Southeast Athletic Trainers Association

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• Southeast Athletic Trainers Association
• 2009 Tim Kerin MemorialAwards Luncheon
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• SEATA Hall of Fame Induction

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NATA Award Recipients

• NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award
• Helen M. Binkley
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer
• George Davies
• Mary K. Kirkland 

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NATA Award Recipients

• NATA Honorary Membership
• David Leffers, M.D.
• Angus M. McBryde, Jr., M.D., FACS
• Felix BuddySavoie, III, M.D.
• NATA Hall of Fame
• Michael Ferrara

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NATA Award Recipients

• NATA 25 Year Award
• David A. Asbach, MS, ATC
• Andrew D. Barker, MS, ATC
• Marisa A. Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT
• Elizabeth Emeterio, MS, ATC
• Christina Farley, ATC, LAT
• Kurtis Freund, ATC
• Ruth A. Haugan, MS, ATC
• JoAnn Hauser, ATC
• Mark D. Hickerson, ATC
• Jennifer Hootman, ATC
• Joe Jones, ATC
• Harold D. King, ATC

• Julie Lester, ATC
• Edward Millar
• John W. Morr, MS, ATC
• John A. Nyland, EdD, ATC
• Ronald J. Porterfield, ATC
• Raymond Rodriguez, ATC, LAT
• Michael Roppolo, MSS, ATC, CSCS
• Michael Ryan, ATC, PT, PES
• Steven L. Stepp, ATC, LAT
• J. Dwayne Treolo, MS, ATC
• Sharon R. Wood, MS, ATC
• Barry Zaritzky, ATC

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SEATA Award Recipients

• Executive Board Service Appreciation
• Mike Dawson
• Paul Higgs

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SEATA Award Recipients

• High School Athletic Trainer Award
• Jeff Bryant, ATC
• Backbone Award
• Gary Beatty, ATC
• District Award
• Mike Wilkinson, ATC, LAT
• Jack C. Hughston, M.D. Sportsmedicine Person of
  the Year
• Gene Barrett, M.D.
• Chuck Kimmel Award of Merit
• Bill McDonald, ATC

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SEATA Award Recipients

• Sponsors Award
• Bill Christine Bertrand, CSM Canvas
• Education and Administration Award
• Ray Castle, PhD, ATC
• Clinical/Industrial/Corporate Athletic Trainer
  Award
• Forrest Pecha, ATC
• Professional Athletic Trainer Award
• Jeff Porter, ATC
• College/University Athletic Trainer Award
• Jim Murphy, ATC, PT

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Steve Moore

• B.S., University of Vermont, 1962, M.S., Indiana
  University, 1964
• Athletic Trainer, Miami Marlins minor league
  Baseball Team, 1964
• Began as Assistant Athletics Trainer, Indiana
  University, 1964
• First fill-time Athletics Trainer, Tennessee
  Tech, 1968-1985
• Outreach Athletic Trainer, Cookeville
  Sportsmedicine Therapy Center Columbia
  Sports Medicine in Nashville, 1985-1998
• Part-time EMT for the Putnam County EMS,
  1979-1994
• Organized the Upper Cumberland Stroke Support
  Group
• SEATA Secretary/Treasurer, 1968 to 1980
• SEATA Service Award
• NATA 25 Year Award, 1989
• Tennessee Athletic Trainers Society Hall of
  Fame, 2000
• Tennessee Tech Athletic Hall of Fame, 2003

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Dave Pursley

• Began as a high school Student Athletic Trainer
• Athletic Trainer at Evansville and Clemson
  colleges
• 10 years in the minor leagues
• 42 years (1961-2002) Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves
• 5 World Series appearances
• 1 World Series Championship
• 4 All Star games (1972, 1983, 1991, and 2000)
• All Star Tour in Japan
• Atlanta Summer Olympics, 1996
• Charter member PBATS
• A founding father, GATA
• Pivotal role in Georgia licensing requirements
  law
• Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers
• Turner Field Athletic Training Room renamed
  "Pursley's Place, August 2002
• Inaugural inductee, GATA Hall of Fame, 2004
• NATA 25 Year Award, 1995
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer, 2004
• NATA Hall of Fame, 2008
• PBATS Presidents Award, 2008 

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Eugene Smith

• Sterling College, B.S., 1949, M.S. University of
  Indiana, 1954
• Assistant Coach, Bazine, Kansas High School,
  1949-1953
• Assistant Coach, Great Bend, Kansas High School,
  1954
• Athletic Trainer, Palo Duro High School,
  Amarillo, TX, 1955-60
• Head Athletic Trainer, Professor of Physical
  Education, Memphis State University, 1960-1979
• SEATA Vice-Director, 1971-1973
• District IX Director, 1973-1976
• Chaired NATA Convention in St. Louis
• Athletic Trainer, American All-Stars, toured
  China, 1974
• Major force for Tennessee athletic training
  legislation, late 1970's
• Memphis State University Athletic Hall of Fame,
  1979
• Doc Smith Scholarship Fund for Student Athletic
  Trainers established
• TATS Hall of Fame, 1995
• TATS Eugene Smith/Mickey OBrien College Athletic
  Trainer of the Year named in his honor

