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CU named 2015-2016 Silver Champion of Character Institution Five star designation By Jordan Alves, sports information director, CU KANSAS CITY, MO - Campbellsville University continues to be recognized as one of the top institutions in the NAIA when it comes to focusing on building Champions of Character. The NAIA recently named Campbellsville as one of 74 Silver Five Star Champions of Character Institutions for 2015-16. This is the third year the NAIA has divided its Five Star award into Gold, Silver and Bronze standards. "It is a real honor for our athletics program to be one of only 74 schools to receive the distinction of the silver award among the NAIA Champion of Character institutions. Our coaches and student-athletes are the major factor that our athletics program can receive such an award," said Rusty Hollingsworth, director of athletics. "The commitment to the Champions of Character program has never been stronger at Campbellsville University and in the Mid-South Conference." Campbellsville is one of six Mid-South Conference institutions that received the Five Star Champions of Character award. The silver medalist - Shawnee State University, University of the Cumberlands, Life University and Lindsey Wilson. Cumberland University was the lone bronze award honoree. Institutions are measured on a demonstrated commitment to Champions of Character and earned points in character training, conduct in competition, academic focus, character recognition and character promotion. Institutions earned points based on exceptional student-athlete grade point averages and by having minimal to no ejections during competition throughout the course of the academic year. Beginning in 2013-14, CU increased its already strong focus on what it means to be a Champion of Character by focusing on a different NAIA character trait (respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, servant leadership) by bringing in a speaker at least once a semester to talk with all 750 student-athletes and focusing on several team-oriented or athletic department-wide service projects. Those projects include partnering in the annual Green River Lake cleanup, CU's Fall Festival for the community, department-wide mission trips to Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, helping host St. Baldrick's color run and shave-a-thon, sending football coaches, athletes and staff to maximum security prisons in Florida during spring break, reading to local schools, several special recognitions at sporting events and more. In total, CU athletics registered over 5,000 hours of community service last year. "In addition to our student-athletes and coaches, I would like to say thank you to assistant director of athletics Jim Hardy for providing countless opportunities for our coaches and student-athletes to participate in the great initiative," said Hollingsworth. Two Campbellsville University teams, both the men's and women's swim teams, were honored as NAIA Champions of Character Teams in 2015-16. In the past two seasons, Campbellsville student-athletes have received 13 Champions of Character awards, while 272 have earned Academic All-Conference recognition with at least a 3.25 GPA and 165 earned National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Scholar-Athlete awards with at least 3.50 GPAs. This past year, 14 athletic programs were named NAIA Scholar-Team with at least 3.50 GPAs, as women's golf team led the way with a 3.69 GPA. A total of 171 institutions and 18 conferences achieved Champions of Character Five-Star designation for the 2015-16 academic year. Nineteen of those received Gold status (score of 90-100), 74 were named Silver (score of 75-89) and the remaining 98 were Bronze (score of 60-74). Blue Mountain College and Columbia College led all institutions with scores of 95. They were followed by four teams tying for second place - Biola University, Edward Waters, Truett-McConnell and University of St. Francis (94 points). This story was posted on 2016-09-08 08:28:19
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