Southeast Athletic Trainers Association

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• Southeast Athletic Trainers Association
• 2008 Tim Kerin MemorialAwards Luncheon
• and
• SEATA Hall of Fame Induction

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NATA Award Recipients

• NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award
• Joe Beckett
• Jeff Konin
• Carl Mattacola
• Brad Montgomery
• Mike Wilkinson
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer
• Tab Blackburn 

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NATA Award Recipients

• NATA Honorary Membership
• J.W. Thomas Byrd, M.D.
• Mary Lloyd Ireland, M.D.
• James Mick Lynch, M.D.
• James A. Whiteside, M.D.
• NATA Presidents Challenge Award
• Champ L. Baker, M.D.
• NATA Hall of Fame
• David Pursley  

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NATA Award Recipients

• NATA 50 Year Award
• Jerry Rhea, AT Ret.

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NATA Award Recipients

• NATA 25 Year Award
• Jessica Avery, ATC
• Timothy Barron, ATC
• Margaret Barton, MS, ATC, CSCS
• Joel W Beam, EdD, ATC, LAT
• Scott J. Belham, MS, ATC, OPA-C
• Jeffrey W. Bishop, EdS, ATC
• Janet R. Bock, MS, AT Ret
• Loretta Brandon, ATC, PT
• William Brewer, MSS, ATC
• Murray T. Burch, MA, ATC
• Thomas Burns
• Mark Vaughn Carleton, MS, ATC, CSCS
• David Cassidy, MEd, LAT, ATC, CSCS
• Maureen M. Corristan, ATC, CSCS, PES
• Margaret Davidson, AT Ret

• David S. Duchin, ATC
• Paul P. Higgs, ATC, LAT, CSCS
• Russell J. Hoff, MS, ATC
• Kent Knisley, ATC, PT
• Marina Kokx-Barber, AT Ret
• Debra G. Koon, ATC, PT
• Mary C. Manning, ATC
• Jacob J. Marucci, MA, ATC
• John McMullen, ATC
• Christine Orts-Marshall, ATC
• George C. Poulis, MA, ATC, LAT
• Jeffrey M. Quinn, ATC, CSCS, LAT
• Kevin Rand, ATC, CSCS
• Lauren M. Sanders, ATC
• Arthur Nelson Ware, ATC, PT, OCS

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SEATA Scholarship Recipients

• Undergraduate Scholarships presented at SEATA
  Athletic Training Student Symposium - Feb. 8 in
  Atlanta, GA
• Alyse King, Eastern Kentucky University, The
  SEATA Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
• Carrie Rahn, Valdosta State University, The Jerry
  Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Undergraduate Scholarship
  Award
• Daniel MacLea, University of South Florida, The
  Jim Gallaspy Student Leadership Scholarship

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SEATA Scholarship Recipients

• Graduate Scholarships
• Carrie Anderson, University of Tennessee at
  Chattanooga, SEATA Memorial Graduate Scholarship
• Candy Anderson, University of Tennessee at
  Chattanooga, Jerry Rhea/Atlanta Falcons Graduate
  Scholarship Award
• Kimberly Dolak, University of Kentucky, Hughston
  Sports Medicine Foundation Scholarship

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SEATA Award Recipients

• Executive Board Service Appreciation
• Nick Pappas
• Gerard White

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SEATA Award Recipients

• High School Athletic Trainer Award
• Sarah Jenni Williams, ATC
• Backbone Award
• Shaun Duhe, ATC
• District Award
• Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT
• Jack C. Hughston, M.D. Sportsmedicine Person of
  the Year
• Michael T. Casey, M.D.
• Award of Merit
• Al Green, ATC, EMT

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SEATA Award Recipients

• Sponsors Award
• Dr. J. Robert Cade
• Education and Administration Award
• Gerard White, MEd, ATC
• Clinical/Industrial/Corporate Athletic Trainer
  Award
• Mary K. Kirkland, MS, ATC, LAT
• Professional Athletic Trainer Award
• Mike Ryan, ATC, PT, PES
• College/University Athletic Trainer Award
• David "Duke" Werner, ATC

