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EUGENE SMITH / MICKEY O'BRIEN
COLLEGE ATHLETIC TRAINER OF THE YEAR
AWARD

The College Athletic Trainer of the Year Award is named for former head athletic trainers Eugene Smith of then Memphis State University and Mickey O’Brien who served at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville. These people were some of the most talented athletic trainers in sports and helped set the model that others have followed in providing care at the collegiate level. This award honors those whose work epitomizes that legacy.

Standing left to right is 2009 award recipient Mike Van Bruggen, MS, ATC,LAT Carson Newman College  with the presentation by Scott Byrd, ATC/L, TATS Vice President

Photo courtesy of Dr. David Adams HSD, ATC,LAT
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EUGENE SMITH / MICKEY O'BRIEN
      COLLEGE ATHLETIC TRAINER OF THE YEAR      
Previous Award Recipients

1990 JERRY ROBERTSON - EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
1991 CHUCK KIMMEL - AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY
1992 EDDIE CANTLER - UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
1993 TIM KERIN - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE
1994 DAVID T. GREEN, TENNESSEE TECH
1995 PAUL FEDERICI - VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
1996 MOLLIE MALONE - VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
1997 STEVE COREY - CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY
1998 GEORGE CAMP - MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
1999 SHARON WOODS - MARYVILLE COLLEGE
2000 LINDA BARKER - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN
2001 GLENN SCHWAB - RHODES COLLEGE
2002 MIKE ROLLO - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE
2003 MICHAEL WELLER – BRYAN COLLEGE
2004 MONROE ABRAM – TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
2005 NO AWARD GIVEN
2006 NO AWARD GIVEN
2007 MICHEAL MYER – VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
2008 RAY KNIGHT – SEWANNE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH