Honors and Awards

Award Info

The 2026 National H&A Cycle is open for nominations August 1st, 2025 - September 15th, 2025. Applicants have until October 1st to turn in all of their materials.

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.

Workflows Available

Use the following workflows to help you navigate our new Awards Software! New workflows will be added throughout the Fall.

How to Nominate a Peer

Timeline

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.