Outstanding Student Practice Award

Please read the full instructions below before starting your application. 

Effective as of the 2026 Awards Cycle

Outstanding Student Practice Award applications are submitted online through the Cadmium platform.

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After you press "save application" upon completing all components of the application, please click the "submit" button at the top right of the screen to move your application from Active to Completed status. The action of clicking "submit" will prompt the system to email the applicant a confirmation of the submitted application. Clicking "submit" is the final step to submit your award application for consideration. Award nominees with a sponsor will be required to invite their sponsor to certify the nomination in Cadmium prior to final submission.

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The Outstanding Student Practice Award recognizes outstanding service delivery in sport and performance psychology by an Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) student member who demonstrates exceptional quality and innovation in delivering sport and performance psychology services to the public. The recipient receives a check for $1,000, a waived AASP Annual Conference registration fee in the year of the award, a plaque presented at the conference, and free registration for the Project E Establish course, to help them build a private practice. 

Award Criteria

Applicants for the Outstanding Student Practice Award must meet the following guidelines: 

1. Must be a graduate student (Masters or PhD) at the time of the deadline for submissions. The applicant does not have to hold graduate student status at the time the award is presented.
2. Must be an AASP student member at the time of the deadline for submissions. Must either be an AASP student member or AASP professional member at the time the award is presented.
3. Must have at least 100 direct contact hours with clients with written verification from a supervisor (including: a general overview of the types of clients). Direct contact is defined by the hours in which you were face-to-face with an individual athlete, coach, team, exerciser, or client.

Submission Guidelines

The application should include:

• Two letters of support:
  • One from an AASP professional member who is involved in, or knowledgeable about, your sport/exercise/performance consulting experiences
  • One from the student’s supervisor who is involved in, or knowledgeable about, your sport/exercise/performance consulting experiences 
• A 3-4 page description of a specific practitioner experience. Outline your consulting philosophy, nature of the problem, interventions, and outcomes. Ensure that there are no references to your client's identity.
• Curriculum vitae
• The Cadmium submission platform requires that the file uploads be in PDF format.

*Deadline for this award: April 15 of each year.

View the list of past Outstanding Student Practice Award recipients