Award Winners
2013 Award Winners
Hall of Fame
Marcia Franklin
Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award
Blake Barry
Brad Shaw, Mark Grehan, Lee Stubbs, & Rob Milette (Winnipeg Jets Medical Staff)
Amanda Halls
Special Recognition Award
Elsa Orecchio
C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Certification Candidate
Kerry Pavlovic
C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Open
Colin King
Research Grant
Lauren Lattimer
C.A.T.A. Annual Scholarship
Alana M. Gulka
Distinguished Athletic Therapy Educator Award
Ben Trunzo
Honorary Member
Steve Aspinall
Member Emeritus
Dale Butterwick
Evert van Beek Award
Rick Schaly
Student Leadership Awards
CATA Student Leadership Award (Sheridan College)- Michael Robinson
CATA Student Leadership Award (York University)- Jill Stockton
CATA Student Leadership Award (Camosun College)- Sarah Black
CATA Student Leadership Award (University of Manitoba)- Amanda Kaczmarek
CATA Student Leadership Award (Concordia University)- Christopher Ciccarelli
CATA Student Leadership Award (Mount Royal)- Karen Pulsifer
CATA Student Leadership Award (University of Winnipeg)- Florent Thézard
Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Board of Directors
Constance Klassen (President)
Lisa Swallow (Secretary)
Elsa Orecchio (Treasurer)
Stuart Munroe (Atlantic Provinces Board Member)
Karen Holland (Ontario Board Member)
Canadian Board of Certification for Athletic Therapy
Julie Dickson (Administrative Manager)
Andrea Wazney (HR Facilitator West)
Christine Johnston (Exam Developer)
Marianna Varpalotai (Exam Developer)
Noreen Ortilla (Exam Developer)
Dennis Valdez (Statistics)
Kristen Streed (RS Coordinator- Calgary)
Mandy Los (RS Coordinator- Winnipeg)
Loriann Hynes (National Examiner Coordinator)
Education Committee
Dennis Valdez (Chairperson)
Kelly Stott (Newsletter)
Jennifer Gow (Interim Certification Candidate Liaison West)
Ethics Committee
Marcel Charland (Chairperson)
Jamie Rempel (Member)
Jill Bruder (Member)
Katrina Lambert (Member)
David Laurin (Member)
Lynn Bookalam (Member)
Program Accreditation Committee
Khatija Westbrook (Chairperson)
Jim Macleod (Member)
International Relations Committee
Dexter Nelson (Chairperson)
Member Services Committee
Elsa Orecchio (Chairperson)
High Performance Providers Committee
Ben Trunzo (Member)
Cindy Hughes (Member)
Marketing, Sponsorship and Insurance Committee
Erin MacDonald (Chairperson)
Financial Advisory Committee
Emily Hadida (Member)
Personnel Committee
Colleen Creighton (Member)
2012 Award Winners
Student Leadership Awards
AndreaWazney - Univeristy of Manitoba
Jacqueline Camley - Sheridan College
Brennan Mahon - Mount Royal University
Andrew Grant - University of Winnipeg
Sonia Adhami - Concordia Univeristy
Chris Dezorzi - York University
Shawna Neal - Camosun College
Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award
Ashley Nelson
Leonardo Ferraro
Breda Lau
Special Recognition Award
Wendy Hampson
C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Certification Candidate
Sean Bawden
C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Open
Dr. Jason P. Mihalik
Research Grant
Joanne Parsons
C.A.T.A. Annual Scholarship
Mary Lalancette
Distinguished Athletic Therapy Educator Award
Dr. David Paris
Volunteer Appreciation Awards
2011 Award Winners
Student Leadership Awards
University of Manitoba - Jayme LaForrest
Sheridan College - Heather Tugnett
Mount Royal - Grant Ammann
University of Winnipeg - Erika Andrejowich
Concordia University - Victoria Robinson
York University - Jennifer Peters
Camosun College - Ashley Cross
Evert Van Beek Award
Not Awarded
Hall of Fame Award
Dave Campbell
Charlen Berry
Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award
James Borrelli
Member Emeritus
Barry Bartlett
Merit Award
Not Awarded
Outstanding SAT Award
Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award
Not Awarded
C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Certification Candidate
Jaclyn Arduini: Incidence of Non-Contact ACL injuries in an athlete pes planus
population.
C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Open
Jason Mihalik: Collision Type and Player Anticipation affect head impact
severity among youth ice hockey players.
Research Grant
Karen Kendall: Hip stabilizer muscle strengthening on pain and disability for
patients with non-specific low back pain: an outcome based randomized control
study.
