NAIA ATA National Convention Meeting June 27 th at 12:30pm 1. Welcome/Call to Order-Michael Livergood NAIA-ATA President- 12:45pm a. Board of Directors b. Member Roll Call- Mike Livergood, Pete Manely, Russ Richardson, Derek Port, Lacey Martinez, Darin Voigt, Mike Nolan, Tom Riley, Raeann Bromert c. Hall of Fame Introduction 2. Sponsor Recognition a. Cramer-Jackie Church and Chad Stephens (Not able to attend) 3. Awards-Michael Nolan (VP) and Jackie Church and Chad Stephens (Cramer) a. NAIA Athletic Trainer of the Year Award i. Award was presented - April at NAIA Convention-Nicole Borst, Montana State University ii. NAIA honors and awards -July 15 th Deadline b. Al Ortolani Undergraduate Scholarship Award i. Won by Breanne Zuniga, Kyle Morgan Head Athletic Trainer at Texas Wesleyan c. ICSM Head Athletic Trainer of the year award i. No NAIA nominees submitted 4. Committee Reports a. NAIA National Report-Russ Richardson 12:48pm i. Student Athlete Health and safety ii. Leadership and Character development iii. Person and Professional development iv. Return on athletics v. What happens when you drive enrollment through athletics? a. Ensure there is enough support staff for the Student-athlete vi. Update the NAIA website rolling out August 15 vii. Restructure of championship events and language of documents (concise and consistent) b. ICSM-Pete Manely 12:57pm i. 4 NAIA Athletic Trainers-33 committee members and all levels has a voice. ii. Mental Health Tool Kit-Rolling out in a month NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 1
iii. On the NATA website a. Educational website b. 10/10 a. 10 slides on topics to show coaches, AD etc. iv. Head Athletic Trainer Course a. Help young athletic trainers get more information b. Topics like budget, EAP s etc. v. Degree Change Document a. April 2019 at NAIA national convention Russ to speak to AD and Presidents. vi. We need more conference involvement c. National Administrative Council-Mike Livergood 1:06pm i. Committee consists of AD and commissioners ii. Pre-Authorization form was removed for championship events iii. Basketball was changed to one division iv. Soccer is going to change to a 46 teams. 15 opening rounds d. Datalys Injury Surveillance-Dr. Christy Collins 1:13pm i. Evidence based decision making supports rule changes ii. Pilot with NAIA schools- to participate-1 2 sport a season needed iii. 20 extra minutes per week per sport- not a huge time commitment iv. Compatible systems a. ATS, Sportsware, Viviture etc. b. Goal-1 school per conference-21 schools (Get conference level reps to help communicate) c. To sign up go to datalys.com or go to the booth at convention v. 10 free CEU s each certified that participates e. CSA-Michael Nolan/Tom Riley 1:21pm i. Datalys-See Above ii. Mandatory Day off Policy-Update on future legislation iii. Was withdrawn based on language but the idea was well received a. Reasons for the Withdrawal-Language concerning topics such as travel and weather iv. Football Preseason Practice Limitation Legislation a. Voted on and passed on April effective this fall b. Before 1 st competition or school starts c. Does NOT eliminate 2 practice/day d. It is based on an hour limit-4 hours in a day to practice e. What happens if there is a violation? a. Self-Reported consequences i. Anyone can self-report f. When does the 4 hours start (start of warm-up) g. Once the 3 hours start, the team cannot walk off the field and then go to weights. 3 hours break after being on the field f. Scholarship and Awards- Michael Nolan i. Refer to the above point g. Championship Committee-Pete Manley 1:34pm i. National championship forms for EAP s will look better, more streamlined ii. Paperwork that you send in will be going to a more appropriate place- based on HIPAA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2
h. NAIA Drug Testing and Education Committee Darin Voigt 1:37pm i. Testing at football, softball, DII Basketball, outdoor track -Went smoothly ii. Medical exemption forms- 46 requests and 31 were approved a. Form was removed starting immediately b. Consent to drug test form will be filled out every year (Stays at school) Certificate of verification does need to be taken to championship events i. NATA Liaison Report i. Positions will be reorganized to be going thru ICSM and Murphy Grant j. Professional Resource and Education Committee-Tom 1:42pm i. Lightning policy ii. Streamline all medical policies iii. 4 people on committee we need 6 more 5. Committee Vacancies and Board Recruitments a. Conference Contact i. Better communication 6. Old Business a. Championship Host Update-Pete Manely i. Fillable Forms EAP Eliminating the form 7. New Business a. Experience of athletic trainers at NAIA championship