University of Minnesota Athletics
SMITH SELECTED FOR 1999 NCAA FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
4/8/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
A member of the Golden Gopher women's track and field team, Smith will be one of 300 student-athletes attending the conference. She was selected from approximately 850 nominations. A member of the Minnesota Women's Athletics Team Council, Smith serves as a peer counselor, volunteer coach and an assistant counselor at NSC Sports Camp. She is a Dean's List member who majors in kinesiology.
As an athlete, Smith has placed four times in Big Ten championships in her first two seasons at Minnesota and is a former Barbados national champion, having won the country's title in the long jump in 1997.
Student-athletes were nominated from NCAA member institutions that participate in the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program. Also, members of the national Student-Athlete Advisory Committees were invited to attend because of their role as the student-athlete voice within the Association. Participating female and male student- athletes will represent all NCAA divisions, 20 different sports and 11 countries.
The mission of the conference is, through challenging and thought-provoking dialogue and activities, to prepare a diverse group of student-athletes to take an active leadership role on their campuses and in their communities. It will provide NCAA student-athletes with the opportunity to discuss and explore critical issues facing them; to enhance their leadership skills; and to promote better communication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty and communities.
Participants will engage in a variety of developmental activities designed to enhance their communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills. As a result of participation, student-athletes will build a long- lasting network of future leaders, be better able to address issues that are critical to student-athletes on campus and complete a self-directed project to address a critical issue facing the campus.
More information on the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference and the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program can be found on the NCAA's website.
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