Yuxuan Chen
Ann Arbor MI
Andrew Gitlin
Ann Arbor MI
Luis Gonzalez
Detroit MI
Jessica Stone
Palm Beach FL
Sharon Witte
Jefferson Parish LA
2014 Outstanding Seniors
Each year at the Academic Games National Tournament, AGLOA honors outstanding seniors who have been excellent players and who have contributed in special ways beyond themselves to their own local Academic Games teams and programs. Outstanding Senior candidates are nominated by their local coaches and programs.
In 2014, AGLOA enjoyed a bumper crop of incredible Seniors - eight award winners.
- Two continued to compete even though their new schools did not sponsor an AG team.
- Two assisted their new moderator not only in maintaining the team but growing it.
- Two helped coach students at their former schools while competing in high school.
- One overcame a difficult home situation to become the person her league called "The Ling Queen."
Each Outstanding Senior will be highlighted in more detail in the monthly AGazines at agloa.org.
At the 2014 Academic Games National Tournament five Outstanding Educators were honored. In reality, each of them was honoring AGLOA with their long history of giving to their players and to the AGLOA organization.
Each GAVE and GAVE and GAVE to their own players, preparing them academically and emotionally to handle the pressure of competition. Many of the hours were outside of school, sometimes in their own homes. For these extra hours, there was no tangible reward — NO TAKE, only GIVE. Their students loved them for these contributions and flourished under their tutelage and guidance. They are heroines.
In addition, the five went beyond coaching their own students and contributed selflessly to other players and to the AGLOA organization. Questions were submitted for the reading games, scores were managed for entire divisions of competitors, and other efforts were made for the good of all players at all times. Each of the five did these things with smiles on their faces and joy in their hearts.
The spirit of GIVING without asking for anything in return is a foundational principle in successful human relations. It is a principle that is often forgotten because we are all a bit self-centered at times. But, the spirit of GIVING produces incredible benefits.
The five Outstanding Educators honored in Knoxville clearly modeled the spirit of GIVING for all of us. Our organization is grateful to these five as representative of all Academic Games coaches.
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Propaganda sections for 2014-15: B, C, D, E
Margaret Dowling
New Orleans LA
Taylor Glorioso
New Orleans LA
Julio Morales
Detroit MI
Marlon Tanner
Laurel PA
Gena Asevado
St. Bernard LA
Sandy Wright
St. Lawrence MI