Website Update

ACSM recently launched their new website, which means a new website for Southeast ACSM, too. It’s going to take a little time for us to update everything, so look for new information in our newsletters in the meantime.



You will need to update your bookmarks to the new SEACSM website: https://southeast.acsm.org

2025 Annual Meeting Highlights

Thank you to all presenters, volunteers, and attendees who helped make our 53rd Annual Meeting a great success! 

The 2025 Annual Meeting had a total of 471 presentations including 5 invited speakers, 2 preconference sessions with 9 presentations, 18 tutorials, 13 symposia, 35 oral presentations, 39 thematic posters, 309 poster presentations, 24 posters in the Student Award session, and 10 lectures and 9 case presentations in the Sports Medicine Physician Track program. Total attendance was 1,203 including 817 students and 386 professionals, making this one of our largest meetings ever!

The abstracts from the oral, poster, thematic poster, preconference, and student award poster sessions will be published in the International Journal of Exercise Science later this year.

Featured Presenters

Keynote Address

Physical Activity and Exercise in a New Era of Obesity Treatment. 

John Jakicic, PhD, FACSM. Kansas Medical Center

Andrew Kozar ACSM Presidential Address

Time-Restricted Eating/Intermittent Fasting and Sports Performance: Can We Do Both?

Stella Volpe, PhD, RDN, ACSM-CEP, FACSM. Virginia Tech.

Clinical Crossover Lecture 

Finding Your Land of Oz: Should You Follow the Yellow Brick Road?

Holly Benjamin, MD, FAAP, FACSM, FAMSSM. University of Chicago.

Basic Science Lecture

Exercise, Eating, and Estrogen: What in the Gut Is Going On?

Sara Campbell, PhD, FACSM. Rutgers University.

SEACSM Luncheon Lecture

Transforming Classrooms, Communities, and Clinical Practice to Promote Youth Physical Activity. 

Rebecca Hasson, PhD, FACSM. University of Michigan.

Student Award Poster Competition

Undergraduate

1st – Joshua Abrams, Wake Forest University

2nd – Kaitlyn Sumner, Elon University

3rd – Sai Satvik Kolla, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Masters

1st – Kasey Murphy, Georgia Southern University

2nd – Georgia Starr, Mississippi State University

3rd – K. Scott Anderson, University of South Carolina

Doctoral

1st – Anne Mulholland, Mercer University

2nd – Jonathan Howard, Georgia Highlands College

3rd – Ian Macali, Mississippi State University

Other Award Winners

Student Bowl winners

1st – University of South Alabama

2nd – Troy University

3rd – East Carolina University

What’s Up Doc? Rapid Research Race

1st – Emily Langford, Georgia Southern University

2nd – Paul Baker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3rd – Aiden Chauntry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sports Medicine Physician Program Best Clinical Case Presentation

Chris Grijalba, DO. UAB Medicine

2025 Emily M. Haymes Mentoring Award Winner

Becki Battista, PhD, FACSM, Appalachian State University

2025 Southeast ACSM Service Award

John Petrella, Samford University

Executive Board Transition

Congratulations to the newly-elected Executive Board members:

President-Elect

Nicole Rendos, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

At-Large Members

Sarah Fretti, University of Central Florida

Cody Morris, University of Alabama Birmingham

Chris Wilburn, Auburn University

Student Representative

Frances Alexandre, Florida Atlantic University

Representative to ACSM

Becky Battista, Appalachian State University

And a huge thank you to our outgoing board members:

Past-President

Jonathan Wingo, University of Alabama

At-Large Members

Sam Buckner, University of South Florida

Scott Lyons, University of North Alabama

Juliana Marino, University of North Carolina Charlotte 

Student Representative

Adam Ibrahim, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Representative to ACSM

Lynn Panton, Florida State University

Save the date!

We are looking forward to seeing you again at the

2026 SEACSM Annual Meeting

February 26–28, 2026 | Greenville, SC

SEACSM Executive Board

Alicia Bryan, President-Elect. Columbus State University, bryan_alicia@columbusstate.edu

Kim Reich, Past-President. High Point University, kreich@highpoint.edu

Nicole Rendos, President-Elect. Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, nrendos@ihmc.org

Liz Ackley, At-Large Member. Roanoke College, ackley@roanoke.edu

Sarah Fretti, At-Large Member. University of Central Florida, Sarah.Fretti@ucf.edu

Anyea King, At-Large Member. University of North Carolina Charlotte, AKing86@uncc.edu

Kelly Massey, At-Large Member. Georgia College & State University, kelly.massey@gcsu.edu

Cody Morris, At-Large Member. University of Alabama Birmingham, cemorris@uab.edu

Chris Wilburn, At-Large Member. Auburn University, czw0043@auburn.edu

Frances Alexandre, Student Representative. Florida Atlantic University, falexandre2023@fau.edu

Cole Bordonie, Student Representative. Auburn University, ncb0039@auburn.edu

Leonardo Olivera, Sports Medicine Physician Representative. Cleveland Clinic, oliveil@ccf.org

Carolynn Berry, Executive Director. Winston-Salem State University, berryc@wssu.edu

Michael Berry, Exhibits, Sponsorships and Fund Raising. Wake Forest University, berry@wfu.edu

Becki Battista, Representative to ACSM. Appalachian State University, battistara@appstate.edu

Brian Parr, Communication Director. University of South Carolina Aiken, brianp@usca.edu 

Keep in touch with us: SEACSM webpage | seacsmorg@gmail.com