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State/Provincial Director of the Year Award

This Award is given to a state or provincial director who has accumulated the most points during the year from April 1 to March 31, using the Evaluation Criteria format.

Congratulations to the 2022 winner!

Whitney D. Leyva-Camberos, MS, CSCS,D, NSCA-CPT,D, RSCC

Whitney D. Leyva-Camberos was born and raised in Fresno, California. She transferred out of Fresno Community College and received her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from California State University, Fullerton in 2013 before going on to receive her Master’s in 2016. She is the founder of the CSUF weightlifting club and has conducted physical evaluations with the Anaheim Ducks. After she graduated, she worked as a lecturer for California State University, Fullerton and was the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the CSUF 17- time National Dance and Cheer team. Leyva-Camberos began working at Fresno Pacific in the spring of 2020 as a lecturer and assistant strength and conditioning coach for FPU’s swim and dive and water polo teams. Today, she is the Head Strength and Conditioning coach of Fresno Pacific University. Whitney has volunteered with the NSCA since 2014, became Southern California Director in 2017 and is now the Southwest Regional Coordinator, where she helps to host conferences for the region. Additionally, she has been teaching at the university level since 2016 and has reviewed multiple strength and conditioning publications and has published two of her own.

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Past Award Recipients Includes:

2021 - Julia Dianne Carol Olsen, MS, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F
2020 - Vanessa L. Cazas-Moreno, PhD, CSCS,*D, USAWL1
2019 - Timothy Suchomel, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC
2018 - Joseph P. Lopez, CSCS
2017 - Sean Collins, PhD, CSCS,*D
2016 - Andrew Shim, EdD, CSCS,*D
2015 - Michelle Rathke, MS, CSCS
2014 - Chad Kerksick, PhD, CSCS,D, NSCA-CPT,D
2013 - Ryan Johnson, CSCS,*D
2012 - Maria T. Mendizabal, NSCA-CPT,*D
2011 - Lee Anthony Glass, MS Ed, CSCS	2010 - Paul Moore, MS, CSCS,D, NSCA-CPT,D
2009 - Heath Pierce, MEd, CSCS,D, NSCA-CPT,D	2008 - Scott J. Sahli, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
2007 - Karyn Gallivan, CSCS, NSCA-CPT	2006 - Paul Goodman, CSCS
2005 - Mark Nutting	2004 - Chat Williams
2003 - Kimberly A.B. Zaph, CSCS	2002 - Cory Warner
2001 - Christine Vega	2000 - Avery Faigenbaum
1999 - Patrick Mediate	1997 - Ollie Whaley
1996 - Boyd Peterson, Kim Ford, Ollie Whaley, and John Blievernicht	1995 - Dwight Daub, J. Henry Drought, John Kordich, Mike Lowe, and Richard Powell
1994 - Tom Cross, Doug Lentz, Tony Moreno, and Mike Lowe	1993 - John Kordick
1992 Region 1: Doug Lentz Region 2: Steve Plisk Region 3: Gary Shankman Region 4: Mike Lowe Region 5: Dwight Daub	1991 Region 1: Jeff Connors Region 2: Edwin Jones Region 3: Jesse Barksdale Region 4: Tom Richardson Region 5: Mark Reiff
1990 Region 1: Gary Viles and John Waters Region 2: Phil Emery Region 3: Roger Finkemeier Region 4: Paul Longo Region 5: Mark Reiff	1989 Region 1: Bob Cincotta Region 2: Phil Emery and Bob Brosmer Region 3: Open Region 4: Ron Thomson Region 5: Sam Varner and Dwight Daub
1988 Region 1: Pat Ciccantelli Region 2: Phil Emery and Allan Johnson Region 3: Russ Ball Region 4: Neil Wolkodoff Region 5: Open	1987 Region 1: Ray Moran Region 2: Bob Brosmer Region 3: Harley Dartt Region 4: Rick Huegli Region 5: Steve Schulz
1986 Region 1: Wes Emmert Region 2: Bruno Pauletto Region 3: Russ Ball Region 4: Neil Wolkodoff Region 5: John Arce