{"id":1637,"date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2016-06-27T18:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T23:59:32","slug":"national-strength-and-conditioning-association-announces-2016-national-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/national-strength-and-conditioning-association-announces-2016-national-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"National Strength and Conditioning Association Announces 2016 National Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/NSCA-300x93.gif\" alt=\"NSCA\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/NSCA-300x93.gif 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/NSCA-200x62.gif 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>NSCA<\/p>\n<p><strong>COLORADO SPRINGS, CO<\/strong> &#8211; Health and fitness professionals from across the world will converge on the NSCA\u2019s National Conference on July 6, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana to discover cutting-edge research and practical applications in strength and conditioning, presented by the industry\u2019s most elite and respected experts. One of the many exciting events that will be held during the conference is the Award Ceremonies where distinctive honors are given to several professionals for outstanding achievement. This year\u2019s award winners are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NSCA Impact Award<\/strong> \u2013 Yuri Verkhoshansky, PhD (given posthumously)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alvin Roy Award for Career Achievement<\/strong> \u2013 Don Chu, PhD, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT, *D, FNSCA<\/li>\n<li><strong>William J. Kraemer Outstanding Sport Scientist of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Michael R. McGuigan, PhD, CSCS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terry J. Housh Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 David H. Fukuda, PhD, CSCS, *D<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educator of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Brent Alvar, PhD, CSCS, *D, RSCC*D<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nutritional Research Award<\/strong> \u2013 Chad M. Kerksick, PhD, ATC, CSCS, *D, NSCA-CPT,*D<\/li>\n<li><strong>High School Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Micah Kurtz, MS, CSCS, RSCC*D, NBCT, USAW<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal Trainer of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Nick Tumminello, NSCA-CPT<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Robert Panariello, MS, PT, ATC, CSCS<\/li>\n<li><strong>State\/Provincial Director of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Andrew Shim, EdD, CSCS, *D<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strength and Conditioning Journal Editorial Excellence Award<\/strong> \u2013 Melissa Aversa, CSCS<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Editorial Excellence Award<\/strong> \u2013 N. Travis Triplett, PhD, CSCS, *D, FNSCA and Jared W. Coburn, PhD, CSCS, *D, FNSCA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to all the award winners for these well-deserved awards,\u201d said NSCA Executive Director Michael Massik. \u201cEach of these individuals have changed many lives and exemplify what it is to be an NSCA professional. We are proud to have them as members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NSCA National Conference features several educational sessions and research presentations, all designed to help those attending to expand their knowledge and further their careers. The NSCA is the worldwide authority on strength and conditioning, and for more information regarding NSCA and their awards, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsca.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.nsca.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COLORADO SPRINGS, CO<\/strong> &#8211; Health and fitness professionals from across the world will converge on the NSCA\u2019s National Conference on July 6, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana to discover cutting-edge research and practical applications in strength and conditioning, presented by the industry\u2019s most elite and respected experts. One of the many exciting events that will be held during the conference is the Award Ceremonies where distinctive honors are given to several professionals for outstanding achievement. This year\u2019s award winners are as follows&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[174],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1638,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions\/1638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}