doctoral Ashley Jones Ohio University Masters Joseph Mc. Beth 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 Illinois. Urbana Champaign Ashley Reed Central Michigan University of Illinois. Urbana Champaign Bridget Deutsch Jeffrey Donatelle Suhei Suzuki Doctoral Masters 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 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 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 Mc. David 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 Masters Robert H. Gunn Scholarship Award sponsored by National Football League Charities Ryan Boozer Arkansas State University Undergraduate Frank Cramer Memorial Scholarship Award sponsored by Cramer Products, Inc. Sayuri Hiraishi Texas State University-San Undergraduate Eddie Wojecki Memorial Scholarship Award Marcos sponsored by Southwest Athletic Trainers’ Association/NATA District 6 Hollie Whittaker University of Central Arkansas 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 Jayme Burns Adam Cady Masters Sponsored by Big West Conference Officials California State University- Undergraduate Sponsored by Big West Conference Officials Fullerton California State University- Undergraduate William H. Chambers Scholarship Award sponsored Fullerton 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 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 De. Royal 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 ’ 94 -’ 96: ’ 96 -’ 97: ’ 97 -’ 98: ’ 98 -’ 99: ’ 99 -’ 00: ’ 00 -’ 01: ’ 01 -’ 02: ’ 02 -’ 03: ’ 03 -’ 04: ’ 04 -’ 05: ’ 05 -’ 06: ’ 06 -’ 07: 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 ØMyofascial Release (4. 5) ØPsychology of Sport Injuries (4) ØManaging Low Back Problems (5) ØSudden Death in Sports (5) ØDisordered Eating Among Athletes (8) ØManagement of Bloodborne Pathogens (7) ØProgressive Rehab - Lower Extremity Injuries (12) ØAssessing/Rehabilitating Shoulder Instability (5) ØPharmacology: Therapeutic Medications (10) ØPharmacology: Performance Enhan. & Soc. Drugs (3) ØHand & Wrist in Sports (10) (Online) ØCare & Treatment of Asthma (12. 5) ØCurrent 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) ØSudden Death ØHealthcare of Youth Sports Participants Consensus Conference Ø 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 15 th & October 15 th App. Deadline • Doctoral Grant – $2500 Maximum – March 1 st 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 – – – – – 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 – – – – – 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, Ph. D, 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 • Quality of presented research has increased • Journal of Athletic Training Supplement reaching over 30, 000 NATA members

NATA Foundation is Involved with the “Bone & Joint Decade” 2000 -2010 ØGlobal campaign to help understand & treat musculoskeletal disorders through prevention, education and research ØWorking 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? . . . üParticipate in Foundation’s Fun Events üDonate to the Foundation!! üFund/sponsor publishing, scholarship, events, etc. üDonate speaker stipends or awards üExplore “planned giving” options, including stocks, shares, wills, and more NATA Night 2006 with Atlanta Braves! Fun Run Foundation Golf Classic

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