4 UNL students named national Wasson Award winners

Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will be presented with the William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association during the organization's national conference April 1-4 in Charlotte, N.C.

Presented to 24 undergraduate and 12 graduate students nationwide each year, the award is named after the association's founder William N. Wasson, and recognizes outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who are active participants, employees or volunteers in collegiate recreational sports departments. Criteria for the award include self-improvement through leadership, academic success, activities, volunteerism, and promoting inclusion. Since the award's inception in 1993, the Wasson Award has been presented to 49 UNL students. This year's recipients include:

* Brandon Deeds, a senior nutrition and exercise science major from Scottsbluff

* Teresa Grosserode, a nutrition and health science master's degree student from Omaha

* Bridget Meduna, a senior biochemistry major from Weston

* Michael Nolan, senior athletic training major from Grand Island

UNL Campus Recreation serves more than 25,000 members annually among UNL students, faculty, staff and alumni. More than 705,000 annual visits are logged at the Campus Recreation Center on City Campus and the Activities Building on East Campus. The department also manages 140 acres of outdoor recreation space and administers the intramural sports, fitness and wellness, sport clubs, recreation and leisure classes, outdoor adventures, aquatics, injury prevention, massage therapy and youth activities programs.