University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Junior Kevin Vannatta Selected as Nominee for Allstate Good Works Team
11.30.2016 | Men's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—UNC Asheville guard Kevin Vannatta of the men's basketball team has been nominated to the 2017 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Teams. This esteemed award honors an outstanding group of student-athletes who represent the sport's finest in the areas of community service and leadership among their peers. Vannatta was the only member of the Big South nominated.
"The positive impact that student-athletes are making on college campuses and communities around the world can sometimes go unnoticed," said Thomas Clarkson, president of the west territory for Allstate Insurance Company and a member of the 2017 NABC and WBCA Good Works Teams® selection panels. "Allstate is a proud supporter of NCAA® college basketball and takes immense pride in working with the NABC and WBCA to recognize players who continue to make giving back a priority and inspire future generations of athletes."
Head Coach Nick McDevitt was very proud of Kevin's recognition. "I can't think of anyone more deserving of this nomination and recognition more than Kevin Vannatta," McDevitt stated. "He puts a tremendous amount of effort into everything does: his school work, athletics, community service, and other civic activities. Kevin exemplifies the true meaning of the term student-athlete and he is an outstanding ambassador for our University and our basketball program."
Athletic departments and sports information directors across the country nominated the 181 NABC and the 97 WBCA student-athletes for the prestigious honor. Two special voting panels, headlined by former Duke University basketball athlete, two-time NCAA® champion and seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill, and former Notre Dame basketball star, two-time Nancy Lieberman Award winner and current WNBA player Skylar Diggins, will select 10-member teams from both the NABC and WBCA, comprised of five student-athletes from the NCAA Division I level and five student-athletes from Divisions II, III and the NAIA.
The final roster of 20 award recipients will be unveiled in February.
"The positive impact that student-athletes are making on college campuses and communities around the world can sometimes go unnoticed," said Thomas Clarkson, president of the west territory for Allstate Insurance Company and a member of the 2017 NABC and WBCA Good Works Teams® selection panels. "Allstate is a proud supporter of NCAA® college basketball and takes immense pride in working with the NABC and WBCA to recognize players who continue to make giving back a priority and inspire future generations of athletes."
Head Coach Nick McDevitt was very proud of Kevin's recognition. "I can't think of anyone more deserving of this nomination and recognition more than Kevin Vannatta," McDevitt stated. "He puts a tremendous amount of effort into everything does: his school work, athletics, community service, and other civic activities. Kevin exemplifies the true meaning of the term student-athlete and he is an outstanding ambassador for our University and our basketball program."
Athletic departments and sports information directors across the country nominated the 181 NABC and the 97 WBCA student-athletes for the prestigious honor. Two special voting panels, headlined by former Duke University basketball athlete, two-time NCAA® champion and seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill, and former Notre Dame basketball star, two-time Nancy Lieberman Award winner and current WNBA player Skylar Diggins, will select 10-member teams from both the NABC and WBCA, comprised of five student-athletes from the NCAA Division I level and five student-athletes from Divisions II, III and the NAIA.
The final roster of 20 award recipients will be unveiled in February.
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