PT Alumni Scholarship 2026 Winner: Sarah Nie, SPT, ’27
Save the Date for the 2026 PT Alumni Event
DPT Alumni Board
Leah Berger
PT, DPT, CLT-LANA, CNS, ’21 Mercy Fairfield Hospital Outpatient
Marc Brewer
PT, MPT, OMT-C, ‘99 Executive Director at Brain Spine Ortho Home Care, LLC
Matt Ernst
PT, MPT, OCS, COMT Oxford Physical Therapy
Alexis Fannin
PT, DPT Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Kara Faris
PT, DPT, GCSPT St. Elizabeth in Fort Thomas, KY
Lindsay Hammersmith
PT, DPT Advanced Release Therapy in Sedona, AZ
Courtney Kindler
PT, DPT, ATC, GCS Cincinnati VA Hospital
Michele Menner
PT, MPT Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Kelly Moore
PT, DPT Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Vic Troha
PT, DPT, NTP, CPT Cincinnati Sports Club
Kyle Vollmer
PT, DPT, CCCE Harrison Physical Therapy
Kelley Volpenhein
PT, DPT, LMT Cincinnati VA Hospital
Nicole Zipperer
PT, DPT, LSVT BIG Mercy Fairfield HospitalMSJ Physical Therapy Alumni Leader Award
MSJ Physical Therapy Alumni Leader Award
The Alumni Physical Therapy Leader Award recognizes an alumnus who earned a physical therapy degree at 外网天堂 and is a leader in physical therapy practice.
The DPT Awards and Scholarship Committee invites the community to participate in this program by nominating a physical therapy colleague for an award. Complete descriptions of the awards can be found in the related documents on the right. Submissions must be received by March 1st, and must include:
- A completed
- A nomination narrative typed or printed legibly
- A current curriculum vita or resume for the nominee
Winners:
- 2025: Sara Steinbrunner Young, PT, DPT, DHSc, 2003
- 2024: Charley Mead, PT, DPT, ATC, COMT, 2011
- 2023: Bobby Curtis, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, Cert. DN, 2017
- 2022: Lauren Byrom Tiemeier, PT, DPT, 2010
- 2021: Andrew Burchett, PT, DPT, 2011
- 2019: Jeremey Heinrich, PT, DPT, 2006
- 2018: Kelly Moore, PT, DPT, 2007
- 2017: Jamie Bayliss, PT, MPT, DHSc, 2005
- 2016: Andrew Beardslee, PT, DPT, 2009
- 2015: Erin Hofmeyer, PT, DPT, GCS, 2003
- 2012: Kelly Moore, PT, DPT, 2007
- 2011: Chris Chirumbolo, PT, MPT, GCS, 2000
- 2010: Rob Dunham, PT, DPT, 2007
MSJ Physical Therapy Alumni Scholarship
The Physical Therapy Program has always focused on developing the whole student — mind, body, and spirit. Our graduates practice ethically and soundly within their respective fields of practice. As part of the significance of our alumni milestones, the Physical Therapy Alumni Board was developed in late 2018 to better engage with our many alumni cohorts. Some of our PT Alumni Board endeavors include:
1.) Engagement—providing alumni with program and class updates.
2.) Celebratory—organizing gatherings with fellow program alumni.
3.) Scholarship—providing a legacy by giving back to support a future alumnus.
The Physical Therapy Alumni Scholarship is an endowed scholarship that was established in 2020 to recognize a student who is emerging as a future clinician. The criteria to be considered for this scholarship included a minimum GPA of 3.25, good academic and program status, a video submission answering 3 questions posed by the PT alumni board, and a character reference indicating how the candidate both now and in the future (as an alum) will demonstrate the APTA Core Values.
PT Alumni Scholarship 2026 Winner: Sarah Nie, SPT, ’27