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John H. Anderson

• B.S., Auburn University, 1963, M.S., Auburn
  University, 1967
• Began as Head Athletic Trainer, Auburn High
  School, 1966
• Head Athletic Trainer, Troy University 1967-1979
• Head Athletic Trainer, LSU 1979-1989
• Program Director, Athletic Training Education,
  Troy University 1989-Present
• NATA Member since 1966
• 1976 Olympics-Mexico, 1970 World Games, 1983-1985
  Olympic Sports Festivals, 1987 Pan American
  Games, 1996 Olympics-Atlanta, World
  International Special Olympics
• Head Athletic Trainer, Blue-Gray Football
  Classic, 1971-1979
• Head Athletic Trainer, Alabama All-Star Football
  Classic, 1990-present
• ALATA Hall of Fame Committee Chair,1990-1998
• NATA Memorials Resolutions Comm. District IX
  Rep., 1999-Present
• SEATA History Archives Committee AL Rep.,
  2000-Present, Chair since 2004
• Alabama Athletic Trainers Association Hall of
  Fame, 1999
• SEATA District Award, 2001
• SEATA Education/Administration Award, 2007
• NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award, 1997
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer, 2006
• Founded Iota Tau Alpha Athletic Training Honor
  Society, 2005  

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R.T. Floyd

• 1974-Present, Head Athletic Trainer then Director
  of Athletic Training Sports Medicine,
  Chair/Professor, Dept. of Physical Education
  Athletic Training, The University of West Alabama
• BS UWA-1980, MAT UWA-1982, EdD University of
  AL-1995
• Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic Athletic
  Training, 1975-2001
• District IX Director, 2004-Present
• NATA Foundation Board District IX Chair,
  2003-2005
• NATA Foundation Board Member Development Chair,
  2005-Present
• NATA Ed. Multimedia Comm. District IX Rep.,
  1988-2002
• SEATA Site Selection Committee Chair, 1986-2004
• SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium,
  Competencies in Athletic Training Director,
  1997-Present
• SEATA Webmaster, 2004-Present
• SEATA Newsletter SEATA eBlast News editor,
  2005-Present
• Author, Manual of Structural Kinesiology
• UWA Athletic Hall of Fame, 2001
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award,
  2003
• NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award, 1996
• SEATA District Award, 1990, SEATA Award of Merit,
  2001
• Alabama Athletic Trainers Association Hall of
  Fame, 2004
• NATA Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Educator
  Award, 2007 

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Chris A. Gillespie

• B.S. Mississippi College-1980, M.S. Northeast
  Louisiana University-1981
• Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine,
  2000-2003
• Director of Athletic Training Education,
  Assistant Professorof Exercise Science Sports
  Medicine, 1985-Present
• SEATA President, 2003-2006
• Alabama Athletic Trainers Association President,
  2001-2003
• NATA College University Athletic Trainers
  Committee District IX Chair, 1995-2002
• NATA Inter-Associational Task Force on Sickle
  Cell Traitin Athletes, 2006
• SEATA Honors Awards Committee, 1993-1998
• SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium
  Co-Founder
• Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers, 1993-2003,
  Vice-Chairman, 1995-2003
• SEATA District Award, 1997
• NATA Athletic Training Service Award
• SEATA Education/Administration Award, 2001
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award,
  2006
• Alabama Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame, 2002

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Bob Goodwin

• Teacher/Athletic Trainer, Baker High School,
  Baker, LA, 1967-1971
• Central High School Teacher/Athletic Trainer,
  1971-1974
• Athletic Trainer, Southeastern Louisiana
  University, 1974-2006
• Special Olympics World Games at LSU, 1983
• New Orleans Saints Training Camp, 1985
• Atlanta Falcons Training Camp, 1986-1997
• Co-Host 1992 Olympic Trails, New Orleans
• Co-Host 1993 NCAA Track Field Championships,
  New Orleans
• Host Athletic Trainer Co-Chairman, Medical
  Committee, Louisiana Special Olympic Games,
  1976-1989
• Louisiana Governors Council on Physical Fitness,
  1995-1998.
• Louisiana Athletic Trainers Association Director
  of Professional Education, Vice President,
  President
• Louisiana Sports Medicine Society Charter Member,
  Jim Finks Award for Outstanding Contributions to
  Sports Medicine, 1999
• LATA Hall of Fame Committee, 26 years, LATA
  Program Committee, 10 years
• SEATA Site Selection Committee, SEATA College
  University Athletic Trainers Committee, SEATA
  History Archives Committee, SEATA Hall of Fame
  Committee
• Louisiana Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame, 1992
• Southeastern Louisiana University Athletic Hall
  of Fame, 2006
• SEATA District Award, 1999
• SEATA College/University Athletic Trainer Award,
  2005

