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I hope this note finds each of you well.  It has been a busy summer and we had a wonderful, productive annual meeting in San Antonio where we brought to a close our Capital Campaign for Research and Education.  Additionally, the Foundation held our second annual donor reception where our theme was “Celebrating our Success”.

Over 2 years ago, the Foundation’s Board of Directors voted to initiate a Capital Campaign for Research and Education.  Over the course of the Campaign it became clear that it would be a campaign powered by volunteers, powered by Athletic Trainers.  As many of you know, the Campaign has really been a combined effort of volunteers organized in small working groups focused on developing endowments.  In most cases these endowments have been put in place to honor icons in athletic training and sports medicine.  The combined effort of these working groups has resulted in more than 35 new endowments in the Foundation’s portfolio.

I would like to thank each of you who participated in the Capital Campaign.  This Campaign has been transformational for the NATA Foundation and for the profession of athletic training.
 

NATA Research & Education Foundation President, Mark Hoffman, ATC, reported to the NATA Board of Directors on the progress of the Foundation over the past year.  Access the full report on the State of the Foundation by clicking HERE.
 

We want to particularly thank those supporters of the Campaign for Research and Education who contributed at the various recognition  levels as well as express our sincere appreciation to the Charter Members of the Shoe Box Society for Planned Giving.  Click HERE for a full listing and HERE for the Campaign website.  These NATA Foundation supporters were recognized at the Celebrating Our Success Donor Reception in San Antonio.  Click HERE to see the PowerPoint.
 

The Foundation Free Communications Program for 2008 received a total of 380 submissions of which 299 were accepted.  Oral presentations totaled 124 and 175 Poster Presentations were provided.  Free Communications Award Recipients are as follows:

• Doctoral Oral Winner
  Lindsay J. DiStefano, MA, ATC, PES,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Improvements in landing technique from an injury prevention program are retained in youth soccer athletes"

• Doctoral Poster Winner
  Jihong Park, MS, ATC, CSCS,  University of Virginia, "Knee extension exercises do not immediately increase quadriceps activation in individuals with anterior knee pain"

• Master's Oral Winner
  Ashley Anna Reed, ATC, University of Kentucky, "Estimated Survival Probabilities for Return to Play Outcomes from Ankle Sprains, Knee Sprains, and Concussion in High School Athletes"

• Master's Poster Winner
  Emily Schlitz, ATC, LAT, University of Northern Iowa, "Psychometrics of Ankle Self-report Survey (PASS)"

• Undergraduate Poster Winner
  Jeanne Graf, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Sex differences in balance and power among youth soccer players"
   

The Western Carolina University Western Athletic Training Association was recognized at the Pinky Newell Scholarship and Student Leadership Breakfast for winning the 2008-2009 NATA Foundation Athletic Training Student Challenge by raising $3,123.50.  Twelve clubs participated this year and raised a total of $4,844.85 toward the Challenge.  Some clubs elected to provide their funds toward specific Capital Campaign endowments as opposed to the Challenge.  Special thanks to these participants:

• A. T. Still University - Arizona School of Health Sciences, Athletic Training Student Association

• Bridgewater State College, BSC Athletic Training Club

• Ithaca College, Ithaca College Athletic Training Students' Association

• Marquette University - Marquette Athletic Training Student Association

• Minnesota State University, Mankato, Athletic Training Student Group

• Springfield College, Springfield College Athletic Training Club

• The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, UNC Greensboro Student Athletic Training Association

• University of Southern Mississippi, USM Student Sports Med Association

• University of Tennessee at Martin, UT Martin Athletic Training Society

• University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, UWEC Athletic Student Athletic Training Association

• University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, La Cross Athletic Trainers' Association

• Western Carolina University, Western Athletic Training Association

Look for information on the Foundation website later in the fall to join the Challenge for next year.
 

This Grant Information Summary may be downloaded in a 2-page pdf file from www.natafoundation.org/pdfs/08FritzGrantSummary.pdf 
 

2009 marked the first year of the NATA Foundation's expanded recognition program which includes three Foundation Service Awards.  This year's recipients were honored at Foundation Donor Reception on June 18 in San Antonio.

