Earlene Durrant
A staunch supporter of both her athletes and students, Dr. D, as she is fondly known, has been a guiding force in developing and directing those she has worked with for the past 40 years.
Dr. Durrant began her education in 1962 at Brigham Young University, where she received a Bachelors, a Masters, and in 1975 a Doctorate degree. She went on to do post-doctorate studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, MIT in Boston, and at the Cleveland Sports Medicine Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. Her teaching career began as a PE teacher at a Jr. High level, then in 1964 she began teaching at B Y High School. In 1967 she accepted the position of Womens PE Department Chair at BYU-Hawaii. In 1973 she became the Head Womens Athletic Trainer as well as a faculty member at Brigham Young University. She continued as the Head Womens Athletic Trainer until 1990, and also served as the Athletic Training Program Director from 1973 until 1994. Additionally, she held the position of PE Department Chair from 1994-2000.
Dr. Durrant is actively involved in many professional organizations, at the state, regional, and national level, including the NATA, the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association, and the International Curricular Society of Sports Medicine. Her involvement is further illustrated by her participation on numerous committees such as the NATA's grants and scholarships committee, ethics committee, honors and awards committee, the education council, and in 1989 she became the first female ever to chair a national committee, the memorial resolutions committee. In addition, she has served as past president of the Utah Athletic Trainers Association, and past chair of the Graduate Education Committee. She continues to serve as a Site Visitor to Undergraduate Curriculum Programs for the JRC-AT, as the President of the BYU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the National Honors Society, and on the Board of Directors of the Utah County United Way.
Her remarkable career as a teacher and athletic trainer have brought her many awards and honors, some of which include: RMATA Hall of Fame in 1999, BYU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000, NATA Hall of Fame in 2000, and in 2002, the Educator of the Year at the state, regional, and national level.