William E' Newell 2006 Athletic Training Student Awards Luncheon

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William E. Newell 2006 Athletic Training Student
Awards Luncheon

• Sponsored by the
• National Basketball Association

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William E. Pinky Newell Memorial Scholarship

• Known as a founding father of NATA
• Former NATA Executive Secretary
• Longtime Head Athletic Trainer Purdue University
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1972
• Along with Bill Chambers began NATA student
  scholarship program.

• Sponsored by Chattanooga Group

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William H. Bill Chambers Scholarship

• Past President NATA
• Long time chair Scholarship Committee
• Raised close to 1.6 millions dollars in
  scholarship funding (899 scholarships awarded)
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1986
• Along with Pinky Newell began the NATA student
  scholarship program

• Sponsored by Johnson Johnson Sports Medicine
  Group

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Richard E. Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship

• 4 scholarships awarded
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1988
• First Student Member of NATA
• Integral part in the restructuring of the NATA in
  1969
• President of the National Basketball Trainers
  Association for 10 years

• Sponsored by National Basketball Athletic
  Trainers Association and Vandervoort Foundation

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Otho Davis Memorial Scholarship

• 2 Scholarships Awarded
• Former Executive Director of NATA
• Longtime Head Athletic Trainer of the
  Philadelphia Eagles
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1981
• Recognized as an outstanding teacher, author and
  active member of the NATA

• Sponsored by PDMA Field Inventory Services, Inc
• and
• Sponsored by Johnson Johnson Sports Medicine
  Group

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Sayers Bud Miller Memorial Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1980
• Former chair of the Profession Education
  Committee
• One of the most active athletic trainers in terms
  of writing articles and books, conducting
  research projects, consulting, speaking at
  workshops and getting involved in professional
  societies

• Sponsored by National Football League Charities

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Ralph Salvon Memorial Scholarship

• Head Athletic Trainer Baltimore Orioles 1968-1987
• Revered Member of PBATS

• Sponsored by Professional Baseball Athletic
  Trainers Society

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Janet Bristor Memorial Scholarship

• Former Head Athletic Trainer at Trinity
  University where she initiated Athletic Training
  Student Program
• Believed knowledge was the key to unlock future
  opportunities
• Friends former colleagues wanted Janets memory
  and dedication to live on in this memorial
  scholarship benefiting students

• Sponsored by Friends of Janet Bristor

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NATA Past Presidents Scholarship

• This scholarship honors all past NATA presidents
• Bobby Gunn 1970-1974 Mark Smaha 1988-1992
• Frank George 1974-1978 Denny Miller 1992-1996
• Bill Chambers 1978-1982 Kent Falb 1996-2000
• Bobby Barton 1982-1986 Julie Max 2000-2004
• Jerry Rhea 1986-1988

• Sponsored by National Football League Charities

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Chuck Cramer Memorial Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1962
• Original National Secretary of NATA
• Co-Founder of Cramer Products
• Honorary Member of NATA
• Selected to the first-ever Olympic athletic
  training staff for the 1932 U.S. Olympic Team

• Sponsored by Cramer Products, Inc.

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Frank Cramer Memorial Scholarship

• Co-Founder Cramer Products
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1962
• Extensively involved in the formation of the NATA
  
• First Honorary Member of NATA
• Member of the Medical Committee of the USOC who
  selected athletic trainers and doctors for
  Olympic Games

• Sponsored by Cramer Products, Inc.

