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Presenter:
Jeff Allen, MS, ATC,
Bobby Barton, DA, ATC,
MaryBeth
Horodyski, EdD, ATC
Presentation Date: 02/29/2008
Brief Biography of
Speakers
Jeff Allen, MS, ATC
Head football athletic trainer at the University of
Alabama since June of 2007. Served as head athletic
trainer at the University of Central Florida and
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and also as
an assistant athletic trainer at the University of
Kentucky.
Married to Mary Allen. Seven year-old daughter,
Makennah
Bobby Barton, DA, ATC
The first athletics trainer ever inducted
into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame, Dr.
Bobby Barton is widely recognized as a pioneer and
leader in the sports medicine field. EKU’s
head athletics trainer from 1976 until 2003, Barton
also spent much of his time teaching in the exercise
and sports science department. Barton was the
head athletics trainer during the Colonels’
four-year stretch of football national championship
appearances (1979-82), earning the title in 1979 and
1982. During his 27-year tenure at EKU, Barton
acted as chair of EKU’s physical education
department and co-authored the Commonwealth of
Kentucky’s athletic trainer certification law.
Barton received the Distinguished Service Award for
Athletic Training from the American Orthopaedic
Society for Sports Medicine in 1998 and in 1999 was
presented with the Outstanding Football Trainer
Award by the All-American Football Foundation. He
also served on the American Counsel on Education’s
Commission on College Athletics. In 1995, he
served as the men’s basketball athletic trainer for
the U.S. National Team at the World University
games. Barton served as NATA President from
1982 until 1986 and served on the organization’s
Placement Committee, Public Relations Committee and
the Research and Education Foundation Board of
Directors. Barton has also been elected to the
National Athletic Trainer’s Association Hall of
Fame, the Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society Hall
of Fame and the Marshall University Athletics Hall
of Fame. He earned his B.A. degree from the
University of Kentucky in 1968 and his M.S. from
Marshall in 1970. Barton earned his Doctor of Arts
degree in Adapted Physical Education at Middle
Tennessee State in 1975 and worked at the University
of Florida, University of Kentucky and Florida
International University before coming to EKU.
MaryBeth
Horodyski, EdD, ATC
Director of Research,
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and
Rehabilitation, University of Florida
MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD,
ATC has a long history of service to the athletic
training profession. Beginning as a regional
representative for NYATA, MaryBeth has been active
in the NATA for 27 years with 16 of those years in
both SEATA and ATAF. She has served on the SEATA
Executive Board for and has represented SEATA as
President of District IX since 2006. Her extensive
leadership in SEATA includes serving as co-chair for
the Research and Education Committee (3 years),
SEATA secretary/treasurer (5 years), and SEATA
treasurer (4 years). Nationally, MaryBeth has
served on the Graduate Education Committee (7
years), the Secretary/Treasurer Committee (9 years),
and is served on the Editorial Board of the Journal
of Athletic Training. She has also served as
Florida’s Research and Education Foundation State
Representative (6 years) and was selected as Public
Relations Chair for the NATA Research and Education
Foundation.
Both her peers and the
public have recognized Dr. Horodyski for her
contributions. She is the recipient of the SEATA
Award of Merit (2006), and the SEATA District IX
Award (2002). She has been awarded the NATA
Service Award (2000), the ATAF College/Professional
Athletic Trainer of the Year Award (1997), the
Bronze Gator Award for service to the community from
the Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee (1997),
and the Superior Civilian Service Award, and Medal
from the US Government (1992). In 2004 she was
honored with the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic
Trainer Award and was inducted into the ATAF Hall of
Fame.
She graduated from
Lock Haven University (PA) in 1982 with a BS in
HPERD and athletic training. She completed her
master’s degree in exercise physiology at Iowa State
University while working as an athletic trainer for
the Athletic Department. MaryBeth then served at
the US Military Academy, West Point, NY for eight
years, first as assistant athletic trainer and later
as head athletic trainer in the Department of
Physical Education. During her time at West Point
she earned her doctorate in applied human physiology
at Columbia University.
In 1992, MaryBeth joined
the University of Florida faculty in the Department
of Exercise and Sport Sciences, where she served as
Director of the Graduate Athletic Training Program
and was the Director of the Athletic Training/Sports
Medicine OutReach Program, servicing 12 high
schools, a community college, a community/industrial
setting, and 2 campus locations. At the same time,
MaryBeth’s strong interest in research led her to
collaborations with faculty from the Department of
Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, which resulted in a
joint appointment in that Department in 1997. In
August 2002, she decided to pursue her research
interests more directly and accepted the position of
Director of Research for the Department of
Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and a joint
appointment with the Department of Physical
Therapy. In addition to facilitating research for
all the faculty in her Department, she supervises
research for orthopaedic residents, and continues
her own research. Recently funded studies have
compared techniques for moving a spine-injured
athlete and ways to prevent heat illness in football
players performing in a warm environment. MaryBeth
has coauthored or edited three books and published
57 papers in peer-reviewed publications. She was an
author on approximately 120 abstracts presented at
professional conferences and has delivered 20
additional speeches or seminars at national and
international level. Dr. Horodyski is a frequent
speaker for the Student SEATA Symposium (15 years,
25 presentations), NATA symposiums, and numerous
other professional organizations.
Dr. Horodyski has served
as an athletic trainer in settings as diverse as
high school, college (Divisions I and III) and the
military. As a supervisor, she has mentored over
130 certified athletic trainers in these arenas and
in industrial settings. For over 20 years, MaryBeth
has served her local communities in roles such as
Medical Coordinator for the Florida High School
State Track Meet (4 years), Florida High School
State Football Championships (3 years), Florida
Sunshine State Games (2 years), and the Florida
Special Olympics (1 year).
MaryBeth and her
husband, Bob, reside in Gainesville, FL with their
three children: Nicole (age 20), Bobby (age 17), and
Jonathan (age 10).
Brief Description of
Presentation
The presentation
will focus on the importance of family in my life
and how my family has influenced and enhanced my
career.
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