LUCK TO SPEAK AT ECAC WORKSHOP
June 06, 2011 09:05 PM | General
West Virginia University Director of Athletics Oliver Luck considers being selected to the Academic All-America team “one of the greatest honors he has received” during his athletic career.
That’s why he is taking time out of his busy schedule on Wednesday afternoon to participate in a seminar promoting the Academic All-America program at the annual ECAC-SIDA (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference-Sports Information Directors of America) workshop in Rochester, N.Y.
“I believe in the Academic All-America program. I think it’s important,” Luck says. “When they asked if I’d be willing to do this I said absolutely.”
Jim Seavey, Sports Information Director at Mass Maritime, is serving on the three-member panel along with Luck and Roger Crosley of New England Football. Seavey, who has been associated with the Academic All-America program for the last 20 years, will serve as moderator of Wednesday’s panel and was responsible for bringing Luck to Rochester.
“I first met Oliver back in 2000 when he was inducted into the Academic Hall of Fame up in Boston,” said Seavey. “Oliver has been a staunch supporter of the Academic All-America program for a long time. He has been working with me on a committee that I put together a year and a half ago where we are trying to reengage members of the Academic All-America Hall of Fame with the program, and certainly with the great things that are happening with our Capital One sponsorship and the different things CoSIDA is doing to reenergize and revitalize the program.”
Seavey hopes members from the 150 institutions attending this year’s workshop will be able to tap into Luck’s vast areas of expertise running a professional sports league, a professional sports franchise, and his current role overseeing a major college athletic program at WVU with an annual athletic budget of nearly $60 million.
“For his position in athletic administration at West Virginia … how that impact of being a Hall of Famer and being in the program can really have on our member schools,” Seavey explained. “Oliver has just been so engaging. He has remained a long-time supporter and advocate of the program. I will tell you when I emailed him to serve on this committee it took him about five minutes to respond back to me in the affirmative.”
“My on-going role is to help promote the program, and it was an easy thing for me to say yes to because it’s a great program,” said Luck.
“Most of the people here are from smaller colleges and aren’t really familiar with things that are going on with the program, and Oliver’s presence solidifies and cements a connection that they can make and they can see the impact that it’s had on him. Hopefully, they will take that back to their schools and will see the impact that it can have on their own schools,” Seavey concluded.
That’s why he is taking time out of his busy schedule on Wednesday afternoon to participate in a seminar promoting the Academic All-America program at the annual ECAC-SIDA (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference-Sports Information Directors of America) workshop in Rochester, N.Y.
“I believe in the Academic All-America program. I think it’s important,” Luck says. “When they asked if I’d be willing to do this I said absolutely.”
Jim Seavey, Sports Information Director at Mass Maritime, is serving on the three-member panel along with Luck and Roger Crosley of New England Football. Seavey, who has been associated with the Academic All-America program for the last 20 years, will serve as moderator of Wednesday’s panel and was responsible for bringing Luck to Rochester.
“I first met Oliver back in 2000 when he was inducted into the Academic Hall of Fame up in Boston,” said Seavey. “Oliver has been a staunch supporter of the Academic All-America program for a long time. He has been working with me on a committee that I put together a year and a half ago where we are trying to reengage members of the Academic All-America Hall of Fame with the program, and certainly with the great things that are happening with our Capital One sponsorship and the different things CoSIDA is doing to reenergize and revitalize the program.”
Seavey hopes members from the 150 institutions attending this year’s workshop will be able to tap into Luck’s vast areas of expertise running a professional sports league, a professional sports franchise, and his current role overseeing a major college athletic program at WVU with an annual athletic budget of nearly $60 million.
“For his position in athletic administration at West Virginia … how that impact of being a Hall of Famer and being in the program can really have on our member schools,” Seavey explained. “Oliver has just been so engaging. He has remained a long-time supporter and advocate of the program. I will tell you when I emailed him to serve on this committee it took him about five minutes to respond back to me in the affirmative.”
“My on-going role is to help promote the program, and it was an easy thing for me to say yes to because it’s a great program,” said Luck.
“Most of the people here are from smaller colleges and aren’t really familiar with things that are going on with the program, and Oliver’s presence solidifies and cements a connection that they can make and they can see the impact that it’s had on him. Hopefully, they will take that back to their schools and will see the impact that it can have on their own schools,” Seavey concluded.
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