Honors and Awards

NATA is proud to feature the best. Get recognized.

The Honors and Awards Committee needs your help to make sure our profession’s top contributors are recognized! Any NATA member may nominate a colleague for one of the association’s national honors or awards. Please refer to our timeline to make sure your nomination is received in plenty of time.

2025 HONORS AND AWARDS RECIPIENTS (PDF)

Award Info

The 2026 National H&A Cycle will open on August 1st, 2025.

We will be launching a new website this year! If you have applied between 2022-2025 and would like to obtain a previous copy of your application, please submit the request to engage@nata.org indicating the year and award you applied for. Requests may take up to 2 weeks to process.

There are a variety of awards bestowed each year to worthy members of NATA, each with their own unique requirements, application, review processes, timelines and recognition efforts. These awards include: Hall of Fame (HOF), Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer (MDAT), Athletic Trainer Service Award (ATSA), Eve Becker-Doyle Leadership Award, Fellows and the Gail Weldon Award of Excellence, Jack Weakley Award of Distinction and Honorary Membership. The Tim Kerin Award has a seperate application process.

Many awards require that a candidate complete an application or submit supporting materials (letters of recommendation, vitae, etc.). We recommend you allow ample time to complete these materials by submitting your nominations early.

Timeline

August 1 (12:00am Central Time)

September 15 (11:59pm Central Time)

October 1 (11:59pm central time)

February

June

Nominations open

Nominations close

Deadline to return all application and support materials

Award Recipients selected and notified

Awards presented during the NATA Convention & AT Expo

While other NATA awards may follow the same or similar National Awards timeline, almost all of them have different applications, requirements and separate processes in place for submission, selection, notification and recognition. Please be advised that a candidate for multiple awards will most likely need multiple nomination forms and supporting documents, depending on the requirements for each award. View our helpful breakdown of all the awards that are given at NATA below, and be advised that any questions for a particular award should first be directed to the staff liaison listed as the contact on the respective award page.