Click on the underlined text for listing of the               2008 Association Awards

Awards History

Betty van der Smissen Leadership Award

The Betty van der Smissen Leadership Award is presented to an individual who is recognized for leadership and vision in the study of legal aspects of sport and physical activity.

Recipients of the Betty van der Smissen Leadership Award:
Betty van der Smissen – Michigan State University – 1997
Neil Dougherty – 1998
Herb Appenzeller – Appenzeller and Associates, Inc. – 1999
No Nominees – 2000
Lori Miller -- Wichita State University – 2001
Paul Anderson – Marquette University – 2002
Thomas Sawyer – Indiana State University – 2003
Linda Jean Carpenter – Emeriti, Brooklyn College, CUNY – 2004
Annie Clement – Barry University -- 2005                                                                  Todd Seidler – University of New Mexico – 2006
Doyice J. Cotten – Sport Risk Consulting – 2007                                                           No Nominees - 2008

SRLA Honor Award

The Sport and Recreation Law Association Honor Award is presented to an individual has given outstanding service to the Association.

Recipients of the Sport and Recreation Law Association Honor Award                  Andrew Pittman – Baylor University – 1997
Thomas Sawyer – Indiana University – 1998
Mary Hums – University of Louisville – 1999
No Nominees – 2000
Doyice Cotten – Sport Risk Consulting – 2001
Lynne Gaskin – State University of West Georgia – 2002
Betty van der Smissen – Michigan State University – 2003
Lori Miller -- Wichita State University – 2004
Rebecca Mowrey – Millersville University – 2005                                                 Maureen Fitzgerald – University of Texas at Austin – 2006 (co-winner)                  Susan Brown Foster – St. Leo University – 2006 (co-winner)                              Cathryn L. Claussen– Millersville University of Pennsylvania – 2007                            No Nominees - 2008

Bernard Patrick Maloy                                             Graduate Student Research Award

Mark James – Anglia University Sports Law Research Center – 1997
Adam Fenton – University of Texas at Austin – 1998
Josh Grau – University of Texas at Austin – 1999
Alexandros Taliotis – University of Texas at Austin – 2000
Wyatt Hicks – University of Texas at Austin – 2001
Susan Schwartz – Ohio State University – 2002
Xiaoyan Xing – University of Texas at Austin – 2003
John Grady – Florida State University – 2004
Matthew Burgemeister – University of Texas at Austin – 2005                                   Ann   Sexton – University of Texas at Austin – 2006                                                  Blake Barlow – University of Texas at Austin – 2007                                                 Blake Griffin – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill – 2008 (co-winner)           Marion Hambrick – University of Louisville – 2008 (co-winner)

Undergraduate Student Research Award

Christopher O’Shea – Flagler College – 2003
No Nominees – 2004, 2005
Ayana Cooper -- St. Leo University -- 2006
Michael Morehead -- University of South Carolina -- 2007                                             No Nominees – 2008