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Jack Cramer Memorial Scholarship

• Former Chairman of the Board of Cramer Products
• Honorary member of the NATA
• Longtime supporter of the Certified Athletic
  Trainer

• Sponsored by National Athletic Trainers
  Association

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William Tessendorf Scholarship

• Head Athletic Trainer of the Baltimore Ravens
• Former President of the Great Lakes Athletic
  Trainers Association
• Recipient of NATA Most Distinguished Athletic
  Trainer
• Revered Member of PFATS

• Sponsored by Professional Football Athletic
  Trainers Society/Gatorade

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Katie Burke Memorial Scholarship

• Undergraduate athletic training student at East
  Tennessee State University from 1989-1993.
  Became ill during her senior year and passed away
  in 1996.
• Known for her dedication and enthusiasm for the
  profession

• Sponsored by Tinactin

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Jeff Snedeker Memorial Scholarship

• Athletic Trainer with NY Jets
• Long time Athletic Trainer with Milwaukee Bucks
• Revered member of NBATA

• Sponsored by National Basketball Athletic
  Trainers Association

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Mark Smaha Scholarship

• Past President of NATA
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1997
• Member of Memorial Resolution Committee
• Nominated NCAA Award of Valor in 1982

• Sponsored by Northwest Athletic Trainers
  Association/NATA District 10

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Jack Rockwell Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1997
• Former Executive Secretary of NATA
• Integral part of NATA during its developmental
  time
• Former Athletic Trainer at University of
  Colorado and St. Louis Football Cardinals

• Sponsored by Far West Athletic Trainers
  Association/NATA District 8

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Donald J. Fauls Memorial Scholarship

• Athletic Trainer at Florida State University from
  1954-1986.
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1981
• Worked as athletic trainer for US Pan American
  Team
• Member of the Olympic Training Selection
  Committee

• Sponsored by NATA Foundation Golf Classic/Gatorade

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Gail Weldon Memorial Scholarship

• Pioneer in the advancement of women in the field
  of athletic training
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1995
• First female athletic trainer hired by the
  Amateur Basketball Association
• Second Female member of NATA
• First women athletic trainer hired by the U.S.
  Olympic Committee

• Sponsored by NATA Foundation Golf Classic/Gatorade

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William F. X. Linskey Memorial Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1967
• Began career in athletic training in 1934 as ATC
  for Boston Olympic Team
• Became the first athletic trainer in Northeastern
  University history
• Member of the athletic training staff for the
  1959 Pan American Games

• Sponsored by Johnson Johnson Sports Medicine
  Group

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Dr. Jack Hughston Memorial Scholarship

• A founding father of sports medicine
• Avid supporter of Certified Athletic Trainer
• NATA Presidents Challenge Award recipient
• Former Team Physician Auburn University

• Sponsored by the Hughston Sports Medicine
  Foundation

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Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship

• Revered member of PHATS
• Long time athletic trainer with the Vancouver
  Canucks
• Instrumental in starting of PHATS

• Sponsored by the Professional Hockey Athletic
  Trainers Society

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NATA Memorial Scholarship

• This scholarship is to honor all deceased NATA
  members

• Sponsored by all NATA districts

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Denny and Linda Miller Scholarship

• Denny
• Past President of the NATA
• Head Athletic Trainer Purdue University
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 2001
• Linda
• Avid supporter of the Certified Athletic
  Trainer

• Sponsored by Purdue Athletic Training Family and
  Friends

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Julie Max Scholarship

• Past President NATA
• First female president in NATA history
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer
• Head Athletic Trainer California State-Fullerton

• Sponsored by dj Orthopedics

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Warren Lee Memorial Scholarship

• Past members NATA Board of Directors
• Athletic Trainer for the University of Arizona
  1968-1982
• Avid supporter youth sports in Tucson Arizona

• Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers
  Association/NATA District 7

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Robert H. Gunn Scholarship

• First President of the NATA in 1970
• Former Head Athletic Trainer of Washington
  Redskins and Houston Oilers
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1975

• Sponsored by National Football League Charities

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Edward Block Courage Society Scholarship

• Longtime athletic trainer with Baltimore Colts
• Revered member of PFATS
• Dedicated much of his life to helping abused and
  neglected children

• Sponsored by Professional Football Athletic
  Trainers Society

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Blynn DeNiro Memorial Scholarship

