Everyone Deserves a Lifetime

Sometimes, it is amazing where one can find inspiration. I will be the first to admit that this quote was taped inside a port-o-let at the DFW 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk, held this weekend.

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you" John Wooden

To everyone who volunteered their time this weekend to help the walkers make it to their goal, you lived some perfect days this weekend. They repayed you this evening when they crossed the finish line. I am proud to be a member of this wonderful profession.

SWATA Blog is international!

Happy November fellow SWATA members and other readers of our Executive Board Blog. As we move towards Christmas and the end of the year I wanted to take this opportunity to thank those of you who have been consistent visitors to our blog site.

We on the Executive Board have made it a priority to update this blog with items of interest to not only SWATA members, but athletic trainers in general. It has shown in both the number of readers and also the locations that the readers are when they click on our link. Here are a few stats from our readership. Since August the largest number of readers have obviously come from the United States and the majority of them are from Arkansas and Texas. Wisconsin, surprisingly enough has the most hits outside of our own district. Internationally we've had readers from India, France, Japan, Brazil, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and Moldova. The most international hits are from India.

If you are in a foreign country or another NATA District and you are reading our Executive Board Blog I and the rest of the SWATA Executive Board thank you. If you are one of our own and a SWATA member the Executive Board and myself would also like to thank you and congratulate you for taking time out of busy schedule to read what is going on with your association.

Good luck to all and if you ever need anything from your Executive Board please do not hesitate to contact any of us.

SWATA announces new award - Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer

The SWATA Executive Board is pleased to announce that a new award has been created to help honor our hard working members for a lifetime of service to the profession and the association. This award is the SWATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer.


The SWATA "Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer" was developed for the purpose of recognizing a member of District VI whose dedicated service, past achievements, and professional contributions have furthered the advancement of the SWATA and the athletic training profession. Any SWATA member may nominate any other SWATA member provided that the person being nominated meets all of the criteria set fourth by the SWATA Honors & Awards Committee for this award.

To be eligible for this award the candidate must meet the following criteria for consideration of selection:
· A minimum of fifteen (15) years of professional service to the profession
· Certified or Associate member in good standing
· Be or have been a member of District VI, working, retired, or deceased
· Elected, appointed, or volunteer service or significant contributions to the SWATA
· SWATA Hall of Fame Members are not eligible for this award

This award was conceived with the idea that there are many athletic trainers that have provided a career of service to SWATA that should be recognized for that service. If you know someone who you think is worthy of receiving this award please consider nominating them. The first recipients of the SWATA Most Distinguished Award will be recognized at the Honors & Awards luncheon at the SWATA Annual Meeting next July in Arlington.

The Most Distinguished Award nomination packet is on the SWATA website in the Honors & Awards section at the following link

http://www.swata.org/pdfs/Honor_Awards/Distinguished_Athletic_Trainer.pdf