b. Environment Concerns Policy c. Announcements: Job opportunity, etc. i. Missouri Baptist- 1 Opening ii. Vanguard- 2 part-time positions iii. Lindsay Wilson-3 open positions- 1 head athletic trainer and 2 other athletic trainers d. June Newsletter- Contact Darin or Russ 8. Meeting adjourned- Mike Livergood 1:56pm a. Mike Livergood moved to end the meeting b. Michael Nolan second; meeting adjourned **73 in attendance** Attendance: 1. Michael Nolan Missouri Baptist U michael.nolan@mobap.edu 2. Pete Manely Sterling College pmanely@sterling.edu 3. Lacey Martinez McPherson College martine@mcpherson.edu 4. Erica Anderson UNOH eanderson@unoh.edu 5. Aron Downey UNOH adowney@unoh.edu 6. Tom Reilly Midland University reilly@midland.edu 7. Darin Voigt Vanguard University dvoigt@vanguard.edu 8. Thomas Pribyl Houston-Victoria pribylte@uhv.edu 9. Anton Campos U of St. Francis acampos@stfrancis.edu 10. Ospaldo Lopez U of St. Francis olopez@stfrancis.edu 11. Kyler King Friends kyler_king@friends.edu 12. Robin Johnson Friends rjohnson@friends.edu NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 3
13. Andrew Drake Friends andrew_drake@friends.edu 14. Randy McGuire Georgetown College randy_mcguire@georgetowncollege.edu 15. LaKeisha Fair Cumberland U lfair@cumberland.edu 16. Sara Farris Cumberland U sarafarris@cumberland.edu 17. Adam Braunecher Cumberland U abraunecher@cumberland.edu 18. Katie Arnold Cumberland U karnold@cumberland.edu 19. Tyler Bennett Cumberland U tbennett@cumberland.edu 20. Jourdan Perkins Kansas Wesleyan jourdan.perkins@kwu.edu 21. Katie Pierce Kansas Wesleyan katie.pierce@kwu.edu 22. Pat Klenda Kansas Wesleyan pat.klenda@kwu.edu 23. Grant Fairchild Martin Methodist gfairchild@martinmethodist.edu 24. Brandie Zambrano Thomas University bzambrano@thomas.edu 25. Daniel Parker Thomas University dparker@thomas.edu 26. Tyler Kohmetscher Bellevue University tkohmetscher@bellevue.edu 27. Katie Niemiec Campbellsville U knniemiec@campbellsville.edu 28. Josh Hawkins Campbellsville U jbhawkins@campbellsville.edu 29. Keri Coots Campbellsville U kmcoots@campbellsville.edu 30. Colleen Reminsky Campbellsville U cmreminsky@campbellsville.edu 31. Kaitlyn Sanfilippo Campbellsville U kosanfilippo@campbellsville.edu 32. Gabrielle Kirsch Campbellsville U gkirsch@campbellsville.edu 33. Curtis Williams Oklahoma Wesleyan cwilliams@okwu.edu 34. Nathan Morrison Southwestern KS nathan.morrison@sckans.edu 35. Lock Schnelle Southwestern KS lock.schnelle@sckansas.edu 36. Dan O Connell Kansas Wesleyan daniel.oconnell@kwu.edu 37. Tara Gerlach U of Rio Grande tgerlach@rio.edu 38. Josh Miley Hannibal-LaGrange josh.miley@hlg.edu 39. Meredith Dill Missouri Baptist meredith.dill@mobap.edu 40. Drake Ott Missouri Baptist drake.ott@mobap.edu 41. Jesse Chavez Lindsey Wilson chavezj@lindsey.edu 42. Brian Murphy LaSierra University bmurphy@lasierra.edu 43. Pam Rast Texas Wesleyan U prast@txwes.edu 44. Melissa Katzenberger Langston University mawergeles@langston.edu 45. Ross McCulloh Langston University wrmcculloh@langston.edu 46. Lance Champagne LSU Shreveport lance.champagne@lsus.edu 47. BJ Gersa Southeastern U wrgersa@seu.edu 48. Jem Sirrine Southeastern U jasirrine@seu.edu 49. Gary Turbak College of Ozarks turbak@cofo.edu 50. Gay Anderson Avila University gay.anderson@avila.edu 51. Brad Beffert U of Providence brad.beffert@uprovidence.edu 52. Monica Thackeray U of Providence monica.thackeray@providence.edu 53. Courtney Rayfield U of Providence courtney.rayfield@uprovidence.edu 54. Morgan Olsen U of Providence morgan.olsen@uprovidence.edu 55. Ashley Broughton Missouri Baptist ashley.broughton@mobap.edu 56. Leslie Bennett U of St. Thomas bennettm@stthom.edu 57. Tim O Brien Mayville State U tim.obrien@mayvillestate.edu 58. Adrian Gaddis Houston Victoria gaddisa@uhv.edu 59. Nicole Ross Viterbo University nrross@gundersunhealth.org 60. Seth Bell Ottawa University seth.bell@ottawa.edu 61. Sindra Schueler Ottawa University sindraschueler@gmail.com 62. Corey Beechner Our Lady of the Lake cbeechner@ollusa.edu 63. Yuichiro Hidaka U of the Southwest yhidaka@usw.edu NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 4
64. Lynsey Payne Baker University lpayne@bakeru.edu 65. Sarah Edwards Baker University sedwards@baker.edu 66. Elizabeth McKinney Baker University emckinney@baker.edu 67. Abu Ibrahim William Penn U ibrahima@wmpenn.edu 68. Catherine Daniel Benedictine College edaniel@benedictine.edu 69. Raeann Bromert St. Mary raeann.bromert@stmary.edu 70. Mike Livergood Bellevue livergood@bellevue.edu 71. Christy Collins Datalys ccollins@datalyscenter.org 72. Erin Wasserman Datalys ewasserman@datalyscenter.edu 73. Russ Richardson NAIA rrichardson@naia.org NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 5