University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt has been named the 2007 Dick Enberg Award winner by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Coach Summitt received her award July 1 at the San Diego Hotel and Marina Hotel as part of the 19th annual CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame® induction ceremonies. With Dick Enberg in London at Wimbledon, the award will be presented by his nephew, Jon.
Established in 1997, the Dick Enberg Award is given annually to a person whose actions and commitment have furthered the meaning and reach of the Academic All-America Teams Program and/or the student-athlete while promoting the values of education and academics.
The award was created in part to recognize Enberg's passion and support of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program for more than 20 years, as well as his dedication to education for more than four decades.
DICK ENBERG AWARD WINNERS
1999 Dean Smith
2000 Bill Russell
2001 Donna Shalala
2002 Alan Page
2003 Tom Osborne
2004 Ted Leland
2005 Father Theodore Hesburgh
2006 Pres. Gerald R. Ford
2007 Pat Summitt
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