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The mission of the Arizona Athletic Trainer's Association is to promote and enhance athletic training as an allied health profession in its efforts and ability to service the overall health care needs of the athletic population in cooperation with other organizations and health care professions.
Vision
To enhance collaboration and build member engagement.
The Arizona Athletic Trainers’ Association (AzATA) is a not-for-profit 501(c)6 professional membership association for certified and licensed athletic trainers, and others, who support the athletic training profession in the State of Arizona.
The AzATA currently serves over 800 members in Arizona. Certified athletic trainers are recognized as allied health professionals who provide care for active individuals, and who work in a variety of settings including secondary schools, collegiate athletics, rehabilitation clinics, physician’s offices and professional sports. Recent NewsIn Memoriam of Dr. Gary Delforge On Friday May 19, 2023, our profession lost a Pioneer in Athletic Training Education with the passing of Dr. Gary Delforge. His passion impacted all of us, not only in our clinical practice of athletic healthcare, but our profession as a whole. As Arizona Athletic Trainers, we are immensely proud of the legacy he left us in the promotion of Athletic Training Education. Students will remember Dr. D for more than just his professional approach to AT Education. He will be remembered for his personal approach to teaching, which included staying close to his former students throughout the years. He was everybody’s surrogate father. He was very warm, welcoming, and friendly. But as many of us know, the “Little General’ had a strong will, too. He was adamant about standing firm in his convictions about athletic training education when speaking to others, including those in leadership positions that may not have always agreed with him, but respected his unwavering dedication. He was proud to be an athletic trainer and he celebrated the devotion, service, and accomplishments of his former students to the profession of athletic training. He spent his professional career advancing the education of athletic trainers, which has touched each and every one of us. He will be missed by many. IMPACT The Man - The Educator “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”___ Einstein Delforge’s greatest legacy will be his students: 400+ Master of Science / Post-Professional AT Students 100's of Head Athletic Trainers 100's of District and State Officers 45+ NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainers 22 NATA Hall of Fame Members 6 NATA Fellows 2 NATA Presidents 2 Accredited Graduate AT Programs (University of Arizona, A.T. Still University) Many, many program directors and AT faculty. 1960 BS Kansas State University 1961 MS Kent State 1962 Assistant AT – Western Michigan University 1963-70 Head AT – University of Arizona 1973 EdD from the University of Arizona 1981 3rd Chair NATA Professional Education Committee ____ Sayers “Bud” Miller Distinguished Athletic Training Educator Award 1988 NATA Hall of Fame 1994-2000 AT Education Program Director, Arizona School of Health Sciences / ATSU 1994 Bud Miller Award 1994 AzATA Hall of Fame 1994 RMATA Hall of Fame 2001 AOSSM Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award Gary was blessed with 3 daughters: Julie, Sandy and Kelly On Behalf of the AzATA Leadership Past and Present Memoriam Authors Micheal E. Nesbit, Dennis Murphy, and Jackie Kingma Dr. Gary Delforge Service Details Sunday June 11th at 11am East Lawn Palms Mortuary & Cemetery 5801 E. Grant Rd. Tucson Az
The Arizona Board of Athletic Training currently has two openings for professional member positions
For more information or to apply visit: https://bc.azgovernor.gov/home Arizona Medical and Sports Experts Come Together to Advance Lifesaving Measures for State's High School Athletes - Wednesday, April 6th, 2022
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