Update/reminders: CoSIDA members - You can nominate deserving student-athletes for the Haier Achievement Award throughout March 2015 - a monthly winner is chosen, so make sure you have your nominations in NOW to give your athletes the best chance for consideration!
The November Haier Achievement Award recipient was
N.C. State senior women's tennis performer Elisha Hande, who received the ACC community service award in 2012 and 2013 for her work in the planning and organization of the Winter Chill Special Olympics Tennis Tournament for special needs athletes in the Raleigh area. The December recipient was
Kansas senior football standout JaCorey Shepherd, active in Big Brothers, Big Sisters, a Senior CLASS Award finalist and Kansas/ nominee for the 2013-14 Big 12 Conference Male Sportsperson of the Year.
Your current student-athletes DO NOT have to be in-season to be nominated!
Dear CoSIDA Member:
Haier Electronics, one of the world's premier major appliance brands and a CoSIDA corporate partner, is proud to present the
Haier Achievement Award -- a new national awards program honoring student-athletes who are over-achievers outside of sports.
We are asking you to nominate deserving student-athletes representing your institution. Our goal is to bring recognition to student-athletes who have achieved something special
off the field and
off the court, in family, academic or community projects.
Below is how the
Haier Achievement Award program will work:
• The award (and nomination process) program runs from October 2014 through March, 2015.
A recipient is chosen EACH MONTH.
• A total of eight (8) student-athletes will be recognized from November through March as winners of the Haier Achievement Award.
• Haier will make a donation in the amount of
$2,000 to the general scholarship fund at each school
and, present the Athletic Department with a Haier 48” Flat Screen television.
• Student-athletes in good academic standing (certified by institution and appropriate national governing body as eligible to compete at the time of nomination) from all intercollegiate sports and all levels of collegiate athletics are eligible.
• CoSIDA members are invited to nominate student-athletes who have achieved something special beyond their chosen sport, particularly in family or community service. A nomination form is available online at
http://achieve.haieramerica.com/
• All nominees will be reviewed by a judging panel comprised of sportswriters, editors, selected members of the CoSIDA Board of Directors, and former college athletes including
Isaiah Austin, who has been named Spokesperson of the awards program.
• Each of the honorees will receive a plaque and be recognized on the Haier Achievement Award website, through local media, with the opportunity for a special presentation by Haier representatives at their school.
• At the end of the season, one
Haier Ultimate Achievement Award winner (from the eight monthly award winners) will be selected through on an online vote of college sports fans.
• Haier will present
$5,000 to the general scholarship fund and, a Haier 48” Flat Screen television to the Athletic Department at the school of the Haier Ultimate Achievement Award winner.
• Again, we are looking to honor student-athletes who have demonstrated special and notable achievement outside of sports, preferably in some type of community, family and/or academic service during the current academic year (2014-15).
We are excited to honor these special student-athletes who do so much to support meaningful community projects. To learn more about the Haier Achievement Award, and to see profiles of the winners throughout the season, please visit:
http://achieve.haieramerica.com/
To nominate any of your student athletes, simply go to the the website and fill in the info.
If you have any questions about the Haier Achievement Award, please email
thering@pspsports.com.