Criteria:

1. Each applicant must attend a North Carolina college or university.
2. The applicant must be an undergraduate student majoring in one of NC SHAPE allied as seen above, with a proven leadership record of the highest quality. The exception will be for the Adapted PE Category, as graduate students will be allowed to enter this category.
3. The recipient must be a member of NC SHAPE.
4. The recipient must have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
5. There are 6 different award categories:
1. Health Student of the Year
2. Physical Education Student of the Year
3. Sport Management Student of the Year
4. Dance Student of the Year
5. Adapted Physical Education Student of the Year
6. Athletics Student of the Year.
6. Each college or university can only submit one application per category. In other words, a student can only be nominated to one of the PE and Adapted PE categories.

Application Documents: Please download the three documents listed below. One is our Process Guidelines, one is the Nominee Cover Sheet, and the last is the guidelines for the required written narrative to be completed by your student(s).

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