May
20, 2008
Academic Momentum Award Nominations
are now being accepted. The deadline is August 1, 2008. Click here
to download the criteria and nomination form.
May
5, 2008
The next Hope for Stanley
service trip to New Orleans is planned for July 21-25. To join us, contact
Jessica Bartter at 407-823-4884 or jbartter@bus.ucf.edu.
April
4, 2008
The 2008 Giant Steps Award
winners include: Civic Leader Braylon Edwards, Cleveland
Browns; Courageous Student-Athletes Martel Van Zant,
Oklahoma State University, and Katie Holloway, California
State University Northridge; Coach Joe Ehrman, Former
NFL star and current Football Coach, Gilman School; Community Organization,
The Travis Roy Foundation; Barrier Breaker Shamila
Kohestani, Blair Academy; and a “Hero Amongst Us”
Jon “Blazeman” Blais (posthumously), Ironman
and ALS Warrior.
February
11, 2008
Richard Lapchick's 13th book,
100 Pioneers: African-Americans Who Broke Color Barriers in Sport,
is hot off the presses! Order your copy from Amazon.com by clicking
here
or directly from the publishers by visiting www.fitinfotech.com.
February
8, 2008
February 29th is the deadline
for your Giant Steps Award Nominations in honor of National STUDENT-Athlete
Day. For more information, visit www.nsad.cc.
August
1 , 2007
University
of Florida alum and former New Orleans Saint, Danny Wuerffel, will be
inducted into the NCAS Hall of Fame in 2008. The ceremony will take
place January 29, 2008 in Orlando, FL.
July
11 , 2007
Hope
for Stanley Foundation (www.hopeforstanley.org)
trip planned for New Orleans, July 19-23.
April
24, 2007
National
Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) announces the Eddie Robinson
Leadership Award to coincide with National STUDENT-Athlete Day (NSAD).
Rutgers Coach Vivian Stringer and her basketball team are the first
recepients of the award. Read the press
release.
April
20, 2007
In
honor of National STUDENT-Athlete Day,
the
NCAS is proud to announce the 2007 Giant Steps Award Winners. The 2007
honorees include Civic Leader Julie Foudy, Julie Foudy Sports Leadership
Academy; Courageous Student-Athletes Maurice Torres, Montclair State
University, and Brittany and A.J. Detwiler, Boston University; Coach
Jody Conradt, University of Texas; Barrier Breaker Johnnie Williams;
and Community Organization The Miracle League. Each of these individuals
and organizations exemplify the meaning of National STUDENT-Athlete
Day by promoting the positives of sport and using their status as athletes
to give back to the community.
Click here to read their bios.
February
21, 2007
The
9th Annual Giant Steps Awards Banquet and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
will take place today at the Ballroom at Church Street in Orlando, FL.
July
27, 2006
Check
your local bookstores or Amazon.com for Richard Lapchick's 13th book,
New Game Plan for College Sport.
May
25, 2006
Richard
Lapchick's latest book called 100 Heroes: People in Sports Who Make
This a Better World is now available on Amazon.com. Order your
copy today!
April
6 , 2006
Today
is National STUDENT-Athlete Day. For more information, please visit
www.nsad.cc.
February
23, 2006
Richard
Lapchick's latest book called 100 Heroes: People in Sports Who Make
This a Better World is released. Order your copy today by calling
407-823-4884.
February
23, 2006
The
8th Annual Giant Steps Awards Banquet and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
February
21-23 , 2006
The
NCAS Conference at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, FL.
August
11, 2005
La
Salle University is hosting an MVP Institute.
July
27, 2005
The
NCAS Board and Planning and Development Committee Meetings begin today
on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
April
20, 2005
The
1st Annual NCAS Celebrity Golf Tournament was a great success! Thanks
to everyone that was involved, particularly Darden Restaurants and The
Transit Group, Ltd.
April
11, 2005
The Mid-Atlantic Region is
hosting a conference Friday, April 22 from 11a.m.-3p.m. It will be held
at the Marriott Philadelphia West, 111 Crawford Avenue, Conshohocken,
PA 19328. Click here
to download registration form and agenda or call Regional Director Beth
Devine at 215-898-4747 for more details.
April
6, 2005
Today is National STUDENT-Athlete Day.
In honor of National STUDENT-Athlete Day, the National Consortium for Academics and Sports is proud to announce the 2005 Giant Steps Award Winners. The 2005 honorees include Civic Leader: David Stern, Commissioner, National Basketball Association; Courageous Student-Athletes (Male): Sevy Sucurovic, University of Kentucky, Macharia Yuot, Widener University and Mohammad Rafiq, University of California, Davis; Courageous Student-Athlete (Female): Destiny Woodbury, University of Rhode Island; and Coach Ken Carter, Former Head Basketball Coach Richmond High School made famous by the movie Coach Carter staring Samuel L. Jackson. (see bios here).
February
24, 2005
Sign
up for the 1st Annual NCAS Celebrity Golf Tournament soon. Spots are
going quickly! More info...
February
22, 2005
7th
Annual Giant Steps Awards Banquet and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
begins tonight at 5:30p.m. at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida.
February
20 , 2005
NCAS
Conference begins today at 4:30p.m. at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando,
Florida.
September
13 , 2004
Regional
Director's conference call tomorrow, Tuesday, September 14th at 11am
EST.
August
12 , 2004
Conference
Committee conference call next week, Tuesday, August 17th at 12noon
EST.
August
10 , 2004
Regional
Director conference call today, Tuesday, August 10th at 11 a.m. EST.
July
20 , 2004
College
and university administrators can now view an online demonstration of
the NCAS Alcohol Response-Ability Foundations for Student Athletes course.
E-mail info@ncasports.org for
more information.
July
12 , 2004
Regional
Director conference call next tomorrow, Tuesday, July 13th at 11 a.m.
EST.
July
1 , 2004
The
National Consortium for Academics and Sports would like to thank Kirk
Gay for his dedicated work for the National Office. Mr. Gay has left
the NCAS to serve the University of Central Florida's Music Department
as a Percussions Professor. We wish Mr. Gay the best of luck in the
future and offer our most sincere appreciation for his contributions
to the NCAS over the last year.
April
7, 2004
A
Reminder: Regional Director conference call next Tuesday, April 13th
at 11 a.m. EST.
Please have your monthly report to Keith by Monday afternoon . We will
post the agenda online the morning of the call. Contact Kirk at (407)
823-4770 if you have a conflict.
April
6, 2004
Today is National STUDENT-Athlete Day.
In conjunction with National STUDENT-Athlete Day, the National Consortium
for Academics and Sports would like to congratulate the Giant Steps
Award Winners. The following people were chosen by a national selection
committee from dozens of finalists from across the U.S.; Civic Leaders
Priest Holmes, Kansas City Chiefs and Dionte Hall, Largo High School,
St. Petersburg, FL; Courageous Student-Athletes Justin Allen, Arizona
State University, and Samantha Eyman, Saint Xavier University and Coach
Beverly Kearney, University of Texas. The complete bios of each winner
can be found at www.nsad.cc/news.htm.