NIRSA Regional Awards of Merit

Nominations are due December 15, 2011

NIRSA professionals wear countless hats; to be successful they often become innovative, dedicated, pioneers in the field of collegiate recreational sports. Many of us know colleagues who have demonstrated an outstanding capacity for innovation, gone above and beyond in their dedicated volunteer service to the association, or have significantly contributed to the advancement of the profession in our states and regions.

Presented each year during the NIRSA Annual Conference & Recreational Sports Expo, awards will be conferred on individuals who demonstrate exceptional performance in one or more of the following areas:

• Leadership of a pioneering nature, in the formulation or development of regional/state activities;
• Significant contributions to the establishment, development or operation of a NIRSA endorsed regional or state conference, workshop or tournament;
• Significant contributions to the cultivation of individual or institutional NIRSA membership within the state or region;
• Extraordinary dedication or creativity exhibited as a member of a regional/state NIRSA committee;
• Significant contributions to NIRSA publications, media presentations or special projects conducted on a regional or state-wide basis; or
• Significant contributions to the implementation of the Association's affirmative action objectives, conducted on a regional or statewide basis (it is recommended that the Regional Representative for each region not be nominated, strictly because he/she occupies that position and the award is to recognize other contributions made to the region or state).