Academy`s 29th Annual Academy Awards of Sport

UNITED STATES SPORTS ACADEMY
America’s Sports University®
The 29th Annual Academy’s Awards of Sport
The Artist & The Athlete
Please join us at the United States Sports Academy for the Academy’s Awards of Sport celebration, with the theme
“The Artist & The Athlete.” The Academy annually pays tribute to those who have made significant contributions to
sport at its campus in Daphne, Ala.
THE ARTIST AND THE ATHLETE ART SHOW
5 PM - 7 PM • THURSDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2013
The art show features 2013 Sport Artists of the Year Charles Billich, an Australian
painter, and Edward Eyth, a California sculptor. Also, WKRG Sports Director Randy
Patrick will receive his Distinguished Service Award. Billich was chosen as the
American Sport Art Museum and Archives’ Sport Artist of the Year for the second
time, having been honored with the award previously in 2000. Eyth won the 2008
United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Sport and Art Contest with his work,
“Balance,” of a gymnast poised on a balance beam. Patrick is one of the region’s
most revered television sportscasters and has won several major journalism awards.
In addition, the celebration features Olympic decathlete and bobsledder Liston
Bochette and 10 other Olympians from Pan American nations.
Charles Billich
Edward Eyth
SPORT SYMPOSIUM
1:30 PM - 3 PM • FRIDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2013
Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu
Dr. Norbert Müller
Randy Patrick
WKRG Sports Director Randy Patrick will moderate this
symposium on issues facing sport in the Main Gallery.
The panel will feature Dr. Norbert Müller, the foremost
expert on the Olympic Movement and Modern Olympic
Games founder Pierre de Coubertin, and Dr. Ching-Kuo
Wu, the president of the International Boxing Association
(AIBA) credited for cleaning up corruption.
HONORARY DOCTORATE PRESENTATION
3:30 PM • FRIDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2013
GRADUATION CEREMONY
Immediately following the Sport Symposium, Dr. Norbert Müller and Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu will be honored
with Honorary Doctorates in the Main Gallery.
Please, RSVP today by calling (251) 626-3303 or by emailing academy@ussa.edu.
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ACADEMY’S AWARDS OF SPORT 2013 HONOREES
ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR
Greg McDermott
Men’s Head Basketball Coach
Creighton University
NATIONAL HONORARY DOCTORATE
Bud Selig
Major League Baseball
Commissioner
INTERNATIONAL HONORARY DOCTORATE
INTERNATIONAL HONORARY DOCTORATE
President, International Boxing Association
Executive Board Member, International Olympic Committee
President, International Pierre de Coubertin Committee
Professor Emeritus at Mainz University
Dr. Norbert Müller
Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu
2013 SPORT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR
Charles Billich, Painter
Edward Eyth, Sculptor
World-Renowned Australian Painter
2000 Sport Artist of the Year
2008 U.S. Olympic Sport and Art Sculptor Winner
2008 Beijing Olympics Landscape Sculpture Design Exhibitionist
EAGLE AWARD
Scott Blackmun
Chief Executive Officer
U. S. Olympic Committee
AMOS ALONZO STAGG COACHING AWARD
C. VIVIAN STRINGER COACHING AWARD
Head Coach, Baltimore Ravens
2013 NFL Super Bowl Champions
Women’s Head Basketball Coach
University of North Carolina
JIM THORPE ALL-AROUND ATHLETE AWARD
JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH IOC
DISABLED ATHLETE AWARD
John Harbaugh
Jessica Ennis
2012 London Olympic Heptathlon Gold Medalist and
World Record Holder
CARL MADDOX SPORTS MANAGEMENT AWARD
Mal Moore
Late Director of Athletics
University of Alabama
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER FITNESS AWARD
Greg Glassman
Founder of CrossFit, Inc.
International Fitness Training Program
DR. ERNST JOKL SPORTS MEDICINE AWARD
Dr. Cindy Chang
Chief Medical Officer, USA Team
2012 London Olympic Games
JACKIE ROBINSON HUMANITARIAN AWARD
R.A. Dickey
Bombay Teen Challenge Supporter
Toronto Blue Jays Knuckleball Pitcher
Roy Griak
Sylvia Hatchell
Tatyana McFadden
2012 London Paralympic Wheelchair Race Gold Medalist
2013 Boston and London Wheelchair Race Champion
MILDRED “BABE” DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS COURAGE AWARD
Rosie Napravnik
First Female Jockey to Ride in Triple Crown
First Female Kentucky Oaks Winner
RONALD REAGAN MEDIA AWARD
Dick Enberg
Sportscaster, San Diego Padres
13-Time Sports Emmy Award Winner
THEODORE ROOSEVELT MERITORIOUS AWARD
Kevin Johnson
First African American Mayor, Sacramento, Calif.
Three-Time NBA All-Star
2012 COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE YEAR
Texas A&M 29, Alabama 24
Southeastern Conference Game
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Laszlo Jurak
50 Years of Service, Track and Field Coach
University of Minnesota
1972 USA Team Handball Olympic Coach
15-Time USA Team Handball National Championship Coach
Sports Director, WKRG News 5 Mobile, Ala.
11-Time TV Broadcaster of the Year
Executive Vice President and CEO
American College of Sports Medicine
Randy Patrick
James R. Whitehead
© 2013 United States Sports Academy • One Academy Drive • Daphne, AL 36526 • 251.626.3303 • 800.223.2668
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