Madeline Buckley '11 Honored as Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Collegiate Recipient
The 11th Annual Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, an award given for the most outstanding role model among athletes, was presented to 2011 Archmere graduate Madeline Buckley in Atlanta on Monday evening, April 27th. Founded by Athletes for a Better World (ABW), a non-profit organization committed to changing the culture of American sports, the Wooden Cup is unique in that it is open to athletes in all collegiate and Olympic or professional sports. Nominations are open to every division and conference in college sports. The Wooden Cup is given to a collegiate and a professional or Olympic athlete who has made the greatest positive influence on the lives of others.
Madeline Buckley '11 is a William Smith College senior and four-year member of the Heron soccer team. The Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup award recognizes Buckley as an athlete of excellence both on and off the field, role model both as performer and person, the most important and distinctive honor athletes can achieve.As the collegiate recipient, Buckley will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her school for four years. All five finalists will also receive $1000 to be donated to the charity of their choice. This year's professional athlete recipient is Olympic Gold Medalist Shannon Miller.
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