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Commissioned in 2009, the CHAMP Heart of a CHAMPion Senior Scholarship (CHCSS) program honors male and female graduating college-bound high school seniors who have been acknowledged by their coaches, teachers and peers as having exemplified the ultimate Athlete of Character during their high school athletic career. Winners of the $500 scholarships have been nominated by coaches, teachers, friends, employers and others and evaluated by a CHAMP selection committee made up of community members.
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"I’m very pleased with how the CHAMP program has influenced our basketball team. As a coach, I believe that class, hard work, sportsmanship, and teamwork are the most important qualities in a successful team...The CHAMP program has helped us strive for greatness and provided out team with a quality standard...”
~ Champ Middle School Coach
“The best part of having our team participate in this program is the pleasure we get from watching the girls...I think it helps build a stronger more cohesive community that I am proud to be a part of.”
~ Jenny Hubbard, Parent
“Our team’s emphasis on positive character has impacted far beyond just our players. It has extended out and impacted the whole school community. Players have worked to improve their character in all aspects of their life...”
~ CHAMP Elite Player
I am very fortunate to have had an outstanding high school coach. He ran a character based program that taught me to always prioritize good character first. These character lessons have been fundamental to my success off the playing field and have stayed with me through my entire life.”
~ Tom Livingston, Livingston Real Estate and Development
“My daughter plays basketball for Lincoln Junior High. I also coach football at Lincoln...I am more comfortable knowing that the CHAMP program is reminding players, parents and coaches that building character in a teen is more important than winning games.”
~ Champ Elite Program Parent
"...I am putting my full support behind the CHAMP Elite Team Award...Please join me in developing these young athletes to their full character potential for success in every area of their lives..."
~ Sonny Lubick, former CSU head football coach
“The CHAMP Program has helped us strive for greatness and provided our team with a quality standard of what it means to have true character in athletics.”
~ 2008 CHAMP Elite Team Coach
“I have nothing but respect for the efforts that the coaches and the players have been putting forth...I thank Lincoln Junior High and CHAMP for helping to bring out the best in my son and many other students”.
~ Margaret Watson, Parent
“As an official, it’s important that I see athletes who play with a positive attitude towards other teams, their teammates and officials and coaches. I’ve watched this team play a number of times. All the players do an exceptional job of not only exuding good sportsmanship when winning, but also when down in the score!”
~ Local Sports Official
“...Parents (are) more concerned about themselves and how good they look than what type of person their child will be...That is why I was so happy to hear about the CHAMP Commission and how this Program is being utilized in the schools.”
~ Soccer Mom
"In a 20-year study of 80,000 athletes ranging from high school, college and professional levels, researchers found that athletes are not as morally developed as the normal population. When faced with a moral issue, athletes respond differently from non-athletes..."
~ Tom Kuyper, Athletes in Training
“My family has been so happy and confident to participate in the Rookie league for the first time, primarily because Coach Ron Frasco’s Mustangs understand and practice true sportsmanship...The whole CHAMP program is to be applauded for encouraging, recognizing and celebrating excellence in the character leadership.”
~ Youth baseball club parent
