Applications are now being accepted from high school seniors for the Jack Cramer Scholarship.

In conjunction with the NATA's Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Committee, one two thousand dollar ($2000) scholarship will be awarded annually to a deserving high school senior who is planning to embark on a career as a certified athletic trainer in a high school setting. The award will be paid directly to the institution that provides an approved curriculum that enables the candidate to sit for the Board of Certification examination.

To be eligible for consideration an applicant shall:

A. Be a senior in a secondary school.

B. Have established an overall minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (based on a maximum of 4.0) or its equivalent by the time of application.

C. Applied to a university offering an athletic training education program providing eligibility to sit for NATA BOC examination upon matriculation.

D. Be sponsored by an athletic trainer who is a current member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and is practicing within their state athletic training statutes if applicable.

E. Have accumulated a minimum of 200 hours of observation in a secondary school athletic training room setting under the direct supervision of their sponsoring athletic trainer.

F. Have established his/her intention to continue academic work to the baccalaureate degree level as a full-time undergraduate athletic training student.

The deadline to apply is April 1, 2007.

Click here http://www.nata.org/cramerscholarship/index.htm for more information and to begin the application process.