Press Releases Archive

DALLAS, March 2, 2015 – In a continued effort to keep young athletes safe, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and Youth Sports Safety Alliance hosted today the sixth annual Youth Sports Safety Summit in Dallas, Texas. This year’s forum built on the success of prior summits and addressed the day-long theme of Navigating the Athletic Health Care System, focusing on athletic play in communit…

DALLAS, June 11, 2015– The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will welcome Scott R. Sailor, EdD, ATC, as its new president during the association’s 66th Annual Conventionat the America’s Center in St. Louis, June 22-27, 2015. Sailorhas 25yearsof sports medicine experience and a passion and vision for his new role as he succeeds outgoing PresidentJim Thornton, M…

DALLAS, July 20, 2016 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) has announced that two current board members will take on new leadership roles. The board of directors elected Tory R. Lindley, MA, ATC, as vice president, and Timothy S. Weston, MEd, ATC, was appointed by President Scott Sailor, EdD, ATC, to the position of secretary/treasurer. They will replace MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, A…

DALLAS, October 6, 2017 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) published today its new position statement, “Fluid Replacement for the Physically Active.” Created by the NATA Foundation, the statement appears online in the September 2017 Journal of Athletic Training, NATA’s scientific publication and presents evidence-based recommendations that promote optimized fluid-maintenance prac…

Endorsed by Five Professional Sports Athletic Training Societies - Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey and Soccer and Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine DALLAS, TX – In anticipation of National Youth Sports Specialization Awareness Week (third full week in October) the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) released an official statement with health-focused recommendations …

DALLAS, Texas, April 2, 2013 – Dallas-based National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) announces that it has named a new executive director. David Saddler, who has served as interim executive director after the recent retirement of long-time Executive Director Eve Becker-Doyle, CAE, assumes the role effective immediately. Saddler has been a senior executive on the staff of NATA…

DALLAS, March 20, 2012 – In a continued effort to reduce the incidence of exertional heat illness among young athletes, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association announced today that Georgia is the latest state to adopt recommendations from the NATA-spearheaded Inter-Association Task Force on Preseason Heat-Acclimatization Guidelines for Secondary School Athletics. In just the past y…

St. Louis, June 24, 2015 – At the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) 66th Clinical Symposia and AT Expo in St. Louis today, the NFL Foundation, NATA, Gatorade and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS) announced the expansion of the athletic trainer outreach program for the 2015-2016 school year, funding additional athletic trainers in underserved high schools nati…

DALLAS, October 24, 2016 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association International Committee announced that nominations are open for two inaugural awards that will honor athletic trainers and organizations from around the world who have contributed to the advancement of the profession and patient care abroad. “NATA is committed to the continued expansion of athletic training worldwide,” said…

More than 100 members of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) from 30 states will descend on Congress on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, for the organization’s annual Capitol Hill Day in an effort to educate members of Congress about the athletic training profession and request support from their senators for S. 808, the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act. The legislation, which would p…