Scholarships Committee
The Far West Athletic Trainers Association/District 8 currently sponsors eight scholarships available to athletic training students within the FWATA/District 8. Recipients of each scholarship receive a $1500.00 monetary award and a plaque. All of the awards are given in order to continue promoting the education and profession of athletic training, as well as recognize some of the outstanding students who represent the future of the Athletic Training profession. Three of the current scholarships are given in memory of individuals who contributed greatly to the growth and success of the profession of Athletic Training. The FWATA/District 8 Scholarships are;
Scholarship |
Available to: |
CATA Scholarship |
Community College Student |
NEV-ATA / Alert Scholarship |
Undergraduate Student |
Gary Millay Memorial Scholarship |
Undergraduate Student |
Jerry Lloyd Memorial Scholarship |
Undergraduate Student |
Gail Weldon Memorial Scholarship |
Undergraduate Student |
FWATA Hall of Fame Memorial Scholarship |
Graduating Senior or Graduate Student |
Daniel D. Arnheim Scholarship |
Graduating Senior or Graduate Student |
Mine and GonsakuIto Scholarship |
Undergraduate or Graduate Student of Asian descent |
Please note that for a FWATA scholarship, applicant must apply for an undergraduate or graduate scholarship through the NATA Research & Education Foundation.
This procedure automatically places the applicant eligible for a FWATA & an NATA scholarship. Submitting an application to the NATA Research & Education Foundation makes the applicant eligible for $2300 through the NATA and $1500 through FWATA. Community College applicants are not eligible through the NATA and therefore must apply through FWATA to be considered.
Application Instructions
Community College Applicants
- Complete and submit a FWATA application
- Community college applicants must have their application postmarked by February 10, 2010 and sent to the committee chairperson
- Applications postmarked after the due date will not be considered for any awards
Undergraduate & Post-graduate Applicants
- Complete and submit an NATA Research & Education Foundation application to the NATA by the NATAREF deadline (DO NOT SEND YOUR APPPLICATION TO FWATA)
- Students must be an NATA member by November 1st
Eligibility Requirements
Community College
- Applicants must be student members of the NATA prior to February 1st, 2010 and a District 8 member of the NATA.
- Applicants must have an overall GPA of 3.0 (based on a maximum of 4.0) for ALL community college courses to date, to include the Fall 2009 semester.
- Applicants must have performed with distinction as a participant in his/her athletic training program, academic major, institution, intercollegiate athletics, or American higher education. NOTE: The degree of the student's athletic training achievement shall be weighed at least equally with the degree of their athletic training performance.
- Applicants must signify their intention to continue academic work to the baccalaureate degree as a full time undergraduate student and have been judged capable of this study by their major professor, major department head, or dean of the college in which they have enrolled.
- It must be the intent of the recipient of the scholarship that they pursue the profession of athletic training as their means of livelihood.
- After satisfying the above requirements, consideration shall be given to their participation in campus activities other than academic and athletic training in which they have had the opportunity to demonstrate their qualities of leadership and serve as an example to their fellow students.
Undergraduate & Post-graduate
- See eligibility requirements from
NATA Research & Education Foundation webpage
Applications
Community College application (Word or PDF)
Mail all Community College applications to the Scholarship Committee Chair by February 10th , 2010 (postmark date):
Jason Bennett, DA, ATC
One University Drive
College of Educational Studies
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866