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The public is invited as the United States Sports Academy celebrates the 35th anniversary of its annual Awards of Sport program with the awarding of an Honorary Doctorate and the unveiling of an original work of sport art on its Daphne, Ala., campus. The Academy will recognize Trustee and former University of Tennessee women’s athletic director Joan Cronan with an Honorary Doctorate and present prolific painter Steven Lester the institution’s Sport Artist of the Year Award. The ceremony is free and open to the public beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, 14 November 2019. The Academy’s campus is located at One Academy Drive in Daphne, Ala. A reception will follow. Those interested in attending are encouraged to RSVP at (251) 626-3303 or email communications@ussa.edu, but reservations are not required. Honorary [...]

Dr. Chris Nowinski Dr. Chris Nowinski, one of the world’s leading advocates for sport related concussion research and education, has been named the recipient of the United States Sports Academy’s 2019 Dr. Ernst Jokl Sports Medicine Award. Nowinski is a social entrepreneur leading a global conversation on concussions, CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), and the future of sports. He is co-founder and CEO of the non-profit Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF), and author of the critically acclaimed 2006 book “Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis.” Nowinski is also a co-founder and investigator at the Boston University CTE Center. He has coauthored more than 30 scientific publications, including a groundbreaking study published last week in Annals of Neurology that found each year playing tackle football increases the odds of developing CTE by [...]

The United States Sports Academy has announced its Athlete of the Month ballot for September and public voting is in progress. Following the selection committee’s meeting, 12 candidates from six countries comprise the list. Everyone is encouraged to cast a vote on the Academy’s website at www.ussa.edu. Voting will continue until 5 p.m. Central time on Thursday, 10 October 2019. Male nominees are Kenenisa Bekele, running, Ethiopia; Gerrit Cole, baseball, United States; Christian Coleman, track and field, United States; Patrick Mahomes, football, United States; Rafael Nadal, tennis, Spain; and Errol Spence Jr., boxing, United States. Female nominees are Bianca Andreescu, tennis, Canada; Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, track and field, Jamaica; Adeline Gray, wrestling, United States; Alysa Liu, figure skating, United States; Carolina Marin, badminton, Spain; and Volha Silkina, pentathlon, Belarus. Each month, [...]

Pictured are Proftraining Finland’s Atte Varsta (front) with International Certification in Sports Management (ICSM) students and Varala Sports Institute Director Juha Antikainen, right. Students and Academy faculty are also pictured participating via an online teleconference. The Finnish Varala Sports Institute and Proftraining Finland recently launched the United States Sports Academy’s International Certification in Sports Management (ICSM) in Finland to help students in that country train for careers as sport professionals. Coursework for the ICSM is offered in English, online, under the guidance of Academy instructors. At the end of the coursework, a symposium will be held in Finland. As with all Academy programs, students will be able to study while continuing to work full-time in their profession. Academy Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Tomi Wahlström said the [...]

The United States Sports Academy is taking strides to provide a training program to prepare strength and conditioning professionals for the preeminent certification exam in their field. The Academy is working to develop a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) approved preparation program to help strength and conditioning professionals as they take their Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam - the preeminent certification of its kind, but the average pass rate for it is 56 percent, with international candidates passing at significantly lower rates. Academy chair of sports exercise science Dr. Brian Wallace has been working to develop the 10-module program – a combination of lectures, quizzes, guided discussions, practice exams, reviews and practical, hands-on experience. The program will culminate with the student’s ability to pass the Academy’s Sport [...]

With the President of Guinea H.E. Dr. Alpha Condé looking on, Guinea Foreign Minister H.E. Mamadi Touré, left, and United States Sports Academy President Dr. T.J. Rosandich signed a Protocol of Cooperation to aid in sports development in the west African nation. The United States Sports Academy will work with the west African nation of Guinea to help strengthen the national sports effort there after the two signed a Protocol for Cooperation during a recent meeting. The President of Guinea H.E. Dr. Alpha Condé is leading a delegation to the United States from that country ahead of the upcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which will open on Tuesday, 17 September 2019 in New York. While visiting the United States, President Condé and his retinue met [...]