REPORT OF THE

NCAA HONORS COMMITTEE

1. ACTION ITEM.

Association-wide.

· Change selection criteria for NCAA Silver Anniversary Award.

(1) Recommendation. That the criteria for the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award be changed to allow the committee to select up to six honorees instead of six honorees annually based on the quality of the application pool.

(2) Rationale. While the committee maintained that there are quality candidates for this award every year, the group expressed concern that the criteria required the committee to select six honorees when the number of applications received has been decreasing. During the past selection meeting, almost one-third of the applicants were chosen for the honor. The committee supports honoring six candidates every year if the quality of the pool allows for six honorees that meet the criteria set.

The committee recognizes the importance of the Honors Program and is intent on honoring those who meet the criteria and serve as an example of former student-athletes who have accomplished much since their days as a student-athlete.

2. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

Association-wide.

a. 2004 Silver Anniversary honorees. The committee selected the following honorees for the Silver Anniversary award: Trish Millines Dziko, Basketball, Volleyball and Softball, Monmouth University; Bruce Furniss, Swimming, University of Southern California; Virginia Gilder, Rowing, Yale University; Stacey Johnson, Fencing, San Jose State University; Gregory Kelser, Basketball, Michigan State University; Kellen Winslow, Football, University of Missouri.

b. Attendance at the dinner. The Theodore Roosevelt honoree, the six Silver honorees, eight Top VIII honorees, three Inspiration Award recipients and one Award of Valor recipient are still being confirmed to be in attendance for the 2004 NCAA Honors Dinner as of December 5, 2003.

c. 2004 Today’s Top VIII honorees. The committee selected the following honorees for the Today's Top VIII award: Andrew Hilliard, football and track and field, University of St. Thomas, Craig Krenzel, football, The Ohio State University, Theresa Kulikowski, gymnastics, University of Utah, Kara Lawson, basketball, University of Tennessee, Elisha Manning, football, University of Mississippi, Alice Duesing Nightengale, basketball, Lake Superior State University, Kristin Sterner, gymnastics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Leoandra Willis, gymnastics, University of California, Los Angeles.

d. 2004 Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient. The committee selected the following individual as the 2004 Theodore Roosevelt award recipient: Alan Page, University of Notre Dame.

e. 2004 Inspiration Award recipients. The committee selected: Heather Denison, volleyball, University of Portland; Emily Miller, soccer, University of Tennessee at Martin; and Mike Nyeholt, swimming, University of Southern California; as the recipients.

f. 2004 Award of Valor recipient. The committee selected Jimmy Baxter, basketball and track and field, University of South Florida, as the recipient.

Committee Chair: Valerie Richardson, West Coast Conference

Staff Liaison: Crystal Reimer