2008 Woodie Awards
Internationally known Lapchick; keynote speaker at Celebrity Breakfast
Brittany Lacey
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Sports
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Dr. Richard Lapchick, President and CEO of the National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS), came to the William H. Pitt Center on Tuesday to speak to student athletes and coaches about their commitment to excellence.
Doors opened at 7 a.m., and breakfast was served at 7:30 for the 9th annual Celebrity Breakfast. Lapchick's remarks were carried live on sacredheartpioneers.com by webcam.
In the past Lapchick has been a human rights activist, a pioneer for racial equality, a scholar and an author. He is also internationally recognized as an expert on sports issues.
Lapchick is often described as "the racial conscience of sport." Not only did he bring his commitment to equality and his belief that sports can be an effective instrument for positive social change to the University of Central Florida, where he accepted an endowed chair in Aug. 2001, but he also made sure of stressing the importance to the SHU community.
During his speech, Lapchick asked "Where are all of our leaders?" He quickly told everyone to look around the room.
"Being a leader is a big deal," he said. Every one of you has it in you to be a leader and to make an impact on someone's life."
Colleen Nassauer, freshman, Mount Sinai, N.Y., originally attended the celebrity breakfast to represent her track team, but found his speech to be very inspirational.
"Today, Lapchick showed us just how important teamwork can be," said Nassauer. "I like how he stressed that it doesn't matter what race, religion, gender, or social class you belong to when playing a game; you won't win unless you stick together."
In 1993 Lapchick helped launch TEAMWORK in South Africa. A program designed to use sports to help improve race relations and help with sports development in post-apartheid South Africa.
"It's always nice to have a named speaker that will attract attendees," said Christian Morrison, head coach of the Track and Field and Cross Country teams at SHU. Morrison heard Lapchick speak before and was motivated by his views on teamwork.
Doors opened at 7 a.m., and breakfast was served at 7:30 for the 9th annual Celebrity Breakfast. Lapchick's remarks were carried live on sacredheartpioneers.com by webcam.
In the past Lapchick has been a human rights activist, a pioneer for racial equality, a scholar and an author. He is also internationally recognized as an expert on sports issues.
Lapchick is often described as "the racial conscience of sport." Not only did he bring his commitment to equality and his belief that sports can be an effective instrument for positive social change to the University of Central Florida, where he accepted an endowed chair in Aug. 2001, but he also made sure of stressing the importance to the SHU community.
During his speech, Lapchick asked "Where are all of our leaders?" He quickly told everyone to look around the room.
"Being a leader is a big deal," he said. Every one of you has it in you to be a leader and to make an impact on someone's life."
Colleen Nassauer, freshman, Mount Sinai, N.Y., originally attended the celebrity breakfast to represent her track team, but found his speech to be very inspirational.
"Today, Lapchick showed us just how important teamwork can be," said Nassauer. "I like how he stressed that it doesn't matter what race, religion, gender, or social class you belong to when playing a game; you won't win unless you stick together."
In 1993 Lapchick helped launch TEAMWORK in South Africa. A program designed to use sports to help improve race relations and help with sports development in post-apartheid South Africa.
"It's always nice to have a named speaker that will attract attendees," said Christian Morrison, head coach of the Track and Field and Cross Country teams at SHU. Morrison heard Lapchick speak before and was motivated by his views on teamwork.
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