CWPA Recognizes 38 on National Student-Athlete Day

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The Collegiate Water Polo Association recognized 38 active athletes that earned Outstanding recognition on the organization's Scholar-Athlete Team during the 2008 season on National Student-Athlete Day (April 6). 26 male student-athletes and 12 female student-athletes were recognized by the league.

National STUDENT-Athlete Day was created in 1987 by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) and Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. Currently, it is presented with The 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.

National STUDENT-Athlete Day has gone from recognizing a small number of outstanding student-athletes in 1987 to honoring over 2.6 million since 1997.

Dr. Richard Lapchick, founder and Executive Director of the NCAS and founder and Director Emeritus of Sport in Society, hopes “that high schools, colleges and universities will take advantage of this opportunity to honor their outstanding student-athletes. National STUDENT-Athlete Day is a powerful opportunity to promote those who have become leaders and have gone above and beyond what is expected. Honored student-athletes have demonstrated the most important things we can get by being involved in sport.”