Annual Awards
We celebrate the accomplishments of our AMTA members through annual awards!
We encourage you to nominate an Indiana AMTA member that is a peer peer, colleague, coworker, friend, or yourself for one of the awards below.
Congratulations 2022 State Recipients:
Meritorious: Kimberly Pucka
Sports Achiever: Micah Schaefer
Humanitarian: Terri Brandt and Rachel Searcy
Government Relations Activist: Michelle Bailey
New Volunteer of the Year: Nichole Fowler
This chapter recognizes the following awards:
Chapter winners are forwarded to National AMTA for consideration of national recognition.
Humanitarian Award:
A Massage Therapist who demonstrates the ‘heart’ of massage through volunteer work, which may or may not include massage, done in the larger community, including but not limited to: charity, church, supporting the arts, working with children, disabled, needy, sick, homeless, elderly, community outreach to populations for who massage is otherwise difficult to obtain; fundraising for same, consciousness raising, relief effort
Sports Achiever Award:
A Massage Therapist who demonstrates accomplishments in the area of sports massage, including but is not limited to: accomplishments that enhance the visibility, prestige, and acceptance of sports massage and sports massage therapists to the general public and the other components of the sports community
Meritorious Award:
This award, which honors an individual by acknowledging diligence in volunteerism accomplished in an altruistic manner, is the highest award bestowed upon an AMTA member by a chapter.
- Qualifications: Active member in AMTA for at least one (1) year
Government Relations Activist:
Honor an AMTA member who has achieved exceptional accomplishments at the chapter and/or national level in government relations activities.
New Volunteer of the Year Award:
AMTA wants to honor and recognize new volunteers along with their dedication to their chapters. Chapters can nominate one volunteer who has been a chapter member for at least two years and has volunteered for the chapter for at least one year.