CoSIDA will present a live streaming of the 2017 Academic All-America Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sunday, June 11 from the World Center Marriott in Orlando - site of the 2017 CoSIDA convention. The Hall of Fame ceremony will then be on-demand on CoSIDA.com after the evening's event. The ceremony and livestream takes place from 6:30-8 p.m. Eastern.
The event will be available at
http://cosida.com/watch/?Live=6
The induction ceremony, in its eighth year, is open to all CoSIDA Convention attendees and attendees of the NACDA and Affiliate Convention week. See the announcement of the
2017 Academic All-America Hall of Fame class. They are chosen by CoSIDA.
The 2017 Academic All-America Hall of Fame Class:
Dr. Stacey R. Johnson, a two-time national champion and four-time All-America fencer at San Jose State University and a 1980 U.S. Olympian;
Heather O'Reilly, University of North Carolina women's soccer standout who helped UNC earn two NCAA titles and went on to international success with the U.S. National Team, winning three Olympic gold medals and a FIFA world championship;
Rachel Price Bell, PhD, an All-America volleyball standout at the University of North Alabama who was twice selected as the top female student-athlete in the Gulf South Conference;
Stephanie White, Purdue University women's basketball standout and the 1999 national Player of the Year when she led the Boilermakers to the 1999 NCAA championship who went on to star in the WNBA before turning to coaching professionally and at the collegiate level.
At the event, the
2017 Dick Enberg Award recipient, former Ole Miss chancellor Dr. Robert Khayat, also will be recognized.
The June 11th Hall of Fame induction ceremony will feature ESPN's Rece Davis as emcee and legendary broadcaster Dick Enberg, the ambassador of the Academic All-America program, as special guest and presenter.