Mission Statement
ASMI is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit public foundation whose mission is to
improve the understanding, prevention, and treatment of sports-related
injuries through research and education. Our goal is to raise private support to enhance
existing programs and to provide guidance and direction in the funding of new projects
through individual, corporate, and foundation support.
For additional information, please contact Susan McWhorter at
205-918-2135 or susan@asmi.org.
Areas of Support
Annual Giving
Description: "Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an
institution in which one has faith. It is a friendly, altogether happy custom . . . a
perennial reunion in spirit . . . a pooling of hope and good wishes by those who wish the
institution well." - Benjamin Franklin
Fund for Excellence
Description: The Fund for Excellence enables ASMI team to enhance
existing quality programs and to fund creative initiatives that bring the expertise of
education and research programs. This fund supports ongoing projects in
ASMI's Research Division, Education
Division, outreach programs, baseball and football courses,
Sports Medicine
Scholarships, and Audio Visual
Department.
ASMI Annual Injuries in Baseball Course
Description: This annual three-day course is designed to acquaint athletic trainers,
biomechanists, coaches, sports physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, physiologists,
therapists, and any others who work with athletes in baseball, with the current concepts
of assessment, treatment and functional rehabilitation of the medical and musculoskeletal
problems in the baseball player. This is accomplished through the use of live surgical
demonstrations, didactic sessions utilizing slides and videotapes, live demonstrations and
live video demonstrations.
It is intended that at the conclusion of this course,
participants should be able to explain the importance of injury prevention, recognize
injuries specific to the baseball player, demonstrate knowledge of proper treatments,
report importance of general nutrition and conditioning for the baseball player,
demonstrate knowledge of proper rehabilitation techniques, relate the role of biomechanics
in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the baseball player, and develop
knowledge of up-to-date surgical procedures.
Library Fund
Description: The main goal of the ASMI Medical Library
is to become the orthopaedic and sports medicine information resource of the Southeast.
The library offers a valuable resource to orthopaedics and sports medicine researchers as
well as the community by providing access to medical, nursing and allied health text,
journals, and related databases.
ASMI Athletic Trainer Scholarship
Program
Description: The ASMI Sports Medicine Scholarship is a scholarship created to assist a
local college senior majoring in sports medicine. The student must have at least a 3.0 GPA
on a 4.0 scale, previous or present employment in the field of sports medicine, and
favorable recommendations for professors and advisors. Financial need is also taken into
consideration.
ASMI awards the $1,000.00 scholarship annually to students at Troy State University,
University of West Alabama, Auburn University, Samford University, Jacksonville State
University, and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Bundrick Distinguished Lecture Series
Description: The Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)
named in honor of Dr.William S. Bundrick of Shreveport, LA who has endowed the series, has
been an integral part of the ASMI education program since its establishment. It offers
local and regional health care professionals the opportunity to hear leading clinicians
and surgeons present lectures pertaining to their specific specialty in orthopaedics and
sports medicine.
Fund for Excellence
Description: The Fund for Excellence enables the ASMI management team to enhance
existing quality programs and to fund creative initiatives that bring the expertise of
education and research programs. This fund supports ongoing projects in
ASMI's Research Division, Education
Division, outreach programs, baseball and football courses,
Sports Medicine
Scholarships, and upgrades for the Audio Visual
Department.
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