The Educator of the Year Award is given to a member of IATS that has demonstrated outstanding abilities in educating future athletic trainers either at the high school or college/university levels.

Buckwalter has extensively contributed to the areas of orthopaedic education and research.

Westermann was one of six orthopedic surgeons selected to participate in the Arthroscopy Association of North America Advanced Arthroscopy (AANA) Traveling Fellowship Program for 2021.