KANSAS CITY, MO - Joe Whitson, now in his second year as Bradley University Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Training Services, has been recognized as one of five recipients of the 2017 Drug Free Sport Continuing Education Award, as well as a corresponding $1,000 grant, according to an announcement Tuesday by the National Center for Drug Free Sport®, in partnership with the Kansas City Community Foundation.
According to Tuesday's news release, Drug Free Sport established the Continuing Education Award in honor of the work high school and collegiate certified athletic trainers perform to prevent drug abuse, in correcting dietary supplement misinformation and as safeguards on the front lines of preventing addiction.