SUPPLEMENT NO. 3

DIII Presidents Council 1/01

RELATED TO
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
SUPPLEMENT NO. 3

 

NCAA HONORS COMMITTEE

Summary of Recommendations

PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACTION ITEM.

1.

ISSUE:

Honors Dinner Speakers.

Management Council Recommendation.

 

Requested that the committee exercise greater diligence and responsiveness to diversity in its selection of future speakers and that this principle be approved by the Executive Committee.

 

ITEMS OF INFORMATION

1.

ISSUE:

Silver Anniversary Selections.

Committee’s Recommendation:

 

Selected the following honorees for the Silver Anniversary award: Alpha Alexander, basketball, volleyball, tennis and lacrosse, College of Wooster; Archie Griffin, football, Ohio State University; Steve Largent, football, University of Tulsa; Steve Raible, football and track, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lee Roy Selmon, football, University of Oklahoma; and Wally Walker, basketball, University of Virginia.

Management Council Action

 

Accepted the information.

2.

ISSUE:

Attendance at the Honors Dinner.

Committee’s Recommendation:

 

The Theodore Roosevelt honoree, six Silver honorees, eight Top VIII honorees and three Award of Valor recipients have all confirmed their attendance. The committee agreed that unique situations beyond the control of the award winners would merit special attention with regard to the person's actual attendance at the dinner.

Management Council Action:

 

Accepted the information.

  3.

ISSUE:

Top VIII Selections.

Committee’s Recommendation:

 

Selected the following honorees for the Today's Top VIII award: Drew Brees, football, Purdue University; Matthew Busbee, swimming, Auburn University; Alia Fischer, basketball, Washington University (Missouri); Andrea Garner, basketball, Pennsylvania State University; Kristy Kowal, swimming, University of Georgia; Kevin Listerman, basketball, Northern Kentucky University; Amanda Scott, softball, California State University, Fresno; and Josh Sims, lacrosse, Princeton University.

Management Council Action:

 

Accepted the information.

4.

ISSUE:

Theodore Roosevelt Selection.

Committee’s Recommendation:

 

Selected William S. Cohen, basketball, Bowdoin College, as the Theodore Roosevelt award winner.

Management Council Action:

 

Accepted the information.

5.

ISSUE:

Award of Valor Selection.

Committee’s Recommendation:

 

Selected Rob Best, Shawn Elliot and Stacy Searels, assistant football coaches, Appalachian State University, as the Award of Valor recipients.

Management Council Action:

 

Accepted the information.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association

January 6, 2001 DTD/BB:skt