Dick Enberg Award
Established in 1997, the Dick Enberg Award is given annually to a person whose actions and commitment have furthered the meaning and reach of the Academic All-America® Teams Program and/or the student-athlete while promoting the values of education and academics.
The award was created in part to recognize Dick Enberg’s passion and support of the Academic All-America® program for the past 20 years and more importantly, his dedication to education for more than four decades.
Dick Enberg Award Winners
2013 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University
2012 Joe Paterno, Penn State University (posthumous)
2011 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
2010 Tom Hansen, Pac-10 Conference
2009 Steve Smith, Michigan State
2008 Chuck Lee
2007 Pat Summit
2006 President Gerald R. Ford
2005 Father Hesburgh
2004 Ted Leland
2003 Tom Osborne
2002 Alan Page
2001 Donna Shalala
2000 Bill Russell
1999 Dean Smith
1998 John Humenik
1997 Dick Enberg