2010 SWATA Hall of Fame and awards recipients announced

I have the great pleasure to announce the newest inductees into the SWATA Hall of Fame as well as other awards recipients. In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees this is the inaugural year of the SWATA Most Distinguished Award and several well deserving SWATA members will get this recognition. There are also hard working members that will be receiving the Bobby Gunn Unsung Hero Award, the James Dodson New Horizons Awards, and the John Harvey Humanitarian Award.

The 2010 SWATA Hall of Fame inductees are Melinda Terry and Dr. Frank Walters. Melinda has worked tirelessly over her career in all areas of SWATA. She has been on multiple committees, served as convention chair, was elected to the SWATA Executive Board and was SWATA President in 2007 - 2008. Melinda is the third woman to be elected to the SWATA Hall of Fame. Our other inductee is Dr. Frank Walters. Dr. Walters is currently working as an athletic training administrator for a hospital in Florida. He started his career in SWATA and spent over a decade working and educating future athletic trainers in the district. Of note with Dr. Walters is that he was one of the founders of the original NATA EDAC and also served as the chair of the NATA Educational Degree Task Force. Dr. Walters is being inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame this summer and because of this induction he automatically goes into the SWATA Hall of Fame as well.

The inaugural class of the SWATA Most Distinguished award:
Lou Fincher
Mike Pruitt
Becky Spurlock
Cindy Trowbridge
Antoinette VanDePutte
John Ransone
Christine Bonci
John Anderson
Michael O’Shea
Brent Mangus
Catherine Ortega.

The other award recipients are as follows:

Bobby Gunn Unsung Hero Award
Lorna Strong

James Dodson New Horizon Award
David Traylor

John Harvey Humanitarian Award
David Edell

The Eddie Wojecki award and also the Frank Medina award recipients will be announced in a few weeks along with this year's election results. Check back on this blog or on the SWATA website (www.swata.org)