Jim Conboy Memorial Scholarship

Sponsored by the Colorado Athletic Trainers Association

This scholarship has been dedicated to Jim Conboy, the first athletic trainer in District seven to be inducted into the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Hall of Fame. Jim Conboy was the head athletic trainer for the United States Air Force Academy for 43 years. In 1976, he served as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Pan American Games in Minnesota and Winnipeg. In 1980, he was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame. In 1990, Conboy was honored with the Pioneer Award from the Rocky Mountain Athletic trainers Association. In the January issue of the NATA news Jim was quoted saying " The greatest reward of the athletic training profession is the satisfaction obtained from being part of a team and doing your part to help young people utilize their god given talent to perform together". Through his work, Jim displayed the qualities and standards that we all strive to achieve as certified athletic trainers. Our goal is to pass on this quality and commitment to the student athletic trainers.
Scholarship Value: $500.00

Qualifications:
1. Cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 ( 4.0 scale).
2. Freshman to Senior status from an accredited curriculum athletic training program at any College or University.
3.. Must be pursuing Athletic Training as a profession.

Application Requirements:
1. Student application completed in full.
2. Official transcripts from all College/ Universities attended.
3. Two letters of recommendation ( not including supervising athletic trainer)
4. Essay on why you wish to pursue Athletic Training as a profession. (Two typed pages minimum)

Application Deadline: April 1, 2009

Please send all correspondence regarding this scholarship to:

Colleen Conroy
CATA Scholarship Committee

Jim Conboy Scholarship Application

Name:  _________________________________________________________________________
Permanent Address: _______________________________________________________________
Telephone Number: (        )________________________
School Address:__________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth:  __________________________            Class in school: (Fresh) (Soph) (Junior) (Senior)
College/ University Attending:________________________________________________________
Anticipated Graduation Date:_______________________
Supervising Athletic Trainer:_________________________________________________________________
Are you currently serving as a student athletic trainer?  ( YES)     (NO)
NATA member? For how many years?________________________________________________

Please list organizations/ activities, positions held, and awards received:

Please list all student athletic training experience:

Signature of sponsoring NATA athletic trainer:_______________________________ Date:__________________

Application Checklist

»»  Official transcripts from all colleges attended
»»  Two letters of recommendation ( not to include supervising trainer)
»»  Supervising Athletic trainers rating
»»  Self addressed, stamped envelope for notification of results

Student Athletic Trainer Assessment
Jim Conboy Scholarship

To be completed by supervising Athletic Trainer
Applicants name:________________________________________________________

To the supervising Athletic Trainer: Letters of recommendation play an important role in the selection process. We greatly appreciate your thoughtful and frank appraisal of the applicant. We appreciate any input that will help us select those individuals with the greatest potential for success in the Athletic Training profession.
Please rate each category with one of the five responses:
Outstanding: Top 5-10%                      Excellent: Top 25 %                      Good: Top 40%
                            Needs Improvement                              Unable to Judge

Signature: ______________________________________________Date:__________________

Please send all questions and comments to: Kelly Brick, ATC, Webmaster