Herman Williams Founders Outstanding Service Award endorsed by NIRSA
The Founders Outstanding Service award is named in honor of one of the Emerging Recreational Sports Leaders (ERSL) founders, Herman Williams, who made extraordinary contributions in advancing innovative strategies to improve opportunities for minorities in campus recreation.
The Herman Williams Founders Outstanding Service Award, endorsed by NIRSA, was developed in the Fall of 2002 to recognize the contributions that an individual has made to the Emerging Recreational Sports Leaders Conference and minorities.
Nominations & applications
Award recipients are selected in January for the calendar year. Nominations and applications should be brief and should include the following information:
- Description of the activities or innovations (either completed or underway) and their potential for fostering substantive and sustained improvement in the future for minorities and the Emerging Recreational Sports Leaders Conference.
- Description of the role of the candidate in this activity, the roles of others through collaborative efforts and the candidates leadership qualities that promise continued progress in the future.
- A resume or biography of the candidate.
Eligibility & Selection Criteria
The Herman Williams Founders Outstanding Service Award is jointly administered by the Emerging Recreational Sports Leadership planning committee, the Emerging Recreational Sports Advisory Board, and past award recipients.
Candidates should demonstrate innovative leadership qualities that have improved the Emerging Recreational Sports Leaders (ERSL) Conference and minorities in the field of collegiate recreation, yet be at a stage in their careers that they still can and will make significant contributions in the future. This award is meant to encourage and support those seeking sustained improvements for minorities in the field of collegiate recreation.
In addition, candidates should demonstrate, through implemented activities, innovative leadership qualities that have been central to the achievement of substantial improvements of minorities in the field of collegiate recreation.
These improvements should benefit students by enhancing opportunities for learning, and wherever possible, should lead to more effective use of resources.
The actions described should involve the cooperation and collaboration of additional individuals and/or organizations.
These accomplishments should further the overall purposes of the award.
Previous Recipients
2019 Dr. Kevin Marbury, University of Oregon
2018 David Davenport, Austin Peay State University
2017 Kacy Toberg, Georgia State University
2016 Jackie McCarty, University of California-Davis
2015 Seneca Wilson, Syracuse University
2014 Demond Pryor, Central Michigan University
2013 Edmond “Chris” McGee, University of Southern Mississippi
2012 Stan Shingles, Central Michigan University
2011 Tony Daniels, University of Texas at San Antonio
2010 Lee Wasson
2009 No award given
2008 Sev-Ira Brown, Syracuse University
2007 Kenny Hill, The Ohio State University
2006 No award given
2005 No award given
2004 J. Michael Dunn, The Ohio State University
2003 Sam Vaughan, North Carolina Central University
For More Info
For more information, please contact Candice Douglas, Co-Chair of the Emerging Recreational Sports Leaders Conference.