Two Track Athletes To Represent Deacons At NCAA Leadership Conference
5/18/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
May 18, 2005
Winston-Salem, NC - Rising senior Ashley Dunigan and 2005 graduate Mike Piscetelli will travel to Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., May 29-June 2 to participate in the NCAA Leadership Conference.
Dunigan, a mid-distance runner from Cambridge Ohio, is majoring in health and exercise science. Dunigan will be the president of the Wake Forest SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) during the upcoming academic year.
Piscetelli, the outgoing SAAC President, will also attend the conference. The Westbury NY native is the newly elected president of the NCAA SAAC. Piscetelli graduated from Wake Forest on Monday, after a four year decathlete career with the Deacons. His role at the NCAA Conference will be as a member of the leadership staff.
The 324 NCAA student-athlete leaders tabbed as current or future leaders on their college campuses were selected from a total of 1,166 nomination forms submitted by college and university officials who have NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills programs on their campuses. The group will meet to discuss key issues such as sportsmanship; public perceptions of student-athletes; conflict resolution; student-athlete mental health; and social responsibilities. They also will discuss division-specific issues and create dialogue surrounding possible solutions to those particular issues.
Selection criteria for the conference include the student-athletes' demonstrated ability and strong desire to be a leader and the student-athletes' potential to benefit significantly from a leadership development experience. In order to be eligible for the conference, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing, and have athletics eligibility remaining in the following academic year. A committee reviews the nominations to determine the final selections. The committee also works to ensure that the conference includes a diverse group of student-athletes, coaches and administrators.
The 2005 NCAA Leadership Conference provides 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 Conference also promotes better communication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty and communities. The five-day leadership conference consists of daily exercises and activities to help the student-athletes develop as individuals and as contributing members to a group.
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