CLEVELAND – The National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) is seeking nominations for its five awards: the compliance Rising Star Award, Division II Excellence Award, Frank Kara Leadership Award, Mike Cleary Organizational Leadership Award, and Creative Education Award.
 
The compliance Rising Star Award will recognize a young professional with no more than five years of full-time compliance experience who is seen as an emerging leader within the compliance profession. 
 
To nominate a young professional for this award, click here.
 
NAAC will honor a Division II compliance administrator who has a minimum of five years of full-time compliance experience and has demonstrated leadership and vision for compliance initiatives among his or her compliance peers with the Division II Excellence Award.
 
To nominate an administrator for the DII Excellence Award, click here.
 
The Frank Kara Leadership Award is NAAC's premier award and the highest honor that may be bestowed upon compliance professionals. This award, awarded annually, is named in honor of former University of Minnesota Director of Compliance, Frank Kara, who was a leader in the compliance field and best known for hosting the inaugural NAAC Workshop in 2006. Sadly, Frank lost his battle with cancer at the age of 40. 
 
To nominate an individual for the Frank Kara Leadership award, click here.

The Mike Cleary Organizational Leadership Award is given to an organizational leader (i.e., athletics director, general counsel, provost, president, commissioner, NCAA executive, etc.) who has demonstrated NCAA compliance leadership and a strong commitment to fostering a culture of compliance to NCAA rules within their organization. 
 
To nominate a deserving individual for the Mike Cleary Organizational Leadership Award, click here.
 
The Creative Education Award will be given to an athletics compliance department for their commitment to creativity and ingenuity in rules education throughout the academic year. The department must be able to demonstrate how its educational document is creative and helpful in explaining pertinent rules education to the selected group. 
 
To nominate a deserving individual for the Creative Education Award, click here.
 
Deadline to submit nominations for all awards is Friday, March 4.

About NAAC: NAAC is in its 25th year and serves as the professional and educational association of compliance administrators. For more information on NAAC, please visit www.naaccompliance.com. NAAC is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 57th year. For more information on NACDA, the 17 professional associations and/or three foundations it manages, please visit www.nacda.com.