{"id":26494,"date":"2024-04-09T15:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=26494"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:41:32","slug":"athletic-training-program-hosts-successful-2024-wvata-sports-medicine-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/athletic-training-program-hosts-successful-2024-wvata-sports-medicine-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Training Program hosts successful 2024 WVATA Sports Medicine Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marshall University Athletic Training Program hosted the\u00a02024 West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association (WVATA) Sports Medicine Symposium\u00a0on April 6. The symposium, held on Marshall\u2019s Huntington campus, brought together students, faculty, and professionals in the field of sports medicine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The symposium celebrated the outstanding achievements of the students and faculty within the athletic training program. Several awards were presented to recognize their contributions to sports medicine.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Jenni Johnson, Clinical Coordinator, who received the prestigious\u00a0WVATA Educator of the Year Award.<\/li>\n<li>Heather Williamson, was named\u00a0WVATA Student of the Year\u00a0for her exceptional commitment to the field.<\/li>\n<li>Zach Garrett, Athletic Training Program director, received the\u00a0WVATA Service Award\u00a0in recognition of his outstanding service to the athletic training community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall University emerged as the\u00a0Quiz Bowl Champions, over rivals\u00a0West Virginia Wesleyan College\u00a0and\u00a0Concord University. As a result of their win, Marshall will now advance to the\u00a0District Quiz Bowl\u00a0competition in Virginia Beach, VA, scheduled for May.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The symposium also featured a poster competition, showcasing research and innovations in sports medicine. Olivia Newhouse, claimed the top spot, earning first place for her poster presentation, while Ge-Ona Witcher and Ariana Felix tied for second place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on the Athletic Training program visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/athletic-training\/\">https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/athletic-training\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marshall University Athletic Training Program hosted the\u00a02024 West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association (WVATA) Sports Medicine Symposium\u00a0on April 6. The symposium, held on Marshall\u2019s Huntington campus, brought together students, faculty, and professionals in the field of sports medicine. The symposium celebrated the outstanding achievements of the students and faculty within the athletic training program. Several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26499,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26494\/revisions\/26499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}