C-SC professor receives service award from National Athletic Trainers’ Association

CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College’s Jay Hoffman has been named a National Athletic Trainers’ Association Athletic Trainer Service Award recipient.

The NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award acknowledges NATA members for their contributions to their profession as volunteers. Hoffman has volunteered at the local and state levels and has been involved in professional associations, community organizations, grassroots public relations efforts and service as a volunteer athletic trainer.

Hoffman is the acting dean of graduate and professional studies, program director for athletic training and an associate professor of athletic training and health sciences. To be eligible for the NATA award, athletic trainers must be NATA members in good standing with more than 20 years of membership and have more than 20 years of BOC certification.

“Service and advocacy are extremely important to me,” Hoffman said in a press release. “I have been very fortunate to be mentored by dedicated leaders in the athletic training field who have not only modeled those behaviors but also saw it fit to nominate and recognize me for my service to the profession.”