The University of Mississippi Athletics
Basketball Player to Participate in NCAA Foundation
6/21/1999 | Women's Basketball
April 23, 1998
OXFORD, Miss. Stephanie Murphy, a member of the Ole Miss women's basketball team, has been selected to participate in the second annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference, presented by Entergy Corporation. The conference will be held May 25-28, 1998 at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
This forum will provide the opportunity for NCAA student-athletes to discuss and explore viable solutions to critical issues facing their peers around the country; to enhance their leadership skills; and to promote better communication among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty and communities.
More than 370 student-athletes will attend the 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference. Student-athletes were nominated from NCAA member institutions, including those that participate in the CHAMPS/Life Skills program.
Murphy, a native of Webb, Miss., was selected from more than 850 nominations from schools across the country. She is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Student-athlete advisory committee and is the student-representative on the steering committee for athletic re-certification at Ole Miss. As a freshman this past season, Murphy ranked third on the team, averaging 7.2 points and 4.9 rebounds a game. She was named Best Team Player by the coaches.
The 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference will focus on topics recommended by last year's participants as well as suggestions from the Divisions I, II, and III NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committees. Some of these topics will include: coaching roles in intercollegiate athletics, perception and portrayal of student-athletes by the media, and communication and leadership skills for student-athletes related to their sports, campuses and communities.
This year's list of conference speakers includes: Robin Roberts, anchor and sports commentator for ABC and ESPN; Tom Curley, publisher of USA Today; Cedric W. Dempsey, executive director of the NCAA; and Quinn Buckner, ESPN sports commentator/color analyst and member of the 1976 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship team.
