35^th Annual SEATA Clinical Symposium & Members Meeting

Summary & Awards Pictures

The 2010 SEATA Clinical Symposium and Members Meeting was held March 18-21 at the Marriott Bay Point Golf & Spa Resort  in Panama City Beach, FL. There were over 220 in attendance with a out of district attendees from California, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.  There were 26 vendors present including our Corporate Partners: Bledsoe, Bauerfeind, Gatorade, and Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center.

The meeting began with the SEATA sponsored six hour  Kinesiotaping Workshop on Thursday.

SEATA President MaryBeth Horodyski and the SEATA Executive Board continued their work to improve the SEATA organization.  They arrived a Wednesday evening to continue work on SEATA business matters.

The annual meeting was organized by the Research and Education Committee (co-chaired by Cathy Brown and Mike Brunet).  Mini-courses and presentations were provided on Low Back and Hip Injury Management, Evidence Based Application Guidelines for an Exercise Program to Address Risk Factors for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, NCAA’s Injury Surveillance, A Program Update and What It Means to You, Athletic Training Burnout, Managing Prescriptions and Non-Prescription Medication in the Athletic Training Facility Consensus Statement Review, Basics of the Functional Movement Screen, Ankle Sprains and Pseudo Sprains, ACL Allografts in Young Athletes, Transitioning to Physicians' Assistant Role, Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Foot Posture Biomechanics: MASS Theory, Improving CPR Quality Through Performance Debriefing and Real-Time Feedback, Foot Posture Biomechanics – Orthotics and the MASS Theory, SEATA Research Grant Award Winners Oral Report, Vital Sign Trending, Crisis Management in Athletic Training, and Nutrition and Athletic Performance for Before, During and After Exercise.

The Tim Kerin Memorial Awards Luncheon included scholarships, awards and the 2010 SEATA Hall of Fame class.  SEATA Scholarship recipients were presented followed by recognition of the numerous SEATA Award winners as detailed below. SEATA recognized and inducted Lori Groover and Gary Wilkerson to the SEATA Hall of Fame as the 2010 class..

The SEATA Annual Business Meeting including numerous updates from the SEATA Executive Board and the State Organizations as well as several informative reports by numerous SEATA and NATA Committees.

On Saturday night, the Hall of Fame Reception was held which featured a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the SEATA Clinical Symposium & Members Meeting.  Presentations were provided by SEATA Hall of Fame members Gary Wilkerson, R.T. Floyd, David Green, Doug May, Jay Shoop, Chuck Kimmel and Jim Mackie.  These were video taped and are available at the links below.  Due to file size these may take a few minutes to download on a high speed connection.

• Education in our District

• SEATA Student Education From Then to Now  PPT

• Exhibitors & Product Development

• The Meeting Outside the Meeting

• Leadership within SEATA

• Athletic Trainers within SEATA

Heloise Belarmino, MAE, ATC, LAT receives SEATA Executive Board Service Award


Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT receives SEATA Executive Board Service Award


Sandy Mobley receives SEATA Executive Board Service Award for her daughter Lori Mobley Groover, MS, ATC, LAt, OTC


L to R: Cathy Brown, Donna Wesley, Mike Williamson, Jeff Konin, Bill Cubbage, Bill Clancy, Stephanie Lennon and Gerard White


SEATA Officers: R.T. Floyd, EdD, ATC (District Director), MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, ATC (President), Tom Bair, MEd, ATC (Secretary), Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC (Vice-President), Jim Mackie, MEd, ATC (Treasurer)


SEATA Executive Board: Donna Wesley, MS, ATC (MS President), Stephanie Lennon, MS, ATC (FL President) Jim Mackie, MEd, ATC (Treasurer), Heloise Belarmino, MAE, ATC (AL President), Tom Bair, MEd, ATC (Secretary), Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC (Vice-President), Gerard White, MEd, ATC (Parliamentarian), MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, ATC (President),  R.T. Floyd, EdD, ATC (District Director)