Public Honors and Events
About the award: The Believe and Achieve Award honors a business/civic leader that has impacted the community-at-large. Nomination criteria for this award assumes that the recipient volunteered in the community for the betterment of others, emphasizes women's issues and female empowerment, demonstrates a more positive and supportive environment through service to the public, recognizing the individual's accomplishments and outstanding mentorship of women leaders and show outstanding professional virtue, work to enrich their communities and give women leadership opportunities. The award is presented at the annual Leader for Life Luncheon in May. Nominations are accepted beginning Jan. 15 and due Feb. 15.
Past recipients:
2020 - Anne McGuire, BSN'73
2019 - Ruth Scott
2018 - Dorothy Nipp
2017 - Rhonda Hawks
2016 - Melissa Kean, MA'93
2015 - Gail Werner Robertson, BA'84, JD'88
2014 - Val Ackerman
2013 - Deb Macdonald, BA'72, JD'80
2012 - Lisa Roskens
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About the award: The Leader for Life Award honors women who have demonstrated a truly outstanding and consistent support for women's athletics at Creighton University. Nomination criteria for this award assumes that the recipient manifest qualities in her personal life that mark her as a successful person of high moral principles. The person must have contributed to the athletic program through leadership contribution at Creighton University. The Leader for Life Award may be presented posthumously. The award is presented at the annual Leader for Life Luncheon in May. Nominations are accepted beginning Jan. 15 and due Feb. 15.
Past recipients:
2020 - Lisa Chipps, BA'97, MS'00, Ed.D,'19
2019 - Sharon Hanson
2018 - Shannon Hoos-Thompson, BS'99, MD'03
2017 - Judy Pritza, BSN '92, MS '96
2016 - Kirsten Bernthal Booth
2015 - Tanya Warren, BSW'88
2014 - Erin Swanson Russell, BA'02, MA'08
2013 - Pam Gradoville Simon, BSN'88
2012 - Heidi Geier Woodard, BA'99
2011 - Connie Yori, BA'86
2010 - Connie Ryan, BA'75
2009 - Rosemary Gross, BS'57
2008 - Mary Higgins, BA'73
2007 - Carol Ketcham
2006 - Olive Odorisio Circo, BA'41
Creighton University Athletic Hall of Fame inductees are guided by high moral principles and the Jesuit ideal of “women and men for and with others.” Awardees have demonstrated a truly outstanding and consistent performance on a varsity team, as well as good sportsmanship and leadership or have made a significant contribution to Creighton Athletics.
