DR. C. ROY RYLANDER OUTSTANDING SENIOR ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENT AWARD

A pioneer in the field of athletic training, “Doc” served the University of Delaware for 42 years as an athletic trainer and men’s tennis coach. As head athletic trainer, Rylander treated thousands of Blue Hen student athletes and was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 1986. A record of 343-176-1 and the 1974 Middle Atlantic Conference title highlighted his 41-year tenure as men’s tennis coach, the longest for a head coach in UD history. A Professor Emeritus at UD and a 1996 inductee into the statewide Delaware Sports Hall of Fame, Rylander also served as director of intramural sports, men’s gymnastics coach, and men’s assistant track and field coach at Delaware. This award recognizes the outstanding senior athletic training student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship excellence and athletic training achievement. Criteria: ATEP GPA, Cumulative GPA, clinical experience hours, extracurricular activities and community service related to athletic training, involvement in SATC, coaching staff and/or clinical supervisor recommendation. Selected by the ATEP Steering Committee. $100 cash award, recognition certificate, name engraved on a plaque that hangs in the UD athletic training facility in the Bob Carpenter Center. The student will also be recognized at the College of Health Sciences Honor’s Day Ceremony.