Career Advancement Committee National Distinction Award - Application
The Career Advancement Committee recognizes one young professional athletic trainer each year that has made an immediate and definitive impact on the athletic training profession at the national, district, state or community level. The award recipient must embody the ideas, goals and mission of NATA and the Career Advancement Committee, and demonstrate the highest level of service, professionalism and competence.
Nomination and Eligibility
Please see the award information page for more instructions; including nomination timeframe, standardized recommendation form for nominees, requirements and candidate eligibility. NATA members may nominate a young professional by downloading and completing the nomination application when the nomination period opens on August 1 and submitting all necessary materials by 11:59 p.m. CT on Nov. 26.
Past YPC National Distinction Award Recipients*
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2010 |
Scott Lawrance, MS, ATC, CSCS |
| 2011 | Greg Janik, MS, ATC |
| 2012 | Bryce Gillespie, ATC |
| 2013 | Adam Annaccone, PES, CES |
| 2014 | Ryan Wilkinson, EdD, ATC, CSCS |
| 2015 | Dorice Hankemeier, PhD, ATC |
| 2016 | Ryan Weible, ATC, PES, CES |
| 2017 | David Marchetti, MS, AT, CSCS |
| 2018 | Cailee Welch Bacon, PhD, ATC |
| 2019 | Kaleb Birney, MS, ATC, CES |
| 2020 | Scott Sell, MS, LAT, ATC |
| 2021 | Christina S. Carrillo, MS, ATC |
| 2022 | Kelsey J. Picha, PhD, ATC |
| 2023 | Jasmine DeBose, DAT, LAT, ATC |
| 2024 | Rhianna Freiburger, DAT, LAT, ATC |
*For the 2022 award season and onward, the YPC Award will be known as the CAC Award. Previous award recipients of the YPC Award (pre-2022) are exempt from the name change and will remain as is.