Osborne to Represent CCC as Nominee for Leroy Walker Character Award
LA GRANDE, Ore. – Eastern Oregon's Nikki Osborne has been chosen to represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference as the 2015 nominee for the NAIA Dr. Leroy Walker Character Award the conference office announced. Campus Champions of Character liaisons made the selection of Osborne who was also named the 2014-15 CCC Women's Champions of Character last month.
Osborne, a junior on the women's basketball team, is actively involved in both her academics and her community. She has been selected as a CCC Academic All-Conference Student-Athlete and an NAIA Daktronic's Scholar Athlete with a 3.55 cumulative GPA in the Business Administration program. Osborne is a member of EOU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Cascade Conference SAAC, Business Leaders of Tomorrow and serves as captain of her team.
Osborne also spends a portion of her time serving her community by playing bingo with the elderly and participating in 12-hour Drug Free Relay, Fire Safety Fair, La Grande Neighborhood Clean-Up and EOU Campus Clean-up to name a few.
The national award was created to honor Dr. Leroy Walker, a former president of the NAIA and President emeritus of the United States Olympic Committee. It recognizes a current student-athlete with at least a junior academic status who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, campus and community leadership embracing the five core character values of the NAIA Champions of Character initiative, athletic achievement and future ambition.
The NAIA will announce the winner on their National Awards Day which is September 15.