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C-SC lecturer named NAIA Head Athletic Trainer of the Year
Thursday, March 17, 2011

CANTON, Mo. – Culver-Stockton College Senior Lecturer in Athletic Training and Athletic Training Education Program Director Rob Carmichael has been named NAIA Head Athletic Trainer of the Year by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.

This prestigious award is given annually by the NATA to individuals in each collegiate division who exhibit exceptional performance as a head athletic trainer. Award recipients are actively involved in their community or campus, athletic training associations and promotion of the profession. In addition to his duties at Culver-Stockton, Carmichael also serves as vice president of the Heart of America Athletic Conference within the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Division. Carmichael was nominated for the award by a colleague and fellow HAAC member. “It was quite a surprise. The HAAC met in January; that’s when the nomination was announced. Then, I received an e-mail congratulating me. I wasn’t expecting anything to happen that quickly, and I was extremely surprised that I won,” said Carmichael. “But I have to say, I owe a lot of this award to the conference members who nominated me, and my staff who work hard to make me and Culver-Stockton look good; without those folks this would not have happened,” he continued. Carmichael will receive the NAIA Head Athletic Trainer of the Year award June 20, 2011 during the NATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia in New Orleans, La.

Prior to joining the Culver-Stockton faculty, Carmichael worked for two years as an athletic trainer at Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State). He received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Northwest Missouri University and master’s degree in health education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Carmichael is now in his 17th year as a faculty member at Culver-Stockton College.

Carmichael’s distinction is the latest accolade for the Culver-Stockton athletic training education program. Recently, the program received a positive review by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education and accreditation for the program was extended through the 2019-2020 academic year. Following the review, Carmichael commented on what the accreditation means for students interested in or currently enrolled in the C-SC athletic training program. “Our students can rest assured that they are receiving an excellent education, and that they have some unique opportunities here at Culver-Stockton that would be very difficult to find elsewhere.”

For more information on the C-SC athletic training program log-on to www.culver.edu/nams/at.asp, or e-mail rcarmichael@culver.edu.