Seawolf Athletics selected to receive two NCAA awards

INDIANAPOLIS - The University of Alaska Anchorage's Department of Athletics has been selected to receive two NCAA Diversity in Athletics Awards -- in the categories of 'Overall Excellence in Diversity' and 'Gender Diversity' -- to be presented June 11 at the 2008 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention in Dallas.

"It is with great pleasure that we would like to recognize and congratulate the Alaska Anchorage athletics department as one of those recognized for a Diversity in Athletics Award in the category of Overall Excellence in Diversity," Charlotte F. Westerhaus, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at the NCAA, said in a letter addressed to UAA athletic director Dr. Steve Cobb.

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