Honors and Awards

Samantha Wilson, EdD, ATC, LAT, CPT
Athletic Training Program Director
Weary Center, Room 220
Lincoln, NE 68504
(402) 465-2128
swilson2 [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (swilson2[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Honors and Awards

National Athletic Trainers’ Association Awards

Year Award Recipient
2022 Professional Scholarship Kierstin Niemeyer
2021 Professional Scholarship Payton Swanson
2021 Professional Scholarship Said Mendez
2019 Professional Scholarship Jacob Lamarche
2019 Professional Scholarship Kelsey Jaeschke
2018 Post-Professional Scholarship Samantha Wilson
2017 Professional Scholarship Kelsey Bahe
2015 Head Athletic Trainer of the Year - Division lll Jason Ensrud
2014 Athletic Trainer Service Award Mark Stutz

Mid-American Athletic Trainers’ Association Awards

Year Award Recipient
2022 Professional Scholarship Carsyn Zumpfe
2021 Professional Scholarship Kierstin Niemeyer
2021 Professional Scholarship Said Mendez
2020 Professional Scholarship Kelsey Jaeschke
2018 Dr. Denis “Izzy” Isrow Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award Jason Ensrud
2017 Post-Professional Scholarship Samantha Wilson
2017 Professional Scholarship Kelsey Bahe
2015 Distinction Award Jason Ensrud
2015 Professional Scholarship Trev Muth
2014 Service Award Mark Stutz
2010 Professional Scholarship Emily Schueth

Nebraska State Athletic Trainers’ Association Awards

Year Award Recipient
2022 Professional Scholarship Gavin Dowding
2021 Professional Scholarship Kierstin Niemeyer
2021 Professional Scholarship Carsyn Zumpfe
2020 Professional Scholarship Said Mendez
2019 Professional Scholarship Kelsey Jaeschke
2018 Professional Scholarship Jacob Lamarche
2017 Professional Scholarship Kelsey Bahe
2016 Professional Scholarship Zach Kathol
2015 Professional Scholarship Trev Muth
2014 Professional Scholarship Megan Cottier
2012 Professional Scholarship Candace Townley
2011 Professional Scholarship Shea Rasmussen
2011 Professional Scholarship Mitch Kurtenbach

American Rivers Conference Awards

Year Award Recipient
2017-18 Athletic Training Staff of the Year Nebraska Wesleyan University

NWU AT Student of the Semester

Year Recipient
Spring 2022 Sheldon Johnsen
Fall 2021 Jaclyn Masek
Spring 2021 Alexis Sandman
Fall 2020 Said Mendez
Spring 2020 Carsyn Zumpfe
Fall 2019 Spencer Scheer
Spring 2019 Kelsey Jaeschke
Fall 2018 Tyler Musgrave
Spring 2018 Julianne Fisher
Fall 2017 Kelsey Bahe
Spring 2017 Coy Coker
Fall 2016 Kelsey Bahe
Spring 2016 Trev Muth
Fall 2015 Trev Muth
Spring 2015 Andrew Spencer
Fall 2014 Megan Cottier
Fall 2013 Austin Wallick
Spring 2011 Shea Rasmussen

NWU Preceptor of the Year

Year Recipient
2021-22 Megan Kobs
2020-21 Justin Eggleston