Release: RU's King receives Academic Momentum Award
Rockhurst senior golfer Kristin King is one of 16 student-athletes to receive the 2007 Academic Momentum Award. The award is sponsored by the Scholar-Baller® Program, in conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS).
King was the female award winner in the Midwest Region. An education major, King will graduate from Rockhurst in May.
"In over 40 years of coaching, Kristin is in the top five of all athletes under my tutelage," said Rockhurst golf coach Carl Capra. "She has been our captain for the past two years and will be in the top of her graduating class. She is truly my leader on the golf team."
Garrett Fischer, a senior on the Rockhurst men's tennis team, was the male runner-up for the Academic Momentum Award in the Midwest Region.
The NCAS is an ever-growing organization of colleges and universities that provides opportunities for current and former student-athletes to continue their pursuit of higher education, while working in the community with children to address social issues. Established in 1985, the overall mission of the NCAS is "to create a better society by focusing on educational attainment and using the power appeal of sport to positively affect social change."
Established in 1995, the Scholar-Baller® movement evolved in response to concerns that the student-athlete’s athletic role increasingly superseded the student role. In order to address this issue, the founding members of Scholar-Baller® developed a groundbreaking program to bridge the gap between education and sport utilizing student-athletes’ passion for entertainment and athletics. As a result, the Scholar-Baller® program has produced unprecedented outcomes in student retention and academic achievement.
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