Scholarships
Each and every student accepted into the athletic training program receives a $5,000.00 athletic training scholarship that's paid over three years. Students are given $1,500.00 their sophomore and junior years and $2,000.00 their senior year.
Wilmington College acknowledges the fact that Athletics is greatly served through the clinical hours of AT majors. With Wilmington's hands on approach, our athletes sports medicine needs are well served. Were not selective about who gets the scholarship like some programs are. Everyone in the program receives this awesome benefit. We also encourage students to apply for financial aid. Approximately 95% of our students receive some form of financial aid or scholarship from federal, state or Wilmington college resources.
There are also many scholarship opportunities available to students through professional athletic training associations. Each year our staff will assist eligible students with the application process for these specific scholarships. Many of our students have received local, regional and national athletic training scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,500. Listed below are the links to more information about specific AT scholarships.
NATA Foundation Scholarships: www.natafoundation.org/scholarship.html
GLATA Scholarships: www.glata.org/scholarshipinformation.htm
OATA Scholarships: www.oata.org/schol.html
Awards
In 1997, Linda Tecklenburg '96 won the Eddie Wojecki Achievement Award. This NATA award is given annually to the student athletic trainer who achieves the highest score on the NATABOC exam.
Linda received a $2000 prize from the NATA.
NATA Undergraduate Scholarship Awards have been presented to Jennifer Judy '97, Chandlar Alborn '98, S. Jill Cropper '98 and Doug Wolf '02. Jennifer, Chanda, Jill and Doug each received a $2000 scholarship from the NATA for their accomplishments in athletic training and student leadership.
NATA Graduate Scholarship Award was presented to Chandlar Alborn '98. Chanda received $2000 scholarship from the NATA for her accomplishments in athletic training and student leadership.
In 2005 Senior Michael Moore won the "OATA Exceptional Research Award" for his research poster presentation at the OATA Annual Meeting.
Also in 2005 Senior Athletic Training Student Kyle Anderson received the Red Cross "Merit Award" for saving the life of a 13 year soccer athlete attending a summer soccer camp at Wilmington. The"Merit Award" is the highest Red Cross award given and is personally signed by President George W. Bush.