CoSIDA members - You can nominate deserving student-athletes throughout March 2016 - a monthly winner is chosen from November-on, so make sure you have your nominations in NOW to give your athletes the best chance for consideration!
Your current student-athletes DO NOT have to be in-season to be nominated!
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The 2015-16 academic year marks the second year for the
Haier Achievement Award. In 2014-15, CoSIDA partnered with
Haier Electronics, one of the world's premier major appliance brands, to present the Haier Achievement Award -- a new national awards program honoring student-athletes who are over-achievers outside of sports.
Nomination link:
www.haierachievement.com
This award is for achievement off the playing field or court. 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 service projects.
CoSIDA members are asked to nominate deserving student-athletes who represent your institution.
At right is Georgia Tech cross country and track & field standout Alex Cross, last year's Utlimate Haier Achievement Award winner.
How the Haier Achievement Award program works
• Nominations are at
www.haierachievement.com
and will run from October 2015 through March 2016.
• Your current student-athletes do not have to be in season to be nominated. You can nominate student-athletes at any year of eligibility (freshman through graduate student).
• 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.
• All nominees will be reviewed by a judging panel comprised of sportswriters, editors, selected members of the
CoSIDA Board of Directors, and former college basketball student-athletes including
Isaiah Austin, who serves as spokesperson for the awards program.
• 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.
• 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 awards 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 (2015-16).
2014-15 Haier Achievement Award Recipients: HERE
Questions?
If you have any questions about the Haier Achievement Award, please contact:
Doug Vance, CoSIDA Executive Director, at
dougvance@cosida.com
Barb Kowal, CoSIDA Director of External Affairs, at
barbkowal@cosida.com