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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 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.

Atlanta Falcons Philip Young Georgia
Baltimore Ravens Michael Cannon Morgan State
Buffalo Bills Derek Rivera Delaware
Buffalo Bills Jeffery Smith Old Dominion
Carolina Panthers Minekazu Isobe L.S.U.
Chicago Bears Wilkin Perez Penn State
Cincinnati Bengals Deontai Alexander Cincinnati
Cleveland Browns Darrell Jenkins Charleston Southern
Dallas Cowboys Abraham Diaz Texas State
Dallas Cowboys Kentaro Ishii Texas Christian
Denver Broncos Sean Evans Midwestern State
Detroit Lions Pascual Guerrero Long Island
Houston Texans Eric Fajardo Texas Tech
Indianapolis Colts Lemar Mosley Rowan
Jacksonville Jaguars Yutaka Hirabayashi    Southern
Miami Dolphins Ryan Dotson Purdue
Minnesota Vikings Takuma Hoshiba Cal State – Fresno
New England Patriots Kiyoshi Otani California State - Northridge
New Orleans Saints Thaddeus Avery Arkansas
New York Giants Marcell Valentine    West Virginia
New York Giants Emily Tong Michigan State
New York Jets Charles Hooks Long Island
Oakland Raiders Kei Sato San Jose
Oakland Raiders Jeremiah Jones Cal State – Fresno
Philadelphia Eagles Daisuke Yamaguchi    Cal Univ. of Penn
Pittsburgh Steelers Jonathon Andino Pittsburgh
San Diego Chargers Daniel Bellamy North Carolina Central
San Francisco 49ers Bryce Gaines Delaware
Seattle Seahawks Kellen Shervington Florida State
Tampa Bay Bucs Keitaro Abe Georgia Southern
Tennessee Titans Morris Dixon Prairie View A&M
Washington Redskins Rudolph Rodriguez    Nova SE

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.