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ISSUE:

Creation of new award -- Inspirational Award.

Create and add a new award, the Inspirational Award, to the existing honors program. This award would be presented as warranted, and not necessarily on an annual basis.

The NCAA Inspirational Award may be presented to a coach or administrator currently associated with intercollegiate athletics, or to a current or former varsity letter-winner at an NCAA institution who, when confronted with a life-altering situation used perseverance, dedication and determination to overcome the event and now serves as a role model to give hope and inspiration to others in similar situations.

Nominations would be accepted beginning September 2001. The award presentation would be similar to that of the Award of Valor and would be presented at the NCAA Honors Dinner.

The budget impact for the addition of this award would be $8,205 per award; however, the costs associated with the addition of this award would be covered by the inflationary increase requested for the honors budget.

Endorsed the recommendation to create and add a new award, noting that costs would be covered by inflationary increases.