USW named NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Award Winner

The University of the Southwest Athletic Department is honored to announce that USW was awarded with an NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Silver award this week. The award is given out to institutions across the country that display the NAIA Champions of Character core values: integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership. USW is one of 180 institutions that earned the award. The Champions of Character Scorecard measures a commitment to character training, academic focus, character promotion, conduct in competition, and character recognition on a scale of 0-100 points. Award levels are based on the number of points earned: gold (90-100 points), silver (75-89 points) and bronze (60-74 points). 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. USW is one of 75 schools to earn the Silver Award status.

"I consider this to be one of the most honorable achievements within our department. It is a great honor for our student-athletes, our administrative team, our coaches and our university. Within our department, we are prideful of not only how we succeed on the field, but also we are perceived in the classroom and the community" said Athletic Director Steve Appel. "We would not be able to accomplish this status without a dedicated effort by our coaches, student-athletes and all the great people on campus".

Full list of all the schools awarded is below.

https://www.naia.org/champions-of-character/2019-20/files/NAIA-COC_Five-Star-Institutions-2018-19.pdf

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