Lee receives two scholarships from Southwest Athletic Trainers’ Association
September 12, 2008 - Adam Wheat
Amber Lee, a junior athletic training and biology double-major from Hopkinsville,
Ky., received two athletic training scholarships this summer at the Southwest Athletic
Trainers’ Association’s (SWATA) Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium held in Corpus
Christi, Texas.
“It was exciting to receive two scholarships. ... I was not expecting to win them,”
said Lee. “I had decided not to participate in band this year, so I was going to have
less scholarship money. This was an answered prayer.”
She was awarded the Paul Zee Cornish Medical scholarship and the Roy Don Wilson Memorial
scholarship. Lee was one of several student members of the SWATA and the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) were was awarded scholarships based on grade
point average and a desire to work in the athletic training and allied healthcare
fields. In addition to Lee’s grade point average and application, the selection committee
reviewed recommendations from her advisor Dr. Terry DeWitt and head athletic trainer
Brandon Jones.
Lee’s plans following graduation from OBU include physical therapy school. “I hope
to work in a hospital or clinic with children with special needs or recovering from
surgery,” she said.
by Adam Wheat
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