University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Kacy Swain Honored by Haier Award
February 26, 2016 | Women's Basketball
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WAYNE, N.J. - UCLA senior Kacy Swain was one of 12 student-athletes, from schools large and small, across the U.S. that have been named Honorable Mention for the Haier Achievement Award, which is presented to deserving student-athletes for their accomplishments beyond sports. The announcement of this year's 12 Haier Achievement Award Honorable Mention recipients was made by John Homlish, Senior Vice President and Business Unit Leader of Digital Living for Haier America and Doug Vance, Executive Director of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
"The Haier Achievement Award program brings to light those student-athletes who have achieved success beyond sports," said Homlish. "We had so many great candidates nominated this year, that in addition to our eight award winners we felt compelled to recognizing these 12 additional student-athletes for their inspirational stories and for serving as model student-athletes on the field and in the classroom."
The twelve student-athletes who received the Haier Achievement Award Honorable Mention are:
Kacy Swain, UCLA, Sr., Basketball
Laura Hall, Guilford College, Sr., Softball
Tori Biach, Northern State, Jr., Volleyball
Mickey Ludlow, Dayton, Sr., Track & Field
Lauren Hancher, College of Wooster, Sr., Soccer
Lea Sobieraski, SUNY Geneseo, Sr., Basketball
Lafayette Rutledge, Southwest Mississippi CC, So., Basketball
Mitch Granger, Illinois-Chicago, Sr., Tennis
Dalton Screws, Jacksonville State, R-Jr., Football
Jason Vander Laan, Ferris State, Sr., Football
Dominic Moroglio, San Francisco, Jr., Baseball
Michael Lewis, Wayne State, R-Jr., Basketball
"We thank Haier for recognizing the many student athletes who are excelling both on and off the field of play," says Doug Vance, Executive Director of CoSIDA. "The student-athletes we have honored are representative of thousands of wonderful men and women who do a great job of representing their family, sport and school."
Student-athletes from all sports, all schools, and all divisions are eligible for the Haier Achievement Award. Haier recognized eight (8) honorees throughout the year and beginning on March 2, they invite fans to vote online at www.HaierAchievement.com, for the Haier Ultimate Achievement Award winner. The winner will earn their school a $5,000 donation to the general scholarship fund and a Haier 48-inch LED HD television. Additionally, all fans who vote will be entered into a drawing to win a Haier 48-inch LED HD TV.
The eight Haier Ultimate Achievement Award finalists are: Kelly Thomson (Kansas State University), a junior women's basketball player; Megan Fish (University of Central Florida), a senior women's soccer player; Malcolm Mitchell (University of Georgia), a senior football player; senior swimmer Emily Fogle (Purdue University); and Femi Hollinger-Janzen (Indiana University), a senior men's soccer player; and Imani Boyette (University of Texas), a senior women's basketball player; and Brittany Snow (Stony Brook University), a senior women's basketball player.
ABOUT HAIER: Haier America (www.haieramerica.com) is a subsidiary of Haier Group, the world's No. 1 major appliance brand as ranked by Euromonitor International 2015, and a global leader in consumer electronics. Haier employs more than 60,000 people around the world and distributes products in more than 100 countries and regions with global revenues reaching $32.6 billion in 2014.
ABOUT CoSIDA: CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America, www.cosida.com) was founded in 1957 and is a 3,000-plus member national organization comprised of sports public relations, media relations and communications/information professionals throughout all levels of collegiate athletics in the U.S. and Canada. CoSIDA has two primary missions: 1) Assist communications and public relations professionals at all collegiate levels with professional development and continuing education, 2) Play a significant leadership and resource role within the overall collegiate athletics enterprise, thus helping other management groups and their respective memberships deal with the set of communications-based issues that is the most complex and challenging in history.
