Big South Honors Member Institution Athletic Training Staffs with Singleton Leadership Award
5/26/2021 1:02:00 PM | General, Buc Club, Sports Medicine
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference has awarded its Dr. Edward M. Singleton Leadership Award to the Athletic Training Staffs of its member institutions for the group's dedicated work during this challenging 2020-21 year. The Conference formally recognized the honorees Tuesday evening, May 25, as part of the league's annual Spring Awards Banquet at The Westin Resort in Hilton Head, S.C.
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Charleston Southern's Athletic Training staff for the 2020-21 year was led by Associate A.D. for Athletic Training Steele Morris, with Lydia Johnson, Hannah Zech, Damon Edmond, Alanie Rhodes, Nathan McCroskey, Sara Steckman, and Hunter Wright all contributing to the success of the department this past athletic year.
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"Words can not begin to express the amount of gratitude our staff at Charleston Southern have to be a part of the group of recipients for the Singleton Leadership Award," Morris said. "While the past year has been filled with countless hours of additional meetings, screening, and testing, I am proud of our athletic trainers at CSU and at each school across the Big South for demonstrating the impact athletic trainers have in the field of medicine. Thank you for the continued support and appreciation from our university, team physicians, coaching staffs, and student-athletes for adapting along with us to help make athletics return to campuses across the Big South."
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The Singleton Leadership Award is named for the Big South's first commissioner and is not an annual award. The purpose of the Singleton Leadership Award is to recognize a former Big South student-athlete or administrator that has exhibited exemplary leadership and character during their career. The Singleton Award Selection Committee waived its normal criteria for this year in light of the extraordinary dedication of Big South athletic trainers during the pandemic.
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The Big South Athletic Training Staffs were critical in developing the conference's Return To Play policies, COVID-19 procedures and protocols, and decisions in regards to Conference Championship operations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Â
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In addition to their regular sports medicine responsibilities, the Athletic Trainers administrated countless COVID-19 tests to student-athletes and coaches and facilitated health and safety measures that allowed the Big South to conduct nearly all of its regular-season competition and championship events in a safe manner.
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"Having worked with our head athletic trainers since last spring on the Big South's response to the ever-changing pandemic, I witnessed firsthand their sacrifice, work ethic, and selfless dedication to Big South student-athletes," commented Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander. Â
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He continued, "If we told you the average number of hours worked by our athletic training staffs this year, especially when we had 17 sports competing at the same time, you would find it hard to believe. Yet they carried on and found a way to make it happen. The fact that Big South teams completed over 90% of their scheduled contests is directly attributable to our athletic training staffs, who helped craft policy, implement protocols, and kept our student-athletes and staff safe. They are completely deserving of the highest leadership award the Big South presents -- the Dr. Edward M. Singleton Leadership Award."
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Charleston Southern's Athletic Training staff for the 2020-21 year was led by Associate A.D. for Athletic Training Steele Morris, with Lydia Johnson, Hannah Zech, Damon Edmond, Alanie Rhodes, Nathan McCroskey, Sara Steckman, and Hunter Wright all contributing to the success of the department this past athletic year.
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"Words can not begin to express the amount of gratitude our staff at Charleston Southern have to be a part of the group of recipients for the Singleton Leadership Award," Morris said. "While the past year has been filled with countless hours of additional meetings, screening, and testing, I am proud of our athletic trainers at CSU and at each school across the Big South for demonstrating the impact athletic trainers have in the field of medicine. Thank you for the continued support and appreciation from our university, team physicians, coaching staffs, and student-athletes for adapting along with us to help make athletics return to campuses across the Big South."
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The Singleton Leadership Award is named for the Big South's first commissioner and is not an annual award. The purpose of the Singleton Leadership Award is to recognize a former Big South student-athlete or administrator that has exhibited exemplary leadership and character during their career. The Singleton Award Selection Committee waived its normal criteria for this year in light of the extraordinary dedication of Big South athletic trainers during the pandemic.
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The Big South Athletic Training Staffs were critical in developing the conference's Return To Play policies, COVID-19 procedures and protocols, and decisions in regards to Conference Championship operations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Â
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In addition to their regular sports medicine responsibilities, the Athletic Trainers administrated countless COVID-19 tests to student-athletes and coaches and facilitated health and safety measures that allowed the Big South to conduct nearly all of its regular-season competition and championship events in a safe manner.
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"Having worked with our head athletic trainers since last spring on the Big South's response to the ever-changing pandemic, I witnessed firsthand their sacrifice, work ethic, and selfless dedication to Big South student-athletes," commented Big South Commissioner Kyle Kallander. Â
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He continued, "If we told you the average number of hours worked by our athletic training staffs this year, especially when we had 17 sports competing at the same time, you would find it hard to believe. Yet they carried on and found a way to make it happen. The fact that Big South teams completed over 90% of their scheduled contests is directly attributable to our athletic training staffs, who helped craft policy, implement protocols, and kept our student-athletes and staff safe. They are completely deserving of the highest leadership award the Big South presents -- the Dr. Edward M. Singleton Leadership Award."
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