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David T. Green

• Director of Athletic Training, Tennessee Tech
  University, 1985-Present
• Student Athletic Trainer, Middle Tennessee State
  Univ., B.S. 1975
• Graduate Assist. Athletic Trainer, Eastern
  Kentucky University, M.A. 1977
• Paul G. Blazer High School in Ashland, KY,
  1977-1980
• Eastern Kentucky University Assist. Athletic
  Trainer, 1980- 1985
• Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society
  Vice-President, 1994-1998, President, 1998-2002
• NATA Board of Certification District IX Rep.
  1981-1987
• Ohio Valley Conference Athletic Trainers
  Association President, 1983, 1989, 1991
• SEATA Exhibits Chair, 1993-Present
• SEATA Site Selection Committee, 1993-Present
• 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta,
• NATA Annual Meeting Clinical Symposium Co-Host,
  2000
• NATA Honors Awards Committee Special Awards
  Subcommittee, 2005-Present
• TATS College Athletic Trainer of the Year, 1996
• NATA Athletic Training Service Award, 1996
• TATS Hall of Fame, 2003
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer, 2003
• TATS Presidents Award of Merit, 2006 

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Frank Grimaldi, Jr.

• Student Athletic Trainer, Northern Illinois
  University, B.S., 1978, Graduate Assistant M.S.
  1979
• Athletic Trainer, United Township High
  School,1979-1983
• Athletic Trainer, University of Maryland,
  1983-1989
• Athletic Trainer, University of Miami, 1989-1993
• Athletic Trainer, Miami Sunset Senior High
  School, 1993-2002
• Masters in Medical Science, Nova Southeastern
  University, 2004
• Orthopedic Surgical Physician Assistant, Jewett
  Orthopaedic Clinic
• Lacrosse World Cup, Perth, Australia, 1990
• 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA
• Greek International Baseball Team B Pool
  International Baseball Championships in Hungry,
  2002
• Quad Cities Athletic Trainers Assoc. Board of
  Directors, 1982-1983
• Athletic Trainers Association of Florida
  President, 1997 to 2001
• SEATA President, 2000-2003
• ATAF High School Athletic Trainer of the Year,
  1994
• NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award, 1996
• ATAF Athletic Trainer of the Year, 1998
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award,
  2000
• SEATA Award of Merit, 2003
• ATAF Hall of Fame, 2004

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MaryBeth Horodyski

• B.S. Lock Haven University, Ed.D. Columbia
  University
• Athletic Trainer, Iowa State, M.S. 1982
• Assistant Athletic Trainer Head Athletic
  Trainer, US Military Academy, West Point, NY, 8
  years,
• Director Graduate Athletic Training Program,
  Director ofAthletic Training/Sports Medicine
  Outreach Program Univ. of FL,1992-1997
• Dept. of Orthopaedics Rehabilitation, Univ. of
  Florida, 1997-Present
• Director of Research Dept. of Orthopaedics
  Rehabilitation, Univ. of Florida, 2002-Present
• New York Athletic Trainers Association Regional
  Representative
• Florida High School State Track Meet Medical
  Coordinator, 4 years, State Football
  Championships, 3 years
• SEATA Executive Board, 11 years, SEATA President,
  2006-Present
• SEATA Research Education Committee Co-Chair, 3
  years
• SEATA Secretary/Treasurer, 5 years, SEATA
  Treasurer, 4 years
• NATA Graduate Education Committee, 7 years
• NATA Secretary/Treasurer Committee, 9 years
• Journal of Athletic Training Editorial Board
• NATA Foundation Florida State Representative, 6
  years
• NATA Foundation Public Relations Chair,
  2006-Present
• SEATA Award of Merit, 2006
• SEATA District IX Award, 2002
• NATA Service Award, 2000

