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Amanda Benson Receives Most Distinguished Award from SEATA

Article reposted from Observer
Author: Observer

Dunkirk native Dr. Amanda Benson received the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the Southeast Athletic Trainers Association (SEATA).

This award is designed to recognize and honor those who have served and demonstrated outstanding and unusual service to SEATA and the profession of athletic training.

Benson is the Assistant Program Director for Athletic Training at LSU. She entered LSU in 2015 as the Assistant Program Director and Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the School of Kinesiology. Prior to her arrival at LSU, Dr. Benson worked at Troy University where she served in various capacities from 2003-2014 including the clinical coordinator, department chair and program director for athletic training.

In addition to her duties as the Assistant Program Director at LSU, Benson is an active volunteer to the profession of athletic training. She currently serves on the National Research and Education Foundation Scholarship Committee, is a Review Team member and site visitor for the Commission on Accreditation for Athletic Training Education (CAATE) and has worked with USA Tae Kwon Do. She has earned various accolades throughout her career including: the Ingalls Award, which is given to the most outstanding teacher at Troy University, the College and University Athletic Training Award for the State of Alabama, the SEATA Education/Administration award, and Phi Kappa Phi Scholars Award.

The Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association (SEATA) is District IX of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. It is a not-for-profit organization dealing with the concerns of its members and the profession of athletic training as a whole.

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Lee Students Stand Out At SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium

Article reposted from Chattanoogan
Author: Chattanoogan

Lee University athletic training students traveled to Atlanta to participate in the Athletic Training Student Symposium, hosted by the Southeast Athletic Trainer’s Association.

During the conference, over 900 undergraduate and graduate students seeking athletic training certification gathered to participate in various activities designed to foster the growth of athletic training students.

Lee seniors Stephan (Levi) Moffett and Emily Skipper were two of eight students selected to deliver oral presentations on clinical case studies. Mr. Moffett presented on the spontaneous healing of a college volleyball player, and Ms. Skipper’s study explored the surgical repair of a lower back muscle tear in a professional baseball pitcher.

Additionally, Lee’s team, the Smashing Lumpkins, competed in the ATSS quiz bowl competition against 23 other teams. Participating teams answered questions related to athletic training and were scored on quickness and correctness of responses. The Smashing Lumpkins took tenth place, but not before holding their own for a moment at first.

“Besides being on the first quiz bowl team for Lee and doing well against other schools that were there, I got to learn valuable information from some of the best athletic trainers in the world,” said Luis Rodas, Lee AT major. “This trip was an amazing experience due to the people that went on the trip and the people I met at SEATA.”

According to Dr. Kelly Lumpkin, Lee’s AT program director, the success of the current undergraduate athletic training program is smoothing the transition into the first semester of Lee’s upcoming Masters of Science in Athletic Training program. The MSAT program will begin May 2018 but applications are being accepted beginning fall 2017. Another new program, PRE-AT, will allow students to pursue an emphasis area in athletic training at the undergraduate level.

The SEATA is a non-profit organization that is committed to enhancing the quality of healthcare provided by certified athletic trainers and to advancing the athletic training profession. The ATSS welcomes experimental research, case studies, and other research projects regarding athletic training from students seeking athletic training certification.

For more information about SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium, visit https://www.seata.org/2017-SEATA-Athletic-Training-Student-Symposium.

For more information about Lee’s Athletic Training Program , contact Dr. Kelly Lumpkin at 614-8474 or klumpkin@leeuniversity.edu.