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Meredith Petschauer (right) receiving her Hall of Fame plaque.
Meredith Petschauer Inducted Into N.C. Athletic Trainers' Hall Of Fame
September 7, 2022 | General
North Carolina Athletic Trainers' Association ( NCATA) inducted Meredith Petschauer of the University of North Carolina into its prestigious Hall of Fame during the annual Clinical Symposium and Business Meeting in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. on March 5th, 2022.
The NCATA Hall of Fame is the highest honor an athletic trainer can receive. Honorees exemplify the mission of NCATA through significant contributions that enhance the quality of health care provided by athletic trainers and advance the profession. Since inducting its first class in 2000, only 27 other athletic trainers have been inducted into the NCATA Hall of Fame.
James Rehbock, formerly of NC State, also was inducted.
Meredith Petschauer has spent her entire career at the University of North Carolina, where she currently serves as a teaching professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science, and Director of Undergraduate Research and Honors Program. Petschauer also serves as the head athletic trainer for the UNC women's volleyball team.
Petschauer's leadership has been instrumental in the development of athletic training and exercise and sports science students at UNC. She has been recognized several times for excellence in teaching, including the Scholar Athlete Impactful Faculty Member (2017), Johnson Teaching Excellence Award (2014), Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (1999, 2014,
2018) and the NCATA Educator of the Year in (2013).
Professionally, Petschauer has been very active on the national, regional and state levels. She served on the Professional Education Committee for the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), a site visitor for the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Symposium and Business Meeting Planning Committee, NCATA Professional Development Chair and most recently elected as the incoming NCATA Vice-President elect.
Petschauer is a respected author involved in many publications and abstracts for the betterment of athletic training education. She has dedicated her life and service to the students she has taught and the athletes she has served while at UNC. She continues to have an immeasurable impact on the growth and development of the athletic training profession through her leadership and service.
Additionally, Petschauer has been a very active member of the faculty at UNC. She has served on many committees across the college of arts and sciences as well as in her department. Service to the profession of athletic training, the university and her community are important components of her life.
Petschauer graduated from The College of Wooster (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Medicine/Pre-Physical Therapy in 1993. She received her Masters of Arts degree in Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science, Specialization in Athletic Trainer (1996) and her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Exercise and Sports Science with an emphasis in biomechanics (2006).Â
The NCATA Hall of Fame is the highest honor an athletic trainer can receive. Honorees exemplify the mission of NCATA through significant contributions that enhance the quality of health care provided by athletic trainers and advance the profession. Since inducting its first class in 2000, only 27 other athletic trainers have been inducted into the NCATA Hall of Fame.
James Rehbock, formerly of NC State, also was inducted.
Meredith Petschauer has spent her entire career at the University of North Carolina, where she currently serves as a teaching professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science, and Director of Undergraduate Research and Honors Program. Petschauer also serves as the head athletic trainer for the UNC women's volleyball team.
Petschauer's leadership has been instrumental in the development of athletic training and exercise and sports science students at UNC. She has been recognized several times for excellence in teaching, including the Scholar Athlete Impactful Faculty Member (2017), Johnson Teaching Excellence Award (2014), Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (1999, 2014,
2018) and the NCATA Educator of the Year in (2013).
Professionally, Petschauer has been very active on the national, regional and state levels. She served on the Professional Education Committee for the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), a site visitor for the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Symposium and Business Meeting Planning Committee, NCATA Professional Development Chair and most recently elected as the incoming NCATA Vice-President elect.
Petschauer is a respected author involved in many publications and abstracts for the betterment of athletic training education. She has dedicated her life and service to the students she has taught and the athletes she has served while at UNC. She continues to have an immeasurable impact on the growth and development of the athletic training profession through her leadership and service.
Additionally, Petschauer has been a very active member of the faculty at UNC. She has served on many committees across the college of arts and sciences as well as in her department. Service to the profession of athletic training, the university and her community are important components of her life.
Petschauer graduated from The College of Wooster (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Medicine/Pre-Physical Therapy in 1993. She received her Masters of Arts degree in Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science, Specialization in Athletic Trainer (1996) and her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Exercise and Sports Science with an emphasis in biomechanics (2006).Â
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