MINUTES OF THE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

WALTER BYERS SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Grand Hyatt San Francisco April 25-26, 2004

San Francisco, California

Participants:

Beth Chapman, Southland Conference, chair

Richard Gropper, University of North Florida

Karen Johnson, Alfred University

Robert Thomas, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Corey Bray, NCAA, recording secretary

Robert Frank, Oregon State University, was not able to attend the meeting.

[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated “sense of the meeting”) in accordance with the NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the committee’s agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]

Sunday, April 25

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by the chair, Ms. Chapman. Those in attendance introduced themselves after which Ms. Chapman and Mr. Bray reviewed the agenda for the meeting.

1. Interview Order and Times. At the conclusion of dinner, the committee determined if the male or the female candidates would interview first, after which the candidates drew for their interview times.

[Note: The meeting recessed at 9:30 p.m.]

Monday, April 26

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a.m. by the chair, Ms. Chapman. Mr. Bray and Ms. Chapman reviewed the interview structure and the order in which the committee would interview the candidates.

2. Approval of Previous Minutes.

It was VOTED

“That the minutes from the March 15, 2004, telephone conference be approved as submitted.”

3. Interview Questions. Mr. Bray reviewed the committee member interview question topic area assignments. The topic areas were athletics, academics, community service, future vision, and distinguishing characteristic(s) that helped to overcome an obstacle. Ms. Chapman then determined the order the questions were to be asked of each finalist.

4. Interview of Scholarship Finalists. The committee interviewed the six finalists for the Walter Byers Scholarship. The order for the interviews was as follows:

a. Rebekah Potts, Furman University;

b. Melissa Stults, University of New England;

c. Corrin Drakulich, University of Georgia;

d. Joaquin Zalacain, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus;

e. Matthew Altman, Stanford University; (Mr. Craig Krenzel was unable to attend the interviews so the male alternate, Matthew Altman, was interviewed by the committee) and

f. Caesar Garcia, Auburn University.

5. Selection of Byers Scholars. After the interviews and deliberations, the committee selected Mr. Zalacain and Ms. Drakulich to be the 2004 Walter Byers Scholarship recipients. The first alternate for the men is Mr. Altman, and the first alternate for the women is Ms. Stults.

The committee noted the difficulty of the decisions and congratulated all of the finalists on their outstanding achievements during their collegiate careers.

6. Future Meetings. The committee requested to see the approved NCAA meeting city list before determining the location for the 2005 meeting;

7. Other Business. The committee had no other business.

8. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.

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