NCAA Inspiration Award

The NCAA Inspiration Award is awarded to one of the following who is associated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association: a current or former varsity letter-winner, a coach, or an administrator. The award is given to an individual 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."[1]

The Inspiration Award Award was first awarded in 2002. The recipients of the award are:

Year Individual Sport College affiliation Ref
2002 Maggie Maloy Track & Cross country Defiance College [2]
2002 Sam Paneno Football University of California, Davis [2]
2003 Diane Geppi-Aikens Lacrosse Loyola College in Maryland [3]
2003 Amanda Walton Field hockey Yale University [3]
2003 Todd Williams Football Florida State University [3]
2004 Heather Denison Volleyball University of Portland [4]
2004 Emily Miller Soccer University of Tennessee at Martin [4]
2004 Mike Nyeholt Swimming University of Southern California [4]
2005 Kaia Jergenson Basketball Lipscomb University [5]
2005 Michelle Thomas Track and field University of Oklahoma [5]
2005 Macharia Yuot Track and field Widener University [5]
2006 Raul Altreche Lacrosse Amherst College [6]
2006 John Doar Basketball Princeton University [6]
2006 Lois Taurman Basketball, Volleyball, & Softball Bellarmine University [6]
2007 David Denniston Swimming Auburn University [7]
2008 Jim MacLaren Football Yale University [8]
2009 Kelly Brush Skiing Middlebury College [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Inspiration Award Selection Criteria". NCAA.org. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=664. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
  2. ^ a b "2002 Inspiration Award Winners". NCAA.org. January 07, 2002. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=5285. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
  3. ^ a b c "2003 NCAA Inspiration Award Recipients". NCAA.org. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=5284. Retrieved 2008-12-31. 
  4. ^ a b c "2004 NCAA Award Winners". NCAA.org. January 12, 2004. http://www.gymtide.com/features/press/2004/press13.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
  5. ^ a b c "NCAA to Honor Three Student-Athletes with 2005 Inspiration Award". NCAA.org. December 16, 2004. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=10113. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
  6. ^ a b c "NCAA award winners turn complication into inspiration". NCAA.org. December 5, 2005. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=5283. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
  7. ^ "Valor, Inspiration honorees personify courage, selflessness". NCAA.org. November 06, 2006. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=5282. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
  8. ^ "NCAA Announces Recipients of 2008 Award of Valor and Inspiration Award". NCAA.org. November 5, 2007. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=5856. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
  9. ^ "Injured Middlebury skier receives Inspiration Award". NCAA.org. November 12, 2008. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=40864. Retrieved 2009-01-02.