Volunteer 15 Enters Fourth Year On Heels of Record-Setting Year
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As the CoSIDA Goodwill and Wellness Committee's Volunteer 15 Program enters its fourth year in 2017-18, below is a look back at what was an outstanding 2016-17 that saw another year of increased participation.
Volunteer 15 is an initiative launched in 2014-15 to get CoSIDA members more involved in their communities. CoSIDA members promote the great civic works done by their athletics teams but there is no promotion, or very little, about CoSIDA members doing community service either with these teams or independently. CoSIDA members are encouraged to volunteer at least 15 hours of community service during the 2017-18 school year, then submit your hours using the online form at CoSIDA.com/Volunteer15.
Any questions about the program can be sent to volunteer@cosida.com.
CoSIDA members log record number of volunteer hours in 2016-17 academic year
by Megan Hardin – Southwestern University
Goodwill and Wellness Committee Vice-Chair
The number of participants and volunteer hours increased for the third consecutive year, setting another record for the College Sports Information Directors of America’s (CoSIDA) Volunteer 15 program. In the 2016-17 academic year, 72 members logged 5,679 hours in their communities and on their campuses nationwide.
SEE FULL LIST OF VOLUNTEER 15 PARTICIPANTS
Volunteer 15 participants served their communities as tutors, mentors, coaches, scout leaders, firefighters, humane society advocates, working with Special Olympics and missionaries, to name a few, aside from their day-to-day duties as strategic communicators for college athletics.
The CoSIDA Volunteer 15 program is an initiative to get CoSIDA members more involved in their communities. The program is designed to help promote the great efforts and successes our members have beyond their athletics communications roles. To qualify, CoSIDA members had to volunteer at least 15 hours during the school year. The program is administered by the CoSIDA Goodwill and Wellness Committee.
One group had 100 percent participation as 17 members of the CoSIDA Goodwill and Wellness Committee successfully completed the Volunteer 15 program.
Participants didn’t stop at the 15-hour threshold as 62 percent of them volunteered 30 or more hours. Six individuals, Edward Haas (Collegiate Water Polo Association), John Martin (Colorado State University), Jacob VanRyn (Northeast-10 Conference), Christopher Wenzler (John Carroll University), Andy Seeley (UCF), Ira Thor (New Jersey City University), recorded over 200 hours of community service. This is the third consecutive year VanRyn and Wenzler logged 200 or more hours while Haas posted an astounding 1210 hours of volunteer work with the Keystone Valley Fire District and West Sadsbury Township Planning Commission in Pennsylvania.
NCAA Division I SIDs had the most participants with 26 followed by Division III (22), Division II (15), NAIA (five) and NJCAA (one).
Get involved during the 2017-18 school year and log your hours to be counted in the Volunteer 15 program. Volunteer hours can be accrued during July 2017 through June 30, 2018. Complete your volunteer log online anytime at CoSIDA.com/Volunteer15.
2017-18 Volunteer 15 Participants
| Name | School/Conference | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| David Alexander | The College of Saint Rose | NCAA Division II |
| Sam Atkinson | Gallaudet University | NCAA Division III |
| Ross Bagienski | University of Dayton | NCAA Division I |
| Danny Barnts | Point Loma | NCAA Division II |
| Luke Bolanos | UVa-Wise | NCAA Division II |
| Laurie Bollig | CoSIDA | CoSIDA Staff |
| Kevin Bonner | University of Pennsylvania | NCAA Division I |
| Ryan Brisbin | Schreiner/SCAC | NCAA Division III |
| Joe Browning | UNCW | NCAA Division I |
| Amie Canfield | Mount Holyoke College | NCAA Division III |
| Rob Carolla | Big 12 Conference | NCAA Division I |
