College of Health and Behavorial Sciences

Posted on February 28, 2011

Meghann Brewer, an athletic training major in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, was awarded a Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) through the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Her project is entitled “Quantification of scapular upward rotation in elite volleyball players following a full season of play.” Steve Tucker, PhD, ATC, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, will serve as her faculty mentor for the project.   

Mathew McClain, a 2010 graduate from the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education with a degree in athletic training, had a manuscript entitled Comparison of Scapular Position in Overhead and Non-Overhead Athletes Using the Pectoralis Minor Length Testaccepted for publication in Athletic Training & Sports Health Care. Co-authors on the manuscript are Assistant Professor Steve Tucker, PhD, ATC and Clinical Instructor Steve Hornor, MA, ATC, both from the Department of  Kinesiology and Physical Education.

Two UCA Athletic Training Education Program Students Selected for Leadership Seminar  
 
Senior athletic training student Lyndsey Ingram and junior athletic training student Sawako Tsutai have been selected by the Arkansas Athletic Trainers’’ Association to attend the national iLEAD Student Leadership Seminar held in Washington D.C. at the end of February. The iLEAD seminar is focused on educating young professionals enrolled in accredited athletic training education programs (ATEP) with the skills to be the future leaders in the athletic training profession. Approximately 150 students from across the nation are honored with this opportunity by their state associations. The seminar is held every other year. The first seminar was in 2009 and the UCA ATEP had two students, Sarah Walters and Richelle VanWagoner selected for the inaugural seminar. The iLEAD seminar is held in conjunction with Athletic Training Educators’’ Conference in which Ellen Epping, the UCA Athletic Training Education Program Director will be attending.

Athletic Training Students’ Association Gives Back

The Central Arkansas Athletic Training Students’ Association (CAATSA) collected and donated more than 475 pounds of non-perishable food items to Bethlehem House of Conway during its annual Holiday Food Drive.  The drive is a partnership between the UCA  Kinesiology and Physical Education majors and is hosted on the UCA campus.

In addition to the food drive, CAATSA completed several other community service projects during the fall semester.  The projects included a December donation of clothing to the Salvation Army in Conway and participation in the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department’s Adopt-A-Highway Program.  Association members cleaned up litter along their mile of Interstate 40 in Faulkner County.  They adopted the stretch in 2007 and since have conducted a cleanup twice a semester. 

“In addition to fulfilling the professional-student role of supporting the athletic programs of universities and schools in Central Arkansas, the association strives to be a meaningful contributor to the local community in many other ways,” says Allen Crawford, the faculty advisor to the association.

Bethlehem House serves as a pantry and shelter for homeless families and individuals. 

“The shelter feeds up to 30 people on a daily basis and provides food  to families in the local community,” Crawford says.  “The students and UCA family were generous in their contributions, and we hope that our donation of food and canned goods will help during this season of need.”  

CAATSA is a Recognized Student Organization at UCA.  Its membership is made of students who have been accepted into the Athletic Training Education Program.  The association’s objectives are to promote the profession of Athletic Training, uphold the standards of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, and bring together individuals with common interests and goals for the betterment of the Athletic Training profession.  For more information regarding the association, contact Crawford at acrawford@uca.edu