Northbrook, Ailing., February 20, 2025 – Allstate and the Nationwide Affiliation of Collegiate Administrators of Athletics (NACDA) proudly honor 193 student-athletes excelling in lecturers, sports activities and group influence. Nominated by athletics directors, convention workplace employees, and coaches, these student-athletes embody management, service and character and can now be thought-about for choice to the inaugural Allstate NACDA Good Works Workforce (Winter).
“These younger men and women are greater than opponents – they’re leaders, changemakers and position fashions,” mentioned Holly Rowe, ESPN reporter, play-by-play commentator and Allstate NACDA Ambassador. “Their affect extends past the sport, shaping communities and educating others the worth of management abilities, like empathy, resilience and integrity, which is able to final a lifetime.”
Nominees at-a-glance
The 2024-25 Allstate NACDA Good Works Workforce (Winter) celebrates 193 nominees – 115 ladies and 78 males – spanning 17 sports activities, together with basketball, swimming and diving, gymnastics, ice hockey and plenty of others. Nominees embody:
- Sierra Ballard – Louisiana State College, Ladies’s Gymnastics
- Paige Bueckers – College of Connecticut, Ladies’s Basketball
- Torie Buerger – College of Kentucky, Ladies’s Swimming & Diving
- Taylor Heie – Umpqua Neighborhood School, Ladies’s Indoor Observe & Area
- KaLynn Irey – Stephens School, Ladies’s Basketball
- Sion James – Duke College, Males’s Basketball
- Emmanuela Katou-Kouami – College of the District of Columbia, Ladies’s Indoor Observe & Area
- Colby Kern – Saint John’s College (Minn.), Males’s Swimming & Diving
- Sophia Kyrkostas – SUNY Oswego, Ladies’s Hockey
- Ishmael Leggett – College of Pittsburgh, Males’s Basketball
- Jahmai Mashack – College of Tennessee, Males’s Basketball
- Jojo Randby – College of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ladies’s Swimming & Diving
- Kiani Saxon – Missouri Western State College, Males’s Basketball
- Jacob Truscott – College of Michigan, Males’s Ice Hockey
The total checklist of 2024-25 Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Workforce nominees is accessible right here.
Nominations could be submitted for as much as one feminine and one male student-athlete from every winter sport at an establishment. Eligible faculties and athletics applications should symbolize one among 5 intercollegiate athletics divisions: NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and Junior/Neighborhood Faculties. Nominees will need to have accomplished a minimum of one 12 months (two semesters) of school coursework at a two-year or four-year establishment.
The ultimate 20-member group
A distinguished Choice Committee will choose 20 nominees – 10 feminine and 10 male student-athletes – to affix the 2024-25 Allstate NACDA Good Works Workforce (Winter). The committee consists of Rowe, ESPN analyst and former College of Texas and NFL linebacker Sam Acho, and different esteemed members:
- Elizabeth Brady– Chief advertising and marketing, buyer and communications officer, Allstate
- Ross Bjork – Senior vice chairman and Wolfe Basis-Eugene Smith Endowed athletics director, The Ohio State College; NACDA president
- Dan Guerrero – Retired director of athletics, UCLA; NACDA previous president
- Brian Henderson – Athletics director/assistant vice chairman of pupil engagement and inclusion, Patrick & Henry Neighborhood School; NACDA Govt Committee, NATYCAA 1st vice chairman
- Reagan Rossi – Vp of athletics, School of Idaho; NACDA Govt Committee, NAIA-ADA president
- Etienne Thomas – Director of athletics, Winston-Salem State College; NACDA Govt Committee, D2 ADA Board of Administrators
- Natalie Winkelfoos – Affiliate vice chairman for athletics development and Delta Lodge director of athletics & bodily training, Oberlin School; NACDA Govt Committee
A legacy of school sports activities
Introduced in December, the Allstate NACDA Good Works Workforce builds on the legacy of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Workforce®, which has celebrated school soccer gamers’ good work off the sphere since 1992. Now, 60 extra student-athletes throughout all sports activities and all divisions shall be honored yearly – three teams of 20 representing the autumn, winter and spring collegiate athletics seasons.
“Athletes in sports activities that don’t all the time make the headlines reveal the identical dedication to service and management as every other competitor,” mentioned Elizabeth Brady, Allstate’s chief advertising and marketing, buyer and communications officer. “The overwhelmingly constructive response to our first-ever Allstate NACDA Good Works Workforce reveals how a lot this highlight and help issues. We’re honored to share the tales of those inspiring student-athletes.”
About Allstate
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About NACDA
Now in its sixtieth 12 months, NACDA is the skilled and academic Affiliation for greater than 24,000 school athletics directors at greater than 2,300 establishments all through the US, Canada and Mexico. NACDA manages 19 skilled associations and 4 foundations. Along with digital programming, NACDA hosts and/or has a presence at seven main skilled growth occasions in-person yearly. The NACDA & Associates Conference is the most important gathering of collegiate athletics directors within the nation. For extra data, go to www.nacda.com.
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