The NCAA News

THE NCAA NEWS/March 11,1992 5
At leh, Bob Martinez, director of national dnrg control policy for Above, NYSP state coordinator
the Bush Administration, congratulates NYSP national poster Willie Mae Williams conducts
contest winner Tnsh Nyeshia Brewington of Fayetteville, Notih an orientation session at the
Carolina. During his visit to the workshop, Martinez discussed how national workshop for person-
NYSP can become involved in his office’s effort to reduce the nel from 28 new NYSP projects
demand for drugs in communities.
. . . Welcomes new ventures, honors the successful
The introduction of five new pilot pro-
grams, orientation for new sponsoring insti-
tutions, a new workshop format designed for
veteran personnel of sponsoring institutions
and talks by government dignitaries high-
lighted the National Youth Sports Program
(NYSP) National Workshop February 27-29
in Washington, D.C.
This summer, one of the pilot programs
that will be tested will link five NYSP spon-
soring institutions to the NCAA national
office for the first time, enabling the institu-
tions to send completed forms to the national
office. Computers also will be used in the
evaluation process this year, freeing up eval-
uators to assess program components on-site.
USA Today is sponsoring another pilot
program in an attempt to develop a modern
teaching style on issues relevant to the NY SP
target population.
The Professional Golfers Association has
pilot-program plans also. as does the United
States Tennis Association. The PGA plans to
distribute printed curricula and provide train-
ing and equipment to live NYSP sites, and
the USTA plans to train NYSP professional
staff on a national basis.
The workshop also gave the 2X institutions
that will sponsor NYSP for the first time this
summer the opportunity to meet with veteran
NYSP admmistrators, some of whom have
been conducting the program for 25 years.
F.dward A. Thicbe, NCAA director of
Representatives of the seven outstanding NYSPprojects of 1991 accepted the annualsilvio 0. Conte
Award during the workshop. The representatives are (from let?) Notiolk State Llnlversity’s Thomas
Monis; Betty Hayes of the University of Arkansas, Pine Blue Thudis J. Little of Elizabeth City State
University; the University of District of Columbia’s Lucille W Hester: Wilmer Johnson and Millicent
Jackson; Thomas Robinson of California State Polytechnic Univenity, Pomona; American
Intematlonal Colleges Robert Le Coun and Robert Burke, and the University of Wisconsin, Eau
Claire&, Diane Gilbertson, Matilyn Burgess and William B. Harms.
At left, Sen. Dennis DeConcini of An-
sona, one of the program’s primary sup-
potiem in Congress, visits wlth NYSP
Committee chair Vivian L. Fuller of Indi-
ana Univemity of Pennsylvania during a
reception for 398 NYSP delegates. De-
Concini announced that he favors a $15
million appropriation for the 1993 pro-
gram. At tight, Bob Wilson, deputy as-
sistant secretary for policy and external
affairs in the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, shows off an N YSP
jacket at the workshop. Wilson spoke on
the minority male initiative program,
which he directs.
youth programs, said that having sponsoring
institutions from both ends of the experience
spectrum made the orientation a success.
In past workshops, the program for veteran
NYSP institutions was strictly regimented.
‘This year, institutional representatives were
able to select from IS specialitrd roundtable
presentations on various topics, a feature
Thiebe said was well-received.
Congressional focus
The workshop also gave the approximately
300 NYSP representatives from I75 campuses
across the country an opportunity to solicit
support for the program from their represen-
tatives in Congress and to honor last year’s
outstanding NYSP prolects. The winner at
NYSP’s national poster contests also was
honored.
Trish Nyeshia Brewington, a participant in the NYSP program at
Fayetteville State University, won the grand prize in the program’s
national poster contest. All winning posten from the contest will
be on display in the NCAA Visitor Center galley through March.