Charities & Scholarships
2007 Scholarship Awards
PFATS and The Gatorade Company teamed up for the 23rd year to award scholarship to student athletic trainers at the 2007 annual National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Meeting and Clinical Symposium. These student athletic trainers received a $2,000 scholarship at this year’s convention in Anaheim:
- Kariann Blair, Eastern Illinois University
Larry "Stosh" Newman Memorial Scholarship Award - Kayla Malecek, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Dean Kleinschmidt Scholarship Award - Melissa Marty, University of North Carolina
William Tessendorf Scholarship Award - W. Steven Tucker, University of Toledo
Ed Block Courage Society Scholarship Award
From L to R: W. Steven Tucker, Ken Kladnik, Melissa Marty
2007 Ethnic Minority Scholarship Winners
PFATS has awarded scholarships to minority student athletic trainers participating in NFL training camps. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship and was presented with the award at the start of their NFL training camp.
| Atlanta Falcons | Philip Young | Georgia |
| Baltimore Ravens | Michael Cannon | Morgan State |
| Buffalo Bills | Derek Rivera | Delaware |
| Buffalo Bills | Jeffery Smith | Old Dominion |
| Carolina Panthers | Minekazu Isobe | L.S.U. |
| Chicago Bears | Wilkin Perez | Penn State |
| Cincinnati Bengals | Deontai Alexander | Cincinnati |
| Cleveland Browns | Darrell Jenkins | Charleston Southern |
| Dallas Cowboys | Abraham Diaz | Texas State |
| Dallas Cowboys | Kentaro Ishii | Texas Christian |
| Denver Broncos | Sean Evans | Midwestern State |
| Detroit Lions | Pascual Guerrero | Long Island |
| Houston Texans | Eric Fajardo | Texas Tech |
| Indianapolis Colts | Lemar Mosley | Rowan |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | Yutaka Hirabayashi | Southern |
| Miami Dolphins | Ryan Dotson | Purdue |
| Minnesota Vikings | Takuma Hoshiba | Cal State – Fresno |
| New England Patriots | Kiyoshi Otani | California State - Northridge |
| New Orleans Saints | Thaddeus Avery | Arkansas |
| New York Giants | Marcell Valentine | West Virginia |
| New York Giants | Emily Tong | Michigan State |
| New York Jets | Charles Hooks | Long Island |
| Oakland Raiders | Kei Sato | San Jose |
| Oakland Raiders | Jeremiah Jones | Cal State – Fresno |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Daisuke Yamaguchi | Cal Univ. of Penn |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Jonathon Andino | Pittsburgh |
| San Diego Chargers | Daniel Bellamy | North Carolina Central |
| San Francisco 49ers | Bryce Gaines | Delaware |
| Seattle Seahawks | Kellen Shervington | Florida State |
| Tampa Bay Bucs | Keitaro Abe | Georgia Southern |
| Tennessee Titans | Morris Dixon | Prairie View A&M |
| Washington Redskins | Rudolph Rodriguez | Nova SE |
Deadline for submission of applications to these scholarships is March 15, 2008.
For information on how to apply for these and other scholarships and internships, visit www.pfats.com.