Champions of Character Award - Download Nomination Form

Nomination Procedure

• Anyone may nominate 1 person from each category: youth sport athlete; high school athlete; youth sport coach; high school coach; youth sport leader; officials; team of character; parents; fantastic fan; lifetime achievement award.
• The nomination form must be signed by the one nominating and the high school athletic director or the chief administrator for the youth sport (Recreation Director, PYSA Director, Little League Baseball Director, Pop Warner Football Director, Youth Hockey Director, Etc).

Nominees with the following support material will be given preferential consideration:

• How the nominee intentionally demonstrates character values or teaches them.
• A list of community recognitions and involvements.
• A minimum of 2 letters of support (3 maximum) in addition to the letter of nomination.
• This material must be attached to the nomination form

Criteria for Selection

• Nominees must be clearly outstanding as follows:
  • All Nominees:  Embracing the 6 pillars of character – Trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
  • Coaches and Sport Leaders: teaching, encouraging and rewarding good character through sport..
• 1 year participation as an athlete; 3 years of service for a coach, official or parent.

Selection Procedure

• Applications that are not complete or are postmarked later than April 1 will not be considered.  (The application can be resubmitted the following year.)
• The Selection Committee will select the winners by May 1
• Candidates will be notified of the selections by letter and winners will also be announced in the Petoskey News Review in May.

Nature of the Award

• An engraved plaque will be presented to the winners at the Awards dinner, held Monday, June 11th, 2012 at the Emmet County Fairgrounds Community Building.
• Each winner will be given their ticket and 2 complimentary tickets to the dinner.
  • Each award winner is expected to attend the Awards Dinner and dress appropriately.
  • Award winners will be expected to give a short acceptance speech and guidance will be given for preparing those comments.
• Each nominee who did not win an award will be given a certificate of recognition following the banquet for it is an honor even to be nominated as a Champion of Character - and will be eligible to be nominated again the following year.
• At this time there is no financial award or scholarship attached to the award.