Colorado Student-Athletes Face off for Their Communities in Qwest-Kroenke Sports Challenge.More Than 400 Students Make Starting Lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes in Scholarship Competition DENVER -- In a show of support by Colorado's student-athletes for their communities, Qwest Communications
See: New York Stock Exchange : Q) and Kroenke Sports today Sports Today is a long-running radio show on Melbourne, Australia radio station 3AW. It currently airs on Monday to Thursday between 6pm-8pm and is hosted by Gerard Healy and Dwayne Russell. Previously, it was hosted by the late David Hookes and Gerard Healy. announced that 420 high school student-athletes have been nominated by their schools to participate in the Qwest Leadership Challenge. The student-athletes -- representing a variety of varsity athletic programs from across the state -- will have the opportunity to compete for $18,000 in scholarships through support for their communities and demonstration of their leadership skills. Now in its third year, the Qwest Leadership Challenge encourages student-athletes to give back to their communities and rewards their efforts with varying levels of scholarships or donations to their community organizations. Students are nominated by school athletic directors Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic , guidance counselors guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters , teachers or other administrators and then asked to develop and execute projects that exhibit their leadership and ultimately benefit nonprofit or educational groups in their communities. "The communities across our state already benefit from an incredible amount of volunteer support from schools and students. The Qwest Leadership Challenge highlights and rewards varsity athletes who continue to show leadership and make differences in their communities," said Chuck Ward, Qwest president for Colorado. "Every day, high-school athletes inspire their teammates, classmates Classmates can refer to either:
The students nominated for this year's Qwest Leadership Challenge are asked to complete 30 volunteer hours as part of their programs; upon that achievement, Qwest then donates $250 to the students' organizations. In addition, 10 student-athletes will be selected by a panel as superior performers. The top two - one male and one female - will each receive $5,000 scholarships as recognition for their outstanding work in the community. The remaining eight finalists will each receive $1,000 scholarships. Students from communities across Colorado were nominated. Project proposals are due Nov. 28, and winners will be announced March 16, 2009. About Qwest Customers coast to coast turn to Qwest's industry-leading national fiber-optic network and world-class customer service to meet their communications and entertainment needs. For residential customers, Qwest offers a new generation of fiber-optic high-speed Internet See broadband. service, as well as digital home phone, Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , and DIRECTV services. Qwest is also the choice of 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies, offering a full suite of network, data and voice services for small businesses, large businesses, government agencies and wholesale customers. Additionally, Qwest participates in Networx, the largest communications services contract in the world, and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by a leading technology industry analyst firm. |
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