Charities & Scholarships
2008 Scholarship Awards
PFATS and The Gatorade Company teamed up for the 24th year to award scholarship to student athletic trainers at the 2008 annual National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Meeting and Clinical Symposium. These student athletic trainers received a $2,000 scholarship at this year’s convention in Anaheim:
- Beth Fruechte, Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Larry "Stosh" Neumann Memorial Scholarship Award - William Jones, Slippery Rock University
Edward Block Courage Society Scholarship Award - Shellie Spiers, Louisiana College
Dean Kleinschmidt Scholarship Award - Marc Norcross, MA, ATC; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
William Tessendorf Scholarship Award
From left to right: Marc Norcross, Beth Fruechte, William Jones
2008-09 NFL/ PFATS ETHNIC MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
PFATS has awarded scholarships to minority student athletic trainers participating in NFL training camps. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship and was presented with the award at the start of their NFL training camp.
| Arizona Cardinals | Dexter Charles | Nicholls State |
| Atlanta Falcons | William Jackson | Georgia Southern |
| Baltimore Ravens | Zekarias Solomon | Salisbury University |
| Buffalo Bills | Daryl Nelson | TCU |
| Carolina Panthers | Uriah Myrie | Delaware |
| Carolina Panthers #2 | Adam Ybarra | Missouri |
| Chicago Bears | Philip Taylor | Tougaloo |
| Cincinnati Bengals | Keith Justice | Northern Kentucky |
| Cleveland Browns | Jonta Pritchett | Alabama |
| Dallas Cowboys | Jose Ponce | Texas |
| Dallas Cowboys #2 | Daniel Ramos | Texas State |
| Denver Broncos | Trent Wilson | West Alabama |
| Houston Texans | Khefren Savannah | Houston |
| Indianapolis Colts | Adam Wall | East Carolina |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | Fernando Vera | Texas A&M - Corpus |
| Kansas City Chiefs | Saturu Ozawa | Alabama |
| Miami Dolphins | Brandon Gonzalez | Lewis University |
| Miami Dolphins#2 | Yuri Jean-Baptiste | Florida |
| Minnesota Vikings | Robinson Henry | FIU |
| Minnesota Vikings #2 | Daniel Melara | Univ. of San Diego |
| New England Patriots | Yasuaki Okawa | Clemson |
| New York Jets | Ezron Bryson | Hofstra |
| Oakland Raiders | Jacob Puente | Texas State |
| St. Louis Rams | Jacob Ramirez | Sul Ross State |
| San Diego Chargers | Salvador Bernal | Fresno State |
| San Diego Chargers #2 | Collin Francis | Delaware |
| San Francisco 49ers | Taichi Kitagawa | San Jose State |
| Seattle Seahawks | Nikolas Turner | Central Florida |
| Tampa Bay Bucs | Courtney Huntley | Valdosta State |
| Tennessee Titans | Adrian Ramon | Univ. of North Texas |
| Washington Redskins | Antonio Davis | Southern Miss |
| Washington Redskins #2 | Chukwuma Okeke | Michigan State |
Deadline for submission of applications to these scholarships is March 15, 2009.
For information on how to apply for these and other scholarships and internships, click here.