The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
02.04.2019 | Texas Athletics
Veteran UT Staffer received Turner A. Blackburn Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into AASPT Hall of Fame.
Allen Hardin, Texas Athletics' Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director for Performance, Health and Wellness was honored at the recent American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The longtime UT Athletics staffer received the Turner A. Blackburn Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the AASPT Hall of Fame.
Hardin, who oversees the Longhorns Sports Medicine & Performance support areas for all men's and women's athletic teams, joined the Texas Athletics staff in 1997. He serves as the administrator for UT's Sports Medicine, Athletic Performance, Performance Nutrition, Applied Sports Science, and Behavioral Health staffs.
A member of the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and the United States Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Society, Hardin was previously honored with the 1997 AASPT New Horizon Award, the 2003 AASPT Clinical Education Award, the 2010 AASPT Outstanding Service Award and the 2013 AASPT Ron Peyton Award. His athletic training staff was recognized as the Big 12 Athletic Training Staff of the Year in 2006, 2012, and 2018 and is the only staff to receive the recognition three times.
