TATS Announces the 2018 Honors & Awards Recipients

The Tennessee Athletic Trainers' Society would like to congratulate the following individuals for their contributions to the field of athletic training in communities across the state of Tennessee.  The work of these honorees is demonstrative of the value that all athletic trainers bring to their communities on a regular basis.  These healthcare providers represent the mission and values of the NATA, SEATA, and TATS in the delivery and advancement of health care.

These individuals will be honored at the 2018 TATS Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium Honors & Awards Luncheon on January 14th, 2018.

 

HALL OF FAME

SCOTT BYRD, ATC, LAT

 

PRESIDENTS’ AWARD OF MERIT

RICK LOWRY

 

SPORTS MEDICINE PERSON OF THE YEAR

ALLEN ANDERSON, MD
(Awarded Posthumously)

 

JOE WORDEN CLINIC/PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETIC TRAINER OF THE YEAR

ANDY HOSLER, MS, ATC, LAT
NASHVILLE PREDATORS

 

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

KIM MOSELEY, MS, ATC, LAT
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

 

SANDY SANDLIN
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINER OF THE YEAR

FRED “JERSEY” DEMARCO, MS Ed, ATC, LAT
McCALLIE SCHOOL

 

 JERRY ROBERTSON EDUCATOR AWARD

EMILY SPEARS, MS, ATC, LAT
STEWARTS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

 

BACKBONE OF THE YEAR

LAUREN BAES, MS, ATC. LAT
STAR PHYSICAL THERAPY / FATHER RYAN HIGH SCHOOL

 

CORPORATE AWARD WINNER

BRAD ROHLING, M.Ed., ATC, LAT
NHC SPORTS MEDICINE / TENNESSEE ORTHOPAEDIC ALLIANCE
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS / MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIV.

 

LIFESAVER CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

ANDREA GOWAN, ATC, LAT
WHITE HOUSE HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL

 

ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENT
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

DILLON DOUGLASS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

 

GRADUATE ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

NO AWARD GIVEN