The NCAA News - News and Features

January 26, 1998

Nominations for leadership conference sought

Nominations for student-athletes to attend the 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference May 25-28 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, must be postmarked by January 30.

Nomination forms for the event, presented by Entergy Corporation, were mailed in November from the NCAA national office to 400 institutions in all three membership divisions.

The forms were mailed to all Division I members participating in the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program and to 60 institutions each in Divisions II and III, selected randomly.

The first NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference was held last spring.

The conference is intended to provide a forum for America's finest student-athletes to discuss and explore solutions to critical issues facing their peers around the country; to enhance their leadership skills; and to promote better communication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty members and communities.

Each institution is being asked to nominate four student-athletes -- two women and two men, including at least one ethnic minority. Each of the nominees must represent a different sport.

One nominee from each institution will be selected to participate in the leadership conference at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Selected student-athletes will be notified March 13.

More information about the 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference can be obtained from Lori A. Hendricks, NCAA education outreach program coordinator, at the national office.