C.A.T.A. Annual Scholarship
Katelyn Trippier
Distinguished Athletic Therapy Educator Award
Not Awarded
Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Wendy Hampson - CBoCAT
Sam Gibbs - CBoCAT
Brandon Thome - MSIC
Schad Richea - MSIC
Lisa Swallow - MSIC
Joe Piccininni - IRC
Paul Briesbois - MSC
Reg Grant - MSC
Kelly Parr - Ombudsperson
Dennis Valdez - EC
Kirsty McKenzie - EC
Richard DeMont - PAC
Maggie Kayes - NCOC
Sarah MacLaren - NCOC
Dave Paris - NCOC
Brent Smith - Ethics Committee
Stuart Munroe - Ethics Committee
Brent Smith - Ethics Committee
Madeleine Hunter - Ethics Committee
Cindy Hughes - Ethics Committee
2010 Award Winners
Merit Award
Phil Fait and John Pradier
Larry Ashley Scholarship
Lori Stevenson
CATA Annual Scholarship
J. Arduini
CATA Writing Award – Certification Candidate
Kristen VanderGriendt
CATA Writing Award – Open
Jason Mihalik
Member Emeritus
Dextor Nelson
CATA Research Grant
R. DeMont
Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Kerri Downer - Board of Directors
Joan Matthews-White – Education Committee, and Member at Large on the Board of
Directors
Kara Kreed – Certification Committee
Tim Felbel – Certification Committee
Annette McClelland – Ethics Committee
Jill Bruder – Ethics Committee
Susan Cameron – Ethics Committee
Jeff Billeck – Ethics Committee
Jaime Remple – Ethics Committee
2009 Award Winners
Annual Gatorade Awards Banquet
CATA Awards Presented in Vancouver May 2009
The CATA was pleased to recognize many award recipients at this year's Gatorade
Banquet.
Merit Award
Presented to Katie Sawicky and Jennifer Romanoff
Outstanding SAT Award
Presented to Jennelle McAllister
Larry Ashley Scholarship
Presented to Adam Ellwood
CATA Annual Scholarship
Presented to Kayla Neufeld
CATA Writing Award – Candidate
Presented to Kayla Neufeld for her paper titled “The
Role of Medial Longitudinal Arch Treatment as an Intervention for PFPS”
CATA Writing Award – Certified Unpublished
Presented to Joanne Parsons for her paper titled “The
Role of Neural Afferents in Human Menisci”
CATA Writing Award – Certified Published
Presented to Jason Mahalik, PhD. for his paper titled, “Effects
of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Clinical Measures of Concussion in Healthy
College-Aged Females”
CATA Research Grant
Presented to Jason Mahalik, PhD. for his research into “Predictors of Head
Impact Trauma”
Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Presented to
Leanne O'Leary - Member Services Committee
Stephanie Moser – Certification Committee, Chairperson
Loriann Hynes – Appeals Coordinator, Certification Committee
Andrea Prieur – Ex-Officio, Board of Directors, 2008
Glen Bergeron – Ombudsman, 2008
Deanna Schick – Education Committee, Chairperson
Doug Freer – Ethics Committee
David Campbell – Ethics Committee
Paul Papoutsakis – Education Committee
2008 Award Winners
Annual Gatorade Awards Banquet
CATA Awards Presented in Montreal May 2008
The CATA was pleased to recognize many award recipients at this year's Gatorade
Banquet.
Banquet Master of Ceremonies Scott Livingston and Education Committee member
Paul Papoutsakis handed out the following awards:
CATA Annual Scholarship
Clarise Lim (Kah Aeng)
Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship
Jessica Smith
CATA Writing Awards
Human Kinetics Writing Award: Variation in Pressure Pain Threshold Measurements
in the Upper Arm and Torso in Young Healthy Women - Dave Jones
Student Writing Awards: Effectiveness of
Low-Level Laser Therapy and Needling in the Treatment of Myofascial Trigger
Points - Jason S. White
CAT(C) Open Category: Characteristics of Head
Impacts Sustained by Youth Ice Hockey Players - Jason Mihalik, PhD.
CATA Research Grant
Dave Jones
Hall of Fame Inductee
Joseph Piccininni

Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Lori Copeland-Abbate: Served 3 years on the Ethics Committee.
Paul Hrynkow: Served 6 years on the Ethics Committee.
Reed Ferber, PhD: Served 6 years on the Exam Review Committee.
Jacki Vandertuin: Served 3 years on the Program Accreditation AND
7 years on the Ethics Committee.
Joe Rotella: Served 3 years on the Program Accreditation
Committee.
Dave Jones: Served on the Education Committee for 6 years.
Gus Kandilas: Served on the Education Comittee for 4 years.
Mike Hutton: Served 2 years on the Board of Directors.
Stuart Munroe: Served 2.5 years on the Board of Directors.
Richard Demont, PhD.: President's Gavel
Dexter Nelson and Drew Laskoski
flank Joe Piccininni as Joe is inducted into the CATA Hall of Fame.
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