Student Athlete Advisory Council
Denison Takes Part in National Student Athlete Day
Date: April 4, 2004
Location: GRANVILLE
National Student Athlete Day was celebrated in the Mitchell Recreation Center at Denison University on April 4, 2004, by student-athlete volunteers and over 80 children from the surrounding community. The goal of the three-hour sports clinic was to teach the children about the rules and fair play in five different sporting events (football, volleyball, basketball, track, and soccer), as well as sportsmanship, teamwork, and fun. Created in 1987 by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) and Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, and presented by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), National Student-Athlete Day is one of America's strongest endeavors to increase the positive virtues of sport and the recognition of student-athletes nationwide. From the recognition of a small number of student-athletes in 1987, to 150,000 in 1997 and over 305,000 in 2002, National STUDENT-Athlete Day has also become an opportunity to honor the parents, teachers, coaches and administrators who have made it possible for student-athletes to succeed in all realms of their lives and who use sport as a vehicle to make positive social changes throughout the world. Check out the link above for a photo gallery from the day's events.