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Keith Webster

• B.S., University of Kentucky, 1978, M.A. Morehead
  State University, 1985
• First Head Athletic Trainer, Centre College,
  1978-1980
• Assistant Athletic Trainer, University of
  Florida, 1980-1982
• Head Athletic Trainer, Morehead State University,
  1982-1992
• Director of Sports Relations, Hughston Sports
  Medicine Foundation, 1992-1997
• Head Athletic Trainer, University of Kentucky,
  1997 to present
• KATS GATA Vice President President
• Chair KATS GATA Numerous Committees
• SEATA Annual Student Symposium Program Director,
  1995, 1997
• Collegiate Sports Medicine Foundation Advisory
  Board, 2005-2008
• NATA GAC, District IX Representative, 1987-1997,
  Chair, 1997-2006
• Charter Member, NATA LIME Team
• Charter Member, NATA Reimbursement Advisory
  Group, 1994-2000
• NATA Educational Multimedia Committee, 1994-1997
• BOC Test Site Administrator, 1994-1997
• SEATA Research and Education Committee, 1993-2001
• SEATA Convention Site Selection Committee,
  1988-1992
• District IX NATAPAC Committee Chair, 2007-present
• NATA Political Action Committee (PAC) Board of
  Directors

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Roy Don Wilson

• B.S., Texas A M University, 1964
• Head Athletic Trainer, Ector High School, Odessa,
  TX, 1964-66
• Assistant Athletic Trainer, Florida State
  University, 1966-68
• Head Athletic Trainer, The Citadel, 1968-70
• Head Athletic Trainer, University of Kentucky,
  1970-78
• Head Athletic Trainer, University of Southwestern
  Louisiana, 1978-82
• Director, Sport Medicine Clinic, Lexington, KY,
  1982-83
• Head Athletic Trainer, Houston Gamblers (USFL),
  1984-85
• Director, Houston Clinic for Sports Medicine
  Rehabilitation, 1985-88
• Director/Partner, Sports Rehab Clinic of Houston,
  1988-92
• SEATA Annual Meeting Program Co-Chair, 1975-76,
  Chair, 1979-81
• SEATA Executive Committee, KY Representative,
  1975, LA Representative, 1977
• SEATA Vice-Director, 1977-1979, President,
  1979-1982
• District IX Director, 1982-1984
• Legislative Committee Chair, KATS LATA
• First Vice-President SWATA, President, 1988-1989
• First Chair, NATA Clinical Athletic Trainers
  Committee, 1987
• Interim President, Greater Houston Athletic
  Trainers Society, 1988
• SWATA Hall of Fame, 1996, SWATA established Roy
  Don Wilson Memorial Scholarship

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2007 SEATA Hall of Fame

• Mike Chambers
• Tad Gormley
• Thomas F. Lutz
• Frank Mann
• Claude Big Monk Simons, Sr.
• Frank Wandle
• Mickey OBrien
• Charles E. Smokey Harper
• W.J. Dutch Luchsinger
• Wesley Doc Knight
• Sam Lankford
• Martin Broussard
• Earl Bubba Porche
• Don Fauls
• Jim Goosetree
• Joe Worden
• Henry Buck Andel
• Sandy Sandlin

• Charlie Martin
• Thomas J. Kerin
• Kenny Howard
• Warren Morris
• Jerry Rhea
• Eugene Doc Harvey
• Larry Doc Harrington
• Lindsy McLean
• Chris Patrick, Jr.
• Dean Kleinschmidt
• Bobby Barton
• Don Lowe
• Doug May
• Jim Gallaspy
• Jack Redgren
• Al Green
• Sue Stanley-Green
• Bill McDonald

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2008 SEATA Hall of Fame

• John H. Anderson
• R.T. Floyd
• Chris A. Gillespie
• Bob Goodwin
• David T. Green
• Frank Grimaldi, Jr.
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• MaryBeth Horodyski
• Chuck Kimmel
• James H. Jim Mackie
• Jerry Lynn Robertson
• James L. Jay Shoop
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• Southeast Athletic Trainers Association
• Join us tonight for the
• 2009 SEATA
• Hall of Fame Reception
• 7 to 800 P.M.
• Legislation Governmental Affairs
• by Keith Webster, MA, ATC

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• Southeast Athletic Trainers Association
• 2009 Tim Kerin MemorialAwards Luncheon
• Special Thanks to Skeeter Schuessler
• and
• SEATA Hall of Fame Induction

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