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Football’s Jameson Parsons and Volleyball’s Brianne Stamer SCSU Nominees for NSIC Britton / Kelly Award
4/27/2016 3:11:00 PM | Football, Volleyball
BURNSVILLE, Minn. – St. Cloud State junior football player Jameson Parsons (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) and senior volleyball player Brianne Stamer (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS) represented the SCSU athletic department as nominees for the 2015-2016 Britton Award and Kelly Award.
The Britton Scholar-Athlete Award for Academic Excellence, in its 32nd year, recognizes the NSIC's top male student-athlete and the Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award, in its 31st year, is presented to the NSIC's top female student-athlete.
The Britton Award was created in 1985 in honor of Dr. William Britton, a longtime faculty representative at Bemidji State University. The Kelly Award is named in honor of Willis R. Kelly, an associate professor of physical education at the University of Minnesota-Morris. A member of the NSIC Hall of Fame, Kelly also coordinated the Minnesota- Morris Physical Education Department from 1970-87. She became the first director of women's intercollegiate athletics at Minnesota-Morris in 1976 and was later promoted to athletics director for the whole department. Kelly passed away in 1988.
The member institutions of the NSIC nominate one male and one female student-athlete for the Britton and Kelly Awards. The nominees must meet the following criteria: a grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale); evidence of academic excellence beyond the minimum grade point average (scholarship prizes and other academic recognition), evidence of participation in the life of the institution, and evidence of participation in at least two-thirds of the varsity events of the individual's primary sport. The award is voted on by the NSIC Faculty Athletic Representatives.
The 32 student-athletes nominated for the NSIC's two most prestigious awards will also be honored as NSIC Male and Female Honor Student-Athletes of the Year at their respective institutions. The winners of the awards: Matthew Horan of Sioux Falls and Claire Sames of Southwest Minnesota State will be recognized on Tuesday, July 12 at the 2016 NSIC Hall of Fame Banquet at the Best Western Premier in Burnsville, Minn. and will each receive a $2,500 post-graduate scholarship.
The Britton Scholar-Athlete Award for Academic Excellence, in its 32nd year, recognizes the NSIC's top male student-athlete and the Kelly Scholar-Athlete Award, in its 31st year, is presented to the NSIC's top female student-athlete.
The Britton Award was created in 1985 in honor of Dr. William Britton, a longtime faculty representative at Bemidji State University. The Kelly Award is named in honor of Willis R. Kelly, an associate professor of physical education at the University of Minnesota-Morris. A member of the NSIC Hall of Fame, Kelly also coordinated the Minnesota- Morris Physical Education Department from 1970-87. She became the first director of women's intercollegiate athletics at Minnesota-Morris in 1976 and was later promoted to athletics director for the whole department. Kelly passed away in 1988.
The member institutions of the NSIC nominate one male and one female student-athlete for the Britton and Kelly Awards. The nominees must meet the following criteria: a grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale); evidence of academic excellence beyond the minimum grade point average (scholarship prizes and other academic recognition), evidence of participation in the life of the institution, and evidence of participation in at least two-thirds of the varsity events of the individual's primary sport. The award is voted on by the NSIC Faculty Athletic Representatives.
The 32 student-athletes nominated for the NSIC's two most prestigious awards will also be honored as NSIC Male and Female Honor Student-Athletes of the Year at their respective institutions. The winners of the awards: Matthew Horan of Sioux Falls and Claire Sames of Southwest Minnesota State will be recognized on Tuesday, July 12 at the 2016 NSIC Hall of Fame Banquet at the Best Western Premier in Burnsville, Minn. and will each receive a $2,500 post-graduate scholarship.
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