• Revered member of PHATS
• Assistant Athletic Trainer for Los Angeles Rams
• First Athletic Trainer for Anaheim Mighty Ducks

• Sponsored by the Professional Hockey Athletic
  Trainers Society

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Thomas J. Kerin Memorial Scholarship

• 2 Scholarships Awarded
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1993
• Head Athletic Trainer University of Tennessee
  until his untimely death in 1992
• Chairman of NATA's Annual Meeting and Clinical
  Symposium
• Chairman of the SEATA's Awards Committee

• Sponsored by Tyco Healthcare and Kendall
• and
• Sponsored by DeRoyal Sports Medicine

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Kent Maxine Falb Scholarship

• Kent
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1999
• Past President of NATA
• Head Athletic Trainer Detroit Lions 1967-2000
• Maxine
• Avid supporter of the Certified Athletic Trainer

• Sponsored by National Football League Charities

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Karen Toburen Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1999
• Chair of the NATA Convention Committee
• Vice-Chair of the JRCAT
• Member of the Continuing Education Committee
• Athletic trainer for the Olympic Games in Seoul,
  Korea
• Educator and program director for most of her
  professional career

• Sponsored by Karen Toburen, EdD, ATC

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G.E. Moose Detty Memorial Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1994
• Former Athletic Trainer Philadelphia Eagles
• Invented neoprene rubber sleeves for care and
  treatment of athletes
• Founder of PRO Orthopedics

• Sponsored by Friends of Moose Detty and PRO
  Orthopedics

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Larry Stosh Newman Memorial Scholarship

• Revered member of PFATS
• Former Minnesota Vikings Assistant Athletic
  Trainer who battled brain cancer

• Sponsored by the Professional Football Athletic
  Trainers Society/Gatorade

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Eddie Wojecki Memorial Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1965
• One of early authorities in the athletic training
  profession
• Considered the founder of NATA Certification
• Long time athletic trainer at Rice University

• Sponsored by the Southwest Athletic Trainers
  Association/NATA District 6

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Harold Mundy Memorial Scholarship

• Sports Medicine Supply Distributor
• Very supportive of the athletic trainer, was
  known to donate supplies to athletic trainers who
  lacked funds to stock their athletic training
  rooms

• Sponsored by McNeil Consumer Healthcare

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Norm Mackie Memorial Scholarship

• One of the founder of PHATS
• Athletic trainer with several professional hockey
  teams
• Revered member of PHATS

• Sponsored by Professional Hockey Athletic
  Trainers Society

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Dean Kleinschmidt Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1994
• Three terms as President of Professional Football
  Athletic Trainers Society
• Former Head Athletic Trainer New Orleans Saints
  and Washington Redskins
• Member of Scholarship Committee
• Currently Head Football Athletic Trainer at alma
  mater-Indiana University

• Sponsored by the Professional Football Athletic
  Trainers Society /Gatorade

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Frank George Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1991
• Past President NATA
• Head Athletic Trainer Brown University
• Former Chairman of Grants and Scholarship
  Committee
• Supervisor of athletic trainers for Lake Placid
  Olympics

• Sponsored by Eastern Athletic Trainers
  Association/NATA District 1 2

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Lindsy McLean Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1988
• Known for pioneering work in developing
  examination and certification requirements for
  NATA
• Former Head Athletic Trainer San Francisco 49ers
• Past Chair of Former NATA Certification Committee
• Former Member of Professional Advancement
  Committee

• Sponsored by the NATA Board of Certification

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Bobby Barton Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1996
• Past President NATA
• Head Athletic Trainer and Educator Eastern
  Kentucky University since 1976
• Former member NATA Placement Committee, Public
  Relations Committee and NATA-REF Board of
  Directors

• Sponsored by the Southeastern Athletic Trainers
  Association/NATA District 9

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Gary Delforge Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1988
• A founding father of Athletic Training Education
• Member of NATA Professional Education Committee
  of over 17 years
• Director of Athletic Training Education programs
  at University of Arizona and Arizona School of
  Health Sciences
• Served as Chairman of NATA Board of Directors

