FWCD Earns Fourth Consecutive NATA Safe Sports School 1st Team Award

Fort Worth Country Day received the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School 1st Team Award. This is the fourth consecutive time FWCD has earned this prestigious award since its inaugural year in 2013. The honor champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for their student-athletes and reinforces the importance of providing the best level of care, injury prevention and treatment.  Schools must submit an application every three years for this distinction. FWCD’s Athletic Trainers are Ed Chisholm, K’iara Williams and Stacy Bourne ’02.

“We are very proud of our outstanding Athletic Trainers and our Student-Athletic Trainers. “The Safe Sports Award is quite an honor and very well-deserved,” said Director of Athletics Leigh Block. “We’re very fortunate at FWCD – our student-athletes receive exceptional care.” 

To achieve Safe Sports School Status, athletic programs are required to adhere to the following:

• Create a positive athletic health care administrative system.
• Provide or coordinate per-participation physical examinations.
• Promote safe and appropriate practice and competition facilities.
• Plan for selection, fit function and proper maintenance of athletic equipment.
• Provide a permanent, appropriately equipped area to evaluate and treat injured athletes.
• Develop injury and illness prevention strategies, including protocols for environmental conditions.
• Provide or facilitate injury intervention.
• Create and rehearse venue-specific emergency action plans.
• Provide or facilitate psycho-social consultation and nutritional counseling/education.
• Be sure athletes and parents are educated about the potential benefits and risks in sports as well as their responsibilities.

The National Athletic Trainers’ Association is the professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others who support the athletic training profession. Founded in 1950, NATA has grown to a community of members that cover the globe. The majority of certified athletic trainers choose to be members of NATA to support their profession and to receive a broad array of membership benefits. By joining forces as a group, NATA members can accomplish more for the athletic training profession than they can individually. In addition, the NATA national office has full-time staff members who work to support NATA’s mission.