2009 John Stucky Award

Rob Oviatt, previous president of the CSCCa, presented the 2009 John Stucky Award at the MSCC Dinner and Ceremony, May 7, 2009.

The following individuals were recipients of the 2009 John Stucky Award:

Megan Young, mentored by Coach Kevin Yoxall, Head Strength and Conditionoing Coach for Football at Auburn University;

John Patten, III, mentored by Sonny Falcone at Duke University;

Carrie McCambridge, also mentored by Coach Kevin Yoxall, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football at Auburn University, and Bryan Karkoska, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports at Auburn University;

This award is given in honor of the legacy of Coach John Stucky who had a tremendous impact on the strength and conditioning profession. He was a mentor to countless individuals who aspired to become strength and conditioning coaches. Many of these individuals are prominent coaches in the field today and are the first to admit that they owe much of their success to the training they received from Coach Stucky. He was an exemplary, caring individual with impeccable character. Coaches McCambridge, Young, and Patten embody these characteristics, as well as many others that will assist them as they advance in the profession of strength and conditioning!

The recipients of this award are chosen by a panel of Master Strength and Conditioning Coaches (MSCCs). These MSCCs ask candidates questions regarding conditioning, warm-up, proper strength training technique, and other areas of program design that are important in implementing safe and effective strength and conditioning programs. These three individuals were selected out of 80 candidates to receive this prestigious award.

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