Lifetime Contribution Award - for recognition of exemplary contributions by an individual or a group who provided significant advancement or financial growth of the Foundation over a sustained, extended period of time.

• Michael R. Sitler, EdD, ATC

New Initiative Service Award - for recognition of exemplary grass roots initiatives (typically short term) by an individual or a group who provided significant advancement or financial growth of the Foundation.

• Sara D. Brown, MS, ATC and Gail Samdperil, MAT, ATC

Volunteer Service Award - for recognition of exemplary contributions by a current Foundation Board or Committee member who provided significant advancement or financial growth of the Foundation.

• Michael Pruitt, MS, ATC, LAT and Timothy L. Uhl, PhD, ATC, PT

Each year brings a few changes to the Board and this year is no different.  We welcome Teresa Foster Welch, CAE as our new Executive Director of the Foundation and wish John Oliver, CAE, CFRE well in his retirement.  In appreciation for John's extensive and very significant contribution to the Foundation as Director he was recently elected as a Lifetime Honorary Member of the NATA Foundation’s Board of Directors.  We also want to welcome our newest Board member, Ken Locker, MA, ATC, CMRT, who has just joined us as the District 6 Chair.

With recent changes to our By-Laws, four previous Board members have been elected to new positions.  These are R. T. Floyd, EdD, ATC, CSCS - Vice President for District Relations, MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, ATC - Vice President for External Affairs, Clint Thompson, MA, ATC - Vice President for Finance and Charlie Redmond, MS, MEd, ATC, PT - Vice President for Governance.   We want to particularly thank our two outgoing members, Darin A. Padua, PhD, ATC and Cindy Trowbridge, PhD, ATC, CSCS  for their work at the Board level.  Both will remain in key leadership positions as Chairs of the Foundation's Research Committee and Scholarship Committee, respectively.
 

239 NATA Annual Meeting attendees participated in the Foundation Fun Run.  Click HERE to see the Fun Run results.  790 members turned out for NATA Foundation Night to see the San Antonio Missions take on the Corpus Christi Hooks at Nelson W. Wolff Stadium in San Antonio.
 

The Foundation requests nominations for the following awards for 2010:

• Medal for Distinguished Athletic Training Research

• New Investigator Award

• Doctoral Dissertation Award

Visit the "Grants/Awards Programs" link at www.natafoundation.org/research-awards.html  for eligibility requirements and the nomination procedures.  Nominations are due Sept. 1.
 

Your NATA Research Foundation Board held its annual Board meeting on 06/16/09 in San Antonio, TX .  Below are some highlights of the actions taken on this date:

1. Approved the minutes for the 2/10/09 conference call as presented.

2. Elected Cindy Trowbridge as Scholarship Committee Chair and Ken Locker as District 6 Chair.

3. Approved using the December 31, 2008 NATA membership statistics as a basis for goals for the 2009 Annual Fund Competition.

4. Approved the recipients of the 2009 Foundation Scholarship Awards as recommended.

5. Approved the minutes for the 4/24/09 meeting as presented.

6. Approved several Foundation Bylaws changes in conjunction with the new governance structure.  NOTE: We will distribute a copy of the new Bylaws soon.

7. Elected 4 new Vice Presidents as nominated.

8. Approved re-appointment of 3 current Research Committee Members to a second term as recommended.

9. Approved appointment of 3 new Research Committee Members to a first term as recommended.

10. Approved an unbudgeted expenditure of $4,919.40 for Master’s Research Grants as recommended.

11. Approved an unbudgeted expenditure of $4,940.00 for Doctoral Research Grants as recommended.

12. Approved re-appointment of 1 current Scholarship Committee Member to a second term as recommended.

13. Approved appointment of 5 new Scholarship Committee Members to a first term as recommended.

The next Foundation Board Conference Call is scheduled for Monday, August 24 at 12:00 Noon CDT.
 

• Aug. 15, 2009 General Research Grant applications due.  Pre-Proposal Submission Form required

• Sep. 1, 2009 Research Award Nominations due
• Sep. 1, 2009 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship application due
• Oct. 1, 2009 Master's Research Grant applications due
• Dec. 1, 2009 NATA Fellows application deadline
• Dec. 1, 2009 Abstracts due for 2010 Free Communications

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