NAIA Institution Resources
Use these resources to help implement and enhance Champions of Character programming with your institution or outreach with school or youth sports programs.
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Order your Champions of Character Materials! Materials include implementation kits, parent game reminder cards, student-athlete cards, booklets and more. |
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| Conduct in Competition Guide: Procedures for all NAIA Athletic Contests This guide offers off practical recommendations for how home and visiting insititutions are to review their responsibilities before, during and after the game to meet the NAIA standards for behavior during all NAIA competition. |
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| Public Address Announcements Champions of Character public address announcements which can be read during NAIA athletic contests. |
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| NAIA Event Program Messages Promoting Champions of Character Each ad is a graphic that can be copied and pasted into another MS Word document and scaled to fit in your program format. Full page color and black and white versions as well as a series of quarter page messages are provided. |
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| Champions of Character Toolkit: Student Athlete Visit Program This Toolkiit contains best practices, a suggested timeline, sample registration form and other resources to use in implementing a Student Athlete Visit Program during your NAIA Championship. |
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| Champions of Character Toolkit: Champions of Character Sports Clinic This Toolkit contains best practices, a suggested timeline, sample registration form and other resources to use in planning a Champions of Character Sports Clinic during your NAIA Championship. . |
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| Coach of Character Award Nomination Form — Due February 15 NAIA institutions use this form to nominate a deserving coach for the NAIA Coach of Character Award. |
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| Dr. Leroy WalkerAward Nomination Form — Due February 15 NAIA institutions use this form to nominate a deserving NAIA student-athlete for the Dr. Leroy Walker Award. |
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| NAIA-CTSA Award Nomination Form — Due January 15 NAIA institutions use this form to nominate a deserving institution, team or individual for the NAIA-CTSA "All That's Right in Sport" Award. |
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| NAIA Buffalo Funds Five Star Champions of Character Team Award Form This award is selected annually at the end of each sport season. All NAIA teams are eligible for the team award and must be nominated by their institution. Nomination deadlines are stated on the form. |
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| Running a G-Rated Program Guided Discussion Conference commissioners use this facilitated discussion guide to enable conversations about sportsmanship and event management. |
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| "Curb Appeal" Sportsmanship Guided Discussion Conference commissioners use this facilitated discussion guide to enable conversations about sportsmanship and event management. |
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| NAIA Code of Ethics This definition of ethical practices, signed by coaches, is designed to protect and promote the interest of athletics and the coaching profession. (DOC version can be customized with your logo.) |
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| NAIA Coaches Code NAIA coaches sign this code and pledge to uphold the Champions of Character values. (DOC version can be customized with your logo.) |
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| College Student-Athlete Pledge NAIA student-athletes sign this pledge to accept the five core values and do their best to represent the NAIA, their institution, teammates and themselves. (DOC version can be customized with your logo.) |
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| Parents Tips Great tips to help parents better support their student-athlete before, during and after the competition. |
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| Coaches Tips Great tips to help coaches build character and performance. |
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| Student-Athletes' Tips Great tips to help sports participants become true athletes. |
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| Five Core Values Coaches Checklist — COMING SOON Use this checklist of how coaches demonstrate the five core values to assess yourself and your staff. |
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| NAIA College Student-Athlete Checklist — COMING SOON Use this checklist with NAIA student-athletes to determine how the five core values are demonstrated by an NAIA student-athlete. |
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| Youth Sports Athletes Checklist — COMING SOON Use this checklist to determine how the five core values are demonstrated by a youth sports athlete. |
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| Middle School Athletes Checklist — COMING SOON Use this checklist to determine how the five core values are demonstrated by a middle school athlete. |
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| High School Athletes Checklist — COMING SOON Use this checklist to determine how the five core values are demonstrated by a high school athlete. |
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| National Sportsmanship Day Certificate To be presented to a team which exhibits outstanding sportsmanship in honor of National Sportsmanship Day. (DOC version can be customized with your logo.) |
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| National Student-Athlete Day Certificate To be presented to the student-athlete who best exemplifies the five core values in honor of National Student-Athlete Day. (DOC version can be customized with your logo.) |
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| Integrity in Action Practical examples and lessons about integrity in everyday life, both in and out of sports. |
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| Respect in Action Practical examples and lessons about respect in everyday life, both in and out of sports. |
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| Responsibility in Action Practical examples and lessons about responsibility in everyday life, both in and out of sports. |
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| Sportsmanship in Action Practical examples and lessons about sportsmanship in everyday life, both in and out of sports. |
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| Servant Leadership in Action Practical examples and lessons about servant leadership in everyday life, both in and out of sports. |
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