WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT:  Jordan and Richardson attend NCAA Leadership Conference

Rocky Mount, NC - One month ago this week, Battling Bishop student-athletes Bo Jordan and Juliana Richardson attended the NCAA Division III Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX. Joined by Wesleyan head women's soccer coach Beverly Biancur, the two enjoyed a three-day workshop geared toward developing leadership skills and creating partnerships that impact our campus and athletics program.

The USA South Athletic Conference was well-represented as nine of the Conference's 11 member institutions were among the hundreds of schools that participated in the event. Also joining the student-athletes and school staff members were Methodist University Director of Athletics Bob McEvoy, who served as an NCAA facilitator, and USA South Assistant Commissioner Mike Christie.

The student-athletes and athletics administrators worked together to facilitate dialogue, address Division III-specific issues, learn about their personal leadership characteristics and create partnerships needed to impact positive change at the campus, conference, and divisional level. The participants were separated into randomly assigned groups, but also met as Conference and school teams. Each school was tasked with creating an "Action Plan" designed to address a specific need or problem on their campus. The groups developed strategies to a produce a solution to the concern.

Jordan and Richardson (pictured right with Biancur) prepared a presentation for Wesleyan's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee that focused on ways to garner community support for athletics. By proposing such activities as a possible "Field Day" for area kids, the two felt that an overall increase in community service would be beneficial to the entire campus.

Both sophomores, Jordan is a member of the Blue & Gold football program, while Richardson participates in cross country and tennis.

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