Tuesday, October 27, 2009

SWATA announces new award - Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer

The SWATA Executive Board is pleased to announce that a new award has been created to help honor our hard working members for a lifetime of service to the profession and the association. This award is the SWATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer.


The SWATA "Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer" was developed for the purpose of recognizing a member of District VI whose dedicated service, past achievements, and professional contributions have furthered the advancement of the SWATA and the athletic training profession. Any SWATA member may nominate any other SWATA member provided that the person being nominated meets all of the criteria set fourth by the SWATA Honors & Awards Committee for this award.

To be eligible for this award the candidate must meet the following criteria for consideration of selection:
· A minimum of fifteen (15) years of professional service to the profession
· Certified or Associate member in good standing
· Be or have been a member of District VI, working, retired, or deceased
· Elected, appointed, or volunteer service or significant contributions to the SWATA
· SWATA Hall of Fame Members are not eligible for this award

This award was conceived with the idea that there are many athletic trainers that have provided a career of service to SWATA that should be recognized for that service. If you know someone who you think is worthy of receiving this award please consider nominating them. The first recipients of the SWATA Most Distinguished Award will be recognized at the Honors & Awards luncheon at the SWATA Annual Meeting next July in Arlington.

The Most Distinguished Award nomination packet is on the SWATA website in the Honors & Awards section at the following link

http://www.swata.org/pdfs/Honor_Awards/Distinguished_Athletic_Trainer.pdf

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