Honor Award - 2002.Dr. Raymond Cieplik, the master of ceremonies for the NSCAA's Awards Banquet, found himself (technically) in the position of having to present himself as recipient of the 2002 Honor Award to be presented on Jan. 17, 2003, in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). ! The former soccer coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Cieplik is in his fifth year as director of athletics and 34th year on the Academy faculty. During his 31 years as the Bears coach, he compiled a 248-165-34 record. That includes a string of 25 consecutive .500 or better seasons. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A 1967 graduate of Springfield (MA) College, he holds a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. from the U. of Massachusetts-Amherst and a Ph.D. from the U. of Connecticut. The five-year span between his presidency of the NSCAA NSCAA National Soccer Coaches Association of America (since 1941; Mission, Kansas) NSCAA National Small College Athletic Association and his selection for the Honor Award marks the shortest span in the organization's history. He currently serves as national chairman of the men's NSCAA Scholar All-America committee and is a member of several committees for the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association , Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (or NEWMAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Connecticut, and Massachusetts. , and the Freedom Football Conference. He was inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. RELATED ARTICLE: PAST HONOR AWARD WINNERS 1970 Robert Henry "Harry" Rodgers, Referee, PA 1971 Donald Minnegan, Towson (MD) 1972 James Reed, Princeton 1973 John Squires, Connecticut 1974 Alden "Whitey whit·ey also Whit·ey n. pl. whit·eys Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people. Noun 1. " Burnham, Dartmouth College 1975 Robert Baptista, Wheaton College (IL) 1976 M.W. "Chick" Jacobus, Kingswood School 1977 Robert Guelker, SIU-Edwardsville 1978 Mickey Cochrane, Bowling Green (OH) 1979 James "Ted" Chambers, Howard University (DC) 1980 Donald Baker, Ursinus College (PA) 1981 Charles Matlack, Earlham College (IN) 1982 Harry J. Keough, Saint Louis 1983 Robert J. DeGrazia, California-Berkeley 1984 Julius Menendez, San Jose State 1985 C. Clifford McCrath, Seattle Pacific 1986 Walter A. Bahr, Penn State 1987 John McKeon, East Stroudsburg (PA) and James "Jimmy" Mills, Haverford College (PA) 1988 Joseph Bean, Wheaton College (IL) 1989 William H. Shellenberger, Lynchburg College (VA) 1990 Raymond Bernabei, NISOA NISOA National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association 1991 Russ Carr, Westmont College (CA) 1992 Robert E. Nye, College of Wooster (OH) 1993 A. Terry Jackson, Wesleyan University (CT) 1994 Timothy O. Schum, Binghamton (NY) 1995 Joe Morrone, Connecticut 1996 Clay Berling, Publisher, Soccer America magazine Soccer America Magazine is a weekly magazine devoted to soccer founded in the early 1970s and still being published. Its primary focus is soccer in the United States but it also contains some information on international leagues and teams. 1997 Jerry Yeagley, Indiana 1998 Robert Robinson, Lower Merion H.S. (PA) 1999 Miller Bugliari, The Pingry School (NJ) 2000 Peter Gooding, Amherst College (MA) 2001 Bill Holleman, Shiloh HS (GA) DR. RAYMOND CIEPLIK DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY |
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