Rams Cycling Team Announces 2005 Cycling Scholarship Recipients
The Rams Cycling Team at Colorado State University is pleased to announce the three collegiate cycling scholarship recipients for 2005. Colorado State is one of only a few major universities in the United States to do so. This year’s recipients, 25 year old John Parks, Masters level Education major, 19 year old Lia Goodrich, Junior Restaurant and Resort Management Major, and 23 year old Nathanael Ksiazkiewicz, Senior Political Science major were each awarded $500 scholarships.
(PRWEB) July 25, 2005 -- The Rams Cycling Team at Colorado State University
is pleased to announce the 2005 collegiate cycling scholarship recipients.
Colorado State is one of only a few major universities in the United
States to do so.
This year's recipients, 25 year old John Parks, Masters
level Education major, 19 year old Lia Goodrich, Junior Restaurant and Resort
Management Major, and 23 year old Nathanael Ksiazkiewicz, Senior Political
Science major were each awarded $500 scholarships.
Mountain biker Lia
Goodrich said, “It can be difficult to balance racing season and school. This
scholarship will help me not worry about working in the middle of the season
when I want to be concentrating on my bike and my studies.”
Goodrich has
been a member of the team for the past two seasons, and currently serves as the
Team's Vice President as well as Race Coordinator for the Beaver Meadows MTB
Festival.
Avid road cyclist John Parks said, “The heart of Rams Cycling
is giving students the opportunity to foster a passion for riding.”
Parks helped foster such opportunities when he created the Ride
Coordinator position in the fall of 2004, and continues to do so as the
2005-2006 Team President.
Veteran team member Nathanael Ksiazkiewicz
said, “It is very fulfilling to have watched the team grow to a place where they
can award scholarships every year. I am excited to be one of the recipients this
year.”
Ksiazkiewicz has been an influential member of the team for four
seasons, creating the Friends of Rams Cycling alumni booster, as well as racing
in both mountain and road disciplines.
Donald Estep, faculty advisor for
the team said, “The Scholarship Committee had a difficult time awarding only
three scholarships given a talented pool of applicants combining strong
commitments to academic performance, racing at a competitive level, and
supporting team activities.”
The Scholarships and Team Development Fund
was created in 2003 with initial donations from the Friends of Rams Cycling
(FRC). FRC is comprised of bicycling enthusiasts and alumni who support Rams
Cycling. Created in 2003 as an athletic booster, FRC provides ongoing support
for the team through events such as the RAT Ride Bicycle Tour. The team started
as the Spring Creek Vélo Club in the late 1970s, and was named Collegiate
Cycling Team of the Year in 2003. The team promotes multiple events including,
the CSU Oval Criterium, first held in 1986, and since 1995, the Beaver Meadows
MTB Festival. Learn more at: http://RamsCycling.com/scholarship.
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