Women'Sports Wire

(January 7, 2002)

WSAW Will Recognize 241 Award of Excellence Recipients

MILWAUKEE WI (January 7, 2002) Wisconsin’s high schools have selected 241 student-athletes for the Award of Excellence presented by the Women’s Sports Advocates of Wisconsin.

Award of Excellence recipients are high school seniors with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and a letter in at least one varsity girls sport. The student-athletes will be honored at WSAW’s 12th Annual Awards Banquet on February 16 at the Four Points Sheraton Milwaukee Airport Hotel.

In addition to the presentation of the student award recipients, the banquet will be highlighted by the conferring of WSAW’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Patricia A. Collins of Platteville, one of the founders of the Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The WSAW Annual Awards Banquet is recognized by the Women’s Sports Foundation as the state’s official celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

The day kicks off with a seminar from 2 to 4 p.m., by sports medicine expert Dr. Craig L. Jordan, D.C. Athletes, parents and coaches are invited to attend this no-fee seminar at the Four Points Sheraton.

At 5 p.m., a social hour and women’s sports memorabilia raffle will begin. Raffle contributors include the Atlanta Beat women’s professional soccer championship team, basketball stars Shea Ralph and Ruth Riley,and numerous Olympic athletes.

Following the dinner and award presentations, the names of three Award of Excellence recipients who are in attendance will be drawn. One will receive a $750 college scholarship presented by the Nienhaus Foundation and Mary Beth Nienhaus of Neenah, WSAW’s 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award winner. The other two each will receive a $500 scholarship presented by the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Wisconsin.

Dinner reservations will be accepted until Feb. 8. For a reservation form or additional information about WSAW, visit WSAW’s Website at www.wsaw20.org.

Note: An attached word document lists the 2002 Award of Excellence recipients. You will also find this listing on our website at: www.wsaw20.org. If a different format of the listing is needed, please

[Source: WSAW Media Contact: Kathrine Carini, 414-774-5572 or email: kathrine@execpc.com]