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CSM Athletics: Dr. Richard Wendlandt Honored By National Football Foundation
Courtesy Colin Bonnicksen, Colorado Mines sports information director
DALLAS, Texas - Dr. Richard
Wendlandt, a professor in the Colorado School of Mines
Geology and Geological Engineering Department, has been honored by
the National Football Foundation and Fidelity Investments for
efforts made on behalf of all CSM faculty to the success of student
athletes.
As part of the honor, Fidelity Investments will donate $5,000 to
Mines for academic support services for student-athletes. The
faculty initiative is an extension of the scholar award, which
honors college football’s most outstanding students with
scholarships for post-graduate education. The faculty award
acknowledges representatives from each school with a National
Scholar-Athlete Award winner for helping to foster a strong
connection between academic and athletic experiences.
"For more than 150 years, faculty athletics representatives have
played a critical role in the overall educational experience of our
country's student-athletes," said NFF President & CEO
Steve Hatchell. "We are proud to join with
Fidelity to highlight the pivotal support that faculty athletics
representatives provide every day to ensure our nation's
student-athletes succeed on and off the field."
Senior quarterback Clay Garcia (Alamosa, Colo.)
was one of 16 NFF Scholar-Athlete Award Winners as well as a
finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy. Garcia earned an
$18,000 postgraduate scholarship for being one of those 16
finalists.
