2006 - Preston Otte, golf
2007 - Nnamdi Gwacham, football
2008 - Heather Heinrich, gymnastics
2009 - Peter Caldwell, football
The NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference takes place in late May every year in Orlando, Florida at the Walt Disney World Coronado Spring Resort. The conference is open to all student-athletes at NCAA member institutions. The 2010 application deadline is early February.
The Conference provides NCAA student-athletes with a forum to openly discuss issues that may affect them on their campuses and in their communities, while also providing them with the opportunity to enhance their leadership, communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
The leadership conference also promotes better communication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty and communities. The development conference consists of daily exercises and activities to help the student-athletes develop as individuals and as contributing members to a group.
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Utah State must submit four student athletes for consideration (two women and two men)
- Each student-athlete represents a different NCAA - sponsored sports team.
Note: Men's and women's tennis are fine but not two men's tennis players.
- At least one male and one female nominee is an ethnic minority or international student-athlete.
- None of the nominees are an NCAA Leadership conference participant in previous years.
SELECTION PROCESS
Utah State's four selected nominees and their applications are reviewed by a committee appointed by the NCAA and one student athlete from each university is chosen to attend the leadership conference. Each attendee must then be a member (if not already) of their campus Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
For more information regarding the conference go to the following link http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=627.
