NATA Hall of Fame

Kent Scriber has served for years as a professor and supervisor of athletic training as well as clinical education coordinator at Ithaca College. Scriber, a past president of EATA, won the NYSATA Sheehan Award and the EATA's Cramer Award.

Dick Hoover was an early developer of outpatient sports medicine practices and was instrumental in opening 100+ outpatient clinics. The original PR chair for NATA, Hoover was involved in consulting and implementing rehabilitation and sports medicine programs at rural hospitals and high schools. He also served on the Boards of Directors of various corporations. Hoover is retired and lives in Indiana.

Jim Gallaspy has been teaching students in high school and college throughout his career. He was president of the Mississippi Athletic Trainers' Association, Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association and served on the NATA board from 1994-97, focusing on building jobs in the profession. Gallaspy worked at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, for 26 years before retiring in 2000.

Earlene Durrant was the first woman to be elected as president of the Utah Athletic Trainers' Association and was the first female athletic trainer at Brigham Young University. Durrant developed athletic training programs for secondary school districts in Utah as well as BYU, where she has served as chair of the Department of Physical Education.

Karen “Toby” Toburen established the first athletic training curriculum in the state of Wisconsin while at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. She served as chair of the NATA Convention Committee and vice-chair of the Joint Review Committee for Athletic Training education. Toburen is now retired.

Doug May worked for 20 years at the McCallie School before retiring in 2007. May was vice-president of NATA and was a District Nine director. In addition, he was a charter member of the Mississippi Athletic Trainers' Association and served as its first president.

Donald Lowe was instrumental in forming the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association and served as president of that association from 1984-86. Lowe helped obtain professional regulation of athletic trainers in New York. After many years at Syracuse University and a stint at Georgia Tech, Lowe launched Sports Medicine Management Consultants in 2003.

Phil Hossler co-authored New Jersey's Athletic Training Practice Act and led the way for the creation of the state's landmark Department of Education certification for high school athletic trainers. He owns five copyrights related to athletic training and a patent on a first aid splint. Hossler served two terms as president of the Athletic Trainers' Society of New Jersey. He is an athletic trainer at East Brunswick High School.

Dale Googins was head athletic trainer and associate professor at Denison University when he retired in 1997. He served as a test site administrator for the NATA Board of Certification and was a member of the team that produced test questions for the certification exam.

Joe Godek was the first chair of the department of sports medicine at West Chester University in 1992. He is a former president of the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association and served two terms on the NATA board. He chaired the NATA Finance and Convention committees and was an on-site evaluator for the NATA approval and CAAHEP accreditation of athletic training curriculums. He is with DevTay Enterprises.