Rob Ullery, MS, ATC, has been selected as one of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association’s (NATA) 2016 Athletic Trainer Service Award recipients.
“I was taught to care for people by my mother who was a nurse,” Ullery told the Early Bird, “and I wanted to parlay that caring for people with a sports twist.”
Ullery, a resident of Lexington, Ky and a Greenville graduate from the class of 1987 is the director of outreach at the University of Kentucky.
Ullery was the first student athletic trainer to serve at Greenville High School while playing baseball and performing as a member of the Wavaires.
“Tracy Tryon was the person who introduced me to athletic training,” said Ullery. “David Cox and David Trimble helped launch my interest by sending me to a student athletic trainer camp at St. E’s sports medicine while I was in high school.”
Ullery has been at the University of Kentucky for the past 20 years and currently serves as president of the Kentucky Athletic Trainers Society.”
A 1991 graduate of Ohio Northern University, Ullery went on to get his master’s degree from Ohio University.
The award to be presented to Ullery by his peers for service to the profession of athletic training will be presented during NATA’s 67th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Baltimore on June 24, 2016.
The Athletic Trainer Service Award recognizes NATA members for their contributions to the athletic training profession as a volunteer at the local and state levels. These recipients have been involved in professional associations, community organizations, grassroots public relations efforts and service as a volunteer athletic trainer. Candidates must have held the certified athletic trainer (ATC) credential, conferred by the Board of Certification, and have been an NATA member, both for at least 20 years.
“We are always excited to recognize the dedication, excellence, inspirational outlook and commitment of our honorees, and this year is no exception. These recipients serve as role models to their peers and represent some of the best of the best of the athletic training profession, said NATA Honors & Awards Committee Chair Chuck Kimmel, ATC. “We know they will continue to contribute to their place of work and their community at large in ensuring quality of care and optimal health moving into the years ahead.”