May 7, 2003
CLEVELAND - Sophomore Jamie Bouyer (Bedford Heights, Ohio/Chanel) is one of five Horizon League student-athletes who have been selected to attend the 2003 NCAA Leadership Conference May 25-29 in Orlando, Fla. Bouyer will be joined by Butler women's basketball player Angel Mason, Loyola volleyball player Jorie Miguel, UW-Milwaukee women's soccer player Erin Shaughnessy and Youngstown State women's soccer player Kara White.
This past season, Bouyer ranked second in the league in hitting percentage at .326, fifth in blocks with 1.06 per game and sixth in kills with 3.52 per game en route to earning All-League honors at middle hitter. She closed out the regular season by recording double-digit kills in 11 of the last 13 matches, including a career-high 24 kills against UW-Milwaukee on Nov. 1. In addition to her on-court success, Bouyer earned Academic All-League and Fall Academic Honor Roll accolades as well as being a two-time CSU Athletic Academic Excellence Award recipient.
The NCAA Leadership Conference, which runs from May 25-29, is one of the largest non-competitive gatherings of NCAA student-athletes. This will be the seventh leadership conference that the NCAA has hosted for student-athletes in Divisions I, II and III. The conference was designed as a forum for student-athletes to discuss key issues collectively, and to provide them with an opportunity to enhance skills, which will enable them to become more effective leaders and motivators when they return to their campuses. The conference also provides student-athletes with exercises to enhance their decision-making and problem-solving skills, and to improve planning and priority management.
Criteria for selection include the student-athletes' demonstrated ability and strong desire to be a leader and the student-athletes' potential to benefit significantly from a leadership development experience. College and university officials who have CHAMPS/Life Skills Programs (Challenging Athletes Minds for Personal Success) at their schools are encouraged to nominate student-athletes for the conference. Many of the participants selected for the leadership conference are also members of the student-athlete advisory committees (SAAC) in their athletic conference or on their campus.
In order to be eligible for the leadership conference, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and must have athletics eligibility remaining in the following academic year. A committee comprised of CHAMPS/Life Skills coordinators from member institutions and NCAA student-athletes reviews the nominations to determine the final selections.