• Sponsored by Friends of Gary Delforge

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Del Humphrey Memorial Scholarship

• In 1962 purchases Schutt Manufacturing Company
  and lobbies to make faceguards mandatory for
  football
• Developed the loop strap faceguard attachment
  system
• Long time friend of the late Pinky Newell
• One of original sponsors of student scholarships

• Sponsored by Schutt Manufacturing Company

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Jerry Rhea Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1985
• Past President NATA
• Long time Head Athletic Trainer for Atlanta
  Falcons

• Sponsored by National Football League Charities

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Jimmie Warfield Memorial Scholarship

• Long time athletic trainer with Cleveland Indians
• Held in great esteem by professional baseball
  athletic trainers

• Sponsored by Baseball Team Medicine Conference

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Bill Buhler Memorial Scholarship

• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1996
• Athletic trainer who moved with Dodgers from
  Brooklyn to Los Angeles
• Initiated icing pitchers' shoulders and elbows to
  minimize the effects of micro trauma
• Innovator of safety equipment to help protect
  baseball players.

• Sponsored by Baseball Team Medicine Conference

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Joe Sally Gieck Scholarship

• Joe
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1990
• Long time Head Athletic Trainer and Professor at
  The University of Virginia
• Recipient of NATA Distinguished Educator of the
  Year
• Sally
• Avid supporter of the Athletic Trainer

• Sponsored by the Joe and Sally Gieck Charitable
  Fund

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William Prentice Scholarship

• Inaugural Scholarship
• Sayers Bud Miller Distinguished Athletic
  Training Educator Award in 1997
• Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 1999
• National Athletic Trainers Association's Hall of
  Fame Class of 2004.
• Noted author of many athletic training textbooks
• Longtime athletic trainer and educator at
  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers
Association-NATA District 3
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Roland Duke La Rue Memorial Scholarship

• Inaugural Scholarship
• NATA Hall of Fame Class of 1990
• Long time educator and mentor at University of
  Nebraska - Lincoln
• Athletic therapist for the U.S. Olympic teams in
  1972 and 1980
• George Sullivan Athletic Training of the Year
  Award in 1993

• Sponsored by Mid-America Athletic Trainers
  Association-NATA District 5

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Scholarship Sponsors

• McDavid Sports/Medical Products
• National Basketball Athletic Trainers
  Association
• Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society
• Medtronic Physio-Control
• Bike Athletic Company
• McNeil Consumer Healthcare/Motrin
• Gatorade
• Johnson Johnson Sports Medicine Group
• Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society
• National Athletic Trainers Association
• Karen Toburen
• PDMA Field Inventory Services, Inc.

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Scholarship Sponsors

• Schutt Manufacturing Company
• Big West Conference Officials
• Swede-O, Inc
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers Association
• NATA Research Education Scholarship Fund
• BHP Copper Foundation
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• F.A. Davis Company-Publisher
• National Football Athletic Trainers Society
• Mid-America Athletic Trainers Association
• NATA Members

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Scholarship Sponsors

• Baseball Team Medicine Conference
• Board of Certification
• Chattanooga Group
• Cramer Products Inc.
• DeRoyal Sports Medicine
• dj Orthopaedics
• Eastern Athletic Trainers Association
• Far West Athletic Trainers Association
• Foundation Golf Classic
• Purdue athletic training family and friends
• Friends and former students of Gary Delforge
• Friends of Janet Bristor

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Scholarship Sponsors

• PRO Orthopaedics
• Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation
• Jerry Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Scholarship Fund
• Joe and Sally Gieck
• Southeast Athletic Trainers Association
• Southwest Athletic Trainers Association
• Swede-O, Inc.
• Tinactin
• Tyco Healthcare/Kendall
• Vandervoort Foundation
• Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association
• National Football League Charities
• Northwest Athletic Trainers Association