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WSAW will recognize
233 Award of Excellence recipients
MILWAUKEE, WI (December 22, 2003)
Wisconsin’s high schools have selected 233 student-athletes for the
Award of Excellence presented by the Women’s Sports Advocates of
Wisconsin.
The 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 14th Annual Awards Banquet on February 7 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 Joel Claassen,
teacher and coach at Pius XI High
School in Milwaukee.
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 sports injury
seminar at 3 p.m., by Dr. Craig L. Jordan, D.C. Athletes, parents and
coaches are invited to attend this no-fee seminar at the Four Points
Sheraton.
At 4:30 p.m., a social hour and women’s
sports memorabilia raffle will begin. Raffle contributors include world
champion gymnast Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, tennis legend Billie
Jean King, and double Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan. Dinner will be
served at 6 p.m.
Following the dinner and award
presentations, the names of four Award of Excellence recipients who are
in attendance will be drawn for a total of $2,500 in college
scholarships. WSAW itself will present a $1,000
scholarship, with the Nienhaus Foundation of Neenah sponsoring two $500
scholarships, and the Milwaukee Chapter of the Executive Women’s Golf
Association contributing one $500 scholarship. This will be the third
year of participation by the Nienhaus Foundation and the first year for
the EWGA.
Dinner reservations will be accepted
until Jan. 31, 2004. For a reservation form, visit WSAW’s Website at
www.wsaw.org or call (414) 774-5572. WSAW also may be contacted by
e-mail at wsaw@wsaw.org.
To view the complete listing of the
2004 Award of Excellence recipients
at our website: http://www.wsaw.org/awardofexcellence/past-winners.asp
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[Source: Wendy L. Young, WSAW
President and Co Founder, wendy@wsaw.org,
WSAW website: www.wsaw.org, WSAW
email: wsaw@wsaw.org]
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