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NWATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium

Another very successful NWATA meeting!

The Northwest Athletic Trainers’ Association (NWATA) hosted its yearly meeting and clinical symposium in Portland on March 31-April 3, 2022. The NWATA is made up of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Our program was represented by an all-time record high of 36 students present. Among the highlights:

  • Recent students Dylan Rinaldini, Noah Thomas, and Katie Lukes successfully represented the WSU quiz bowl team.
  • Dylan Rinaldini was elected by his peers as president. That means he will represent the students in the student senate and leader student programming at district meetings.
  • Dylan Rinaldini won the 2021 Naseby Rhinehart Professional Scholarship from NWATA.
  • WSU AT Program Director, Dr. Kasee Hildenbrand was elected to serve as the NWATA District 10 President.
  • WSU AT Program Director, Dr. Kasee Hildenbrand presented ‘Understanding and Accepting your Patients’ to the NWATA student symposium.
  • The NWATA student senate held a District 10 student symposium fundraiser for the Portland community for Oregon’s Food Bank.
What’s covered at the meetings?

•Spinal Injury Protocol
•Protein and Athletes – Current issues
•Strategic issues in AT- the Medical model
•Balance control with concussion management
•Sexual Harassment in AT
•Updates in ACL research
•Manual Therapy case study
•Shoulder injuries in overhead athletes
•The business model of AT
•Neuromuscular stabilization strategies