If you would like to nominate someone for the NCATA Hall of Fame please click on the link to the right to open up the nomination form. Once open, please do the following:
-Complete the form on your computer
-Print the form (using the print form button on the last page)
-Then mail the form to the president of the NCATA
| 
NCATA Hall of Fame Nomination Form |
Nomination criteria:
- Nominee must be a current or retired NATA certified or North Carolina licensed member of the NCATA.
- Nominee must have been a practicing athletic trainer for a minimum of 20 years and a member of the NCATA for a minimum of 15 years.
- Must be sponsored by a voting member of the NCATA.
|
Hall of Fame inductees are recognized at the NCATA Annual Meeting and honored in the permanent Hall of Fame display located in the George M. Holmes Convocation Center at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. No more than five inductions will be made in any single year.
|
| Hall of Fame Picture Album |
|
The North Carolina Athletic Trainers Association is proud to announce Elton G. Hawley as the first inductee into the NCATA Hall of Fame.
|
|
|
Elton Hawley is a native of Dunn, NC. He is a graduate of Midway high School and received his BS degree from Appalachian State University. Mr. Hawley completed his athletic training education through the Teacher/Athletic Training Instructional Program at Wake Forest University. He was the first athletic trainer employed in the Charlotte/Meckenburg School System in 1972. He was also the inaugural recipient of the NCATA Athletic Trainer of the Year Award in 1984. He has served on the NCATA Board of Directors as a District Director, Vice-President and a two-term President. His association with the NC/SC Shrine Bowl game has spanned 21 years, currently serving as athletic training coordinator. Hawley has been an athletic trainer at Olympic High School and West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, NC and has served as Athletic Training Coordinator for the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools. He is currently employed with the Carolinas Healthcare System in Charlotte developing and implementing sports medicine programs in the Charlotte area.
|
|
| 2001 Inductees
Scott Barringer & Mary Broos
|
|
| 2002 Inductees
← John Burney
Bob Ford →
|
|
|
| 2003 Inductees
(L to R) Kirby Patterson, Zachariah "Zack" McNeill, Bernie Capps, & Steve Womack
|
|
| 2005 Inductee
Gail McMurry
|
|
| 2008 Inductee
Robbie Lester
Robbie Lester is the latest to be selected in the NCATA Hall of Fame. Robbie started working in North Carolina in 1977 at what is now the State Department of Public Instruction. Prior to his position in SDPI he was at West Virginia University and James Madison. During his years at SDPI he was a strong advocate for Athletic Trainers in the Secondary School setting and worked hard to place and keep Athletic Trainers in that work setting. He also helped to place teachers in High School Athletic Training positions through a program called the Teacher-Athletic Trainer Instructional Program (TATIP). This program allowed teachers to take courses in the summers at Bowman Gray School of Medicine and then serve as Athletic Trainers at their high schools. Teachers eventually earned enough credits and contact hours to sit for what was then the NATABOC Certification Exam. A majority of current Hall of Famers went through that program. He also tried to establish licensure in this state in the early 80's but with only 77 Athletic Trainers practicing it was not deemed necessary at that time.
|
|