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Chuck Kimmel

• Student Athletic Trainer, B.S. University of
  Kentucky
• Assistant Athletic Trainer, East Tennessee State
  University M.S.
• Head Athletic Trainer, Austin Peay State
  University, 1981-2006, Assistant Athletics
  Director, 1990-2006
• Injury Clinic Director Instructor, Appalachian
  St. Univ., 2007-Present
• SEATA Exhibits Chairman, 1981-1992
• Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society President,
  1989-1993
• SEATA Secretary/Treasurer, 1992-1997,
• SEATA President, 1997-2000
• NATA District IX Director, 2000-2004,
• NATA Secretary/Treasurer, 2001
• NATA Board liaison to College/University Athletic
  Trainers, College/University Student Athletic
  Trainers Convention committees
• NATA Co-Chair Convention Host Committee
  Convention, 2000
• NATA President, 2004-Present
• SEATA District Award, 1988
• TATS College Athletic Trainer of the Year, 1991
• NATA Athletic Training Service Award, 1997
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer, 2002
• TATS Hall of Fame, 2002, TATS Presidents Award
  of Merit, 2005
• SEATA Award of Merit, 2005

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James H. Jim Mackie

• B.S. University of Florida, 1974
• M.S. Eastern Kentucky University, 1975
• Assistant Athletic Trainer, University of
  Florida, 1975-1988
• Braintree Hospital Outpatient Sports Medicine
  and Brockton High School, 1988-1992
• Riverside Hospital Baptist\St. Vincents Health
  System, 1992-1999
• HealthSouth Rehabilitation Sports Medicine,
  2000- 2002
• St. Vincents Rehab Sports Medicine,
  2002-Present
• 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
• GATE River Run, Jacksonville Marathon, PGA-MS 150
  Bike Tour, Hoop It Up
• NATA Placement Committee, Public Relations
  Committee
• SEATA Backbone Award, 1985
• NATA Athletic Training Service Award, 1997
• NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award,
  2004
• SEATA District Award, 2006
• Athletic Trainers Association of Florida,
  President, 6 years, Vice-President, 2 years
• ATAF Hall of Fame, 1999
• SEATA Secretary, 2001-2006
• SEATA Treasurer, 2006-Present

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James L. Jay Shoop

• B.S. East Tennessee State University, 1970
• Head Athletic Trainer, Furman University,
  1970-76, M.S. 1976
• Assistant Athletic Trainer, Atlanta Falcons,
  1976-1983
• Head Athletic Trainer, Detroit Lions, 2001-2002
• Director of Sports Medicine, Georgia Tech,
  2002-Present
• Director of Sports Med., Head Athletic Trainer,
  Georgia Tech, 1987-1999
• Head Athletic Trainer, NFL's Tampa Bay
  Buccaneers, 1985-1987
• Head Athletic Trainer, USFL Michigan Panthers,
  1983-1984
• Chief Athletic Trainer, Olympic Village 1996
  Centennial Olympic Games
• Head Athletic Trainer, 1994 Goodwill Games
• SEATA Annual Clinical Symposium Program Chair,
  1979-1981
• NATA History Archives Committee District IX
  Rep.
• SEATA History Archives Committee
• NATA Ethics Committee, 1995-1996
• NATA Reimbursement Committee, 1990-2000
• Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Medicine Society
  President
• Author, History of the Southeast Athletic
  Trainers Association, 1988
• NATA Annual Meeting Co-Host, 2006
• SEATA Award of Merit, 1998

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Jerry Lynn Robertson

• Student Athletic Trainer, East Tennessee State
  Univ., 1960-1964, B.S.
• Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer, Mississippi
  State Univ., 1965, M.Ed.
• Head Athletic Trainer, East Tennessee State
  University, 1965-2003
• Director of Watauga Orthopaedics Sports Medicine
  Foundation, Johnson City, TN, 2003-Present
• SEATA President of SEATA, 1988-1991
• District IX Director, 1991-1994
• NATA Liaison Public Relations, Secondary Schools,
  Scholarships
• NATA National Membership Committee, 1965-1970
• NATA News editorial advisor
• Tennessee Committee for State Licensure
• State High School Committee for Athletic Trainers
• ETSU Jerry Robertson Scholarship Award, 1981
• East Tennessee State University Pirate Club Hall
  of Fame,
• East Tennessee State University Distinguished
  Faculty Award, 1995
• Jerry Robertson BucSports Athletic Medicine
  Center was named in his honor, 2002
• TATS College Athletic Trainer of the Year Award,
  1990
• TATS Hall of Fame, 1995
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes Julian Crocker
  Influence Award, 1994
• NATA 25 Year Award, 1990

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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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• Southeast Athletic Trainers Association
• 2008 Tim Kerin MemorialAwards Luncheon
• Special Thanks to Skeeter Schuessler
• and
• SEATA Hall of Fame Induction

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