Megan Brunelle of Oakham, Mass. to Receive Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association Scholarship Award

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HAMDEN, CT (12/18/2009)(readMedia)-- Megan Brunelle of Oakham, Mass., a senior majoring in athletic training/sports medicine in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, was recently notified that she had been selected to receive the Joseph Abraham District I Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association Scholarship Award.

The EATA awards scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students to further their education in athletic training. The $2500 scholarship award will be presented to Brunelle on Jan. 10, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in conjunction with the EATA's 62nd annual meeting in Boston.

In addition, Brunelle has been notified that she has had an abstract accepted for presentation at the EATA's annual convention. She will present the abstract, "Medial Foot Pain in a Division I Collegiate Softball Player," which she co-authored with Stephen Straub, a physical therapy professor at Quinnipiac, and Timothy White, an athletic trainer at Quinnipiac.

Brunelle, a 2006 graduate of Quabbin Regional High School, is the daughter of Michael and Donna Brunelle.

The Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association was first formed in 1949 when a few athletic trainers in the northeast decided to gather and share information. Today, the EATA encompasses all members of the National Athletic Trainers' Association who reside in either District I or District II. The EATA holds an annual meeting and provides scholarships and research opportunities for students and certified athletic trainers who are members.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 5,700 full-time undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students in 52 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac ranks among the top 10 universities with master's programs in the Northern region in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges. The 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the North. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's The Best 371 Colleges. For more information, please visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu.