Wake Forest Athletics
Demon Deacon Selected To Attend Leadership Conference
5/29/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
May 29, 2001
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Ed Kargbookorogie, (pronounced KARG-bo-oh-KOR-gee) a senior linebacker for the Wake Forest football team, has been selected by the NCAA to participate in the fifth annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference. Kargbookorogie, a history major from Stafford, TX, is one of 300 student-athletes identified as current or future leaders on their campuses and in their communities that will participate in the conference. The conference will be held May 28 through June 1 at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex and the Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
The 2001 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference will feature challenging and thought-provoking activities that will enable the student-athletes to become change agents at their colleges and universities and in their cities. The student-athletes will participate in daily group discussions about critical issues and join in team-building exercises and leadership development games during the five-day conference. As a result of participation, the student-athletes will enhance their decision-making and problem-solving skills, critical-thinking skills, collaborative skills, and improve planning and priority management. The leadership conference also promotes better communication and understanding among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty and communities.
The NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference is one of the largest non-competitive gatherings of student-athletes representing NCAA Division I, II and III. The student-athletes were selected from a total of 1,084 nominations that were submitted by member institutions that participate in the NCAA's CHAMPS/Life Skills Program. A total of 22 intercollegiate sports will be represented at the leadership conference. Criteria for selection to the leadership conference include the student-athletes' demonstrated ability and strong desire to be a leader and potential to benefit significantly from a leadership-development experience.
Donna Lopiano, executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation, and Billy Mills, a gold medalist in the 10,000-Meter Run at the 1964 Olympic Games, will speak about leadership, diversity and unity in sports when they address the 2001 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference. For more information on the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference and a complete list of this years' members, log on to the NCAA web site at www.ncaa.org.
