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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- July 10, 2006
CONTACT: Glyn Turner 585,567,9648
FILLMORE STUDENT RECEIVES CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER AWARD
 HOUGHTON,
N.Y. – Aaron Martin, a junior at Fillmore Central
School, recently received the Allegany County “Champions of Character” Award
from the Houghton College Athletic Department.
Martin is a “Big 30 All Star” in both soccer and basketball and is the captain
for the baseball team. He has excelled academically where he has been a regular
on the Principal’s Honor Roll and been a member of the national honor society.
He has also actively served others through his involvement in “Students Against
Destructive Decisions,” by working with a local boy with Down’s syndrome, in his
involvement with his church youth group and by participating in overseas sports
missions trips.
His soccer and baseball coach at Fillmore, James Mullen says, “Few
student-athletes, or humans for that matter, act the same alone as when others
are watching. I give him credit for doing just that. Few young athletes are as
talented and as cooperative, conciliatory, and honest as Aaron.” At the awards
program, which was held at Houghton College, he received a plaque. He will also
receive a $250 scholarship at the conclusion of his senior year.
The Champions
of Character Award program was established to recognize local athletes who
demonstrate the five core character values of the NAIA’s “Champions of
Character” program: respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and
sportsmanship. Additionally, the student-athlete must a junior who is in good
academic standing with an 85 percent or above average who serves as a captain or
is anticipated to be a captain in their senior year.
Other nominees
for the award included: Ryan Shay, Andover Central School; Kevin Burdick,
Belfast Central School; Collin Morrison, Bolivar-Richburg Central School; Mary
Ronan, Cuba-Rushford Central School; Andrea Nickerson, Friendship Central
School; Amanda Elias, Genesee Valley Central School; Shannon Daugherty, Houghton
Academy; Ashley Powell, Scio Central School; Dennis Billings, Whitesville
Central School.
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in Allegany County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
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