Early Career Professional Award
The Early Career Professional (ECP) Award honors an individual who has made substantial contributions to sport, exercise, and performance psychology during the early stages of their professional career (i.e., no more than 10 years following the conferral of their most recent degree). Applications will be based on the merit of the application letter and the applicant’s overall interest and commitment to advancing the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology. The purpose of this award is to facilitate the connections between the division and its ECP members and to support one ECP member’s participation in the annual APA convention at important events like the speed networking session and the Division Business Meeting.
Applicants must have received their most recent degree no more than 10 years before the award decision.
Applications should include the following:
- A letter of nomination, no more than two pages, single-spaced, noting the impact of the contribution to the science and/or practice of sport, exercise, and performance psychology.
- A description of the applicant’s involvement in the division during their early career years.
- A current curriculum vitae of no more than 10 pages.
2025
Ryan Sappington
2023
Eric Martin
2022
Dolores Christensen
2021
JD DeFreese
2020
Josie Nicholson
2019
Jamie Shapiro
2018
Jessica Bartley, PsyD
2017
Laura Hayden, EdD
2016
Nick Galli, PhD
2015
David Fletcher, PhD
2014
Amanda Visek, PhD
2013
Mark Aoyagi, PhD