Theodore Roosevelt Award
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The Theodore Roosevelt Award, also called the "Teddy," is the highest honor the NCAA may confer on an individual. In recognition of President Roosevelt's concern for the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, the annual award acknowledges a distinguished student-athlete who upon earning a varsity letter and graduating, has demonstrated the ideals and purposes to which collegiate athletics programs and amateur sports competition are dedicated.
The award was named for President Theodore Roosevelt, who formed the NCAA in 1906. The award honors an individual "for whom competitive athletics in college and attention to physical well-being thereafter have been important factors in a distinguished career of national significance and achievement." Recipients for the "Teddy" are selected by the NCAA's Honors Committee, which is comprised of representatives from NCAA member schools. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first recipient of the award in 1967. For more information on the Theodore Roosevelt Award, visit NCAA.org. Wake Forest's Theodore Roosevelt Award Recipients: |