USM's Zane To Attend NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference

Crystal Zane

INDIANAPOLIS—Crystal Zane is one of 282 NCAA student-athletes identified as current or future leaders on their campuses and in their communities who have been selected to participate in the sixth annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference.

The conference will be held May 26-30 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex and the Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The 2002 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference is one of the largest non-competitive gatherings of NCAA student-athletes. The conference was designed to enhance student-athletes’ leadership and communication skills to enable them to become more effective leaders and motivators when they return to their campuses.

The student-athlete leaders were selected from a total of 1,183 nomination forms that were submitted by colleges and universities that participate in the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program. Student-athletes attending the leadership conference will represent 20 NCAA sports: alpine skiing, basketball, baseball, cross country, equestrian, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

Criteria for selection include the student-athletes’ demonstrated ability and strong desire to be a leader and the student-athletes’ potential to benefit significantly from a leadership development experience. In order to be eligible for the conference, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and must have athletics eligibility remaining in the following academic year.

Zane, a native of Highlands Ranch, Colo., enters her senior season ranked third on the all-time career assists list with 3,486. She led the team in service aces and second in digs a year ago.