| Tommy Chasanoff | University of the Cumberlands | NAIA |
| Tim Clark | Texas Lutheran University | NCAA Division III |
| Tyler Cundith | Johnson County Community College | NJCAA |
| Ryan Davis | Missouri Valley Conference | NCAA Division I |
| Bill Dyer | Virginia Tech | NCAA Division I |
| Edward Haas | Collegiate Water Polo Association | NCAA Division I |
| Megan Hardin | S Southwestern University | NCAA Division III |
| Doug Hauschild | University of Dayton | NCAA Division I |
| Michael Hawkins | Francis Marion University | NCAA Division II |
| Jen Heisel | San Diego State | NCAA Division I |
| Ryan Hilgemann | Black Hills State | NCAA Division II |
| Taylor Hodge | Ave Maria University/The Sun Conference | NAIA |
| Travis Jarome | Tuskegee University | NCAA Division II |
| Kevin Juday | Elmhurst College | NCAA Division III |
| Ryan Klinkner | Saint John's (Minn.) | NCAA Division III |
| Rob Knox | Towson | NCAA Division I |
| Michael Kobylanski | Southern Connecticut State | NCAA Division II |
| Barb Kowal | CoSIDA | CoSIDA Staff |
| KatieJo Kuhens | Wartburg College | NCAA Division III |
| Michael LaPlaca | University of Dayton | NCAA Division I |
| Emily Loux | MASCAC | NCAA Division III |
| Brian Lovellette | St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | NCAA Division III |
| Kyler Ludlow | University of Dayton | NCAA Division I |
| Chevonne Mansfield | American Athletic Conference | NCAA Division I |
| John Martin | Colorado State University | NCAA Division I |
| Eric McDowell | Union College (NY) | NCAA Division III |
| Dain McKee | Middlebury | NCAA Division III |
| Andrew Mindeman | Covenant College | NCAA Division III |
| Chris Mitchell | Washington University in St. Louis | NCAA Division III |
| Amanda Murphy | University of North Florida | NCAA Division I |
| Diane Nordstrom | Wisconsin | NCAA Division I |
| Bob Nygaard | University of Minnesota Duluth | NCAA Division II |
| Patrick Osterman | Western Illinois University | NCAA Division I |
| Shelly Poe | Auburn University | NCAA Division I |
| Jayson Ameer Rasheed | Wilmington College | NCAA Division III |
| Dave Reid | Colorado College | NCAA Division III |
| Luke Reid | Chico State/CCAA | NCAA Division II |
| Kenisha Rhone | Belmont University | NCAA Division I |
| Jeremy Rosenthal | Indiana | NCAA Division I |
| Aaron Sagraves | Cornerstone University (Mich.) | NAIA |
| Michael Sanders | Limestone College/Conference Carolinas | NCAA Division II |
| Andy Seeley | UCF | NCAA Division I |
| David Sherwood | Wingate University | NCAA Division II |
| Paul Smith | Arkansas Tech | NCAA Division II |
| Jay Stancil | Union College (Ky.) / Appalachian Athletic Conference | NAIA |
| Ira Thor | New Jersey City University | NCAA Division III |
| Blake Timm | Great Northwest Athletic Conference | NCAA Division II |
| Doug Vance | CoSIDA | CoSIDA Staff |
| Jacob VanRyn | Northeast-10 Conference | NCAA Division II |
| Amy Villa | San José State University | NCAA Division I |
| Herb Vincent | Southeastern Conference | NCAA Division I |
| Liz Wacienga | Kentucky Wesleyan College | NCAA Division II |
| Bill Wagner | DePauw | NCAA Division III |
| Dave Walters | Guilford College | NCAA Division III |
| Jill Weigel | Neumann University | NCAA Division III |
| Christopher Wenzler | John Carroll University | NCAA Division III |
| Beau White | CoSIDA | CoSIDA Staff |
| Nathan Wiechers | Indiana | NCAA Division I |
| Jenna Willhoit | University of Dayton | NCAA Division I |
| Judy Willson | Mountain West Conference | NCAA Division I |
| Drew Wilson | Averett University | NCAA Division III |
| Ryan Wronkowicz | Lourdes University | NAIA |
2017-18 Volunteer 15 Breakdown
Total Number of Participants 73
Total Number of Hours Logged 5679
| CoSIDA Staff | 4 |
| Division I | 26 |
| Division II | 15 |
| Division III | 22 |
| NAIA | 5 |
| NJCAA | 1 |
| Over 200 hours | 6 |
| Over 100-200 hours | 10 |
| Over 50-100 hours | 14 |
| Over 30-50 hours | 15 |
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