2005 Miracle Yearbook

Senior Shelby Keyser,presidentofthe StudentAcademic Advisory Board,introduces the faculty and staff of the year recipients during Honors Day chapel. She said,"It was exciting to play a part in the selection process for these awards! When we (the student academic advisory board) were conducting interviews regarding the candidates, both peers and students could not say enough good things about Dr. Miller and Mr. Womack! I was honored to present them with these awards." Mark Womack and his special guests bow for prayer during the luncheon following the announcement of his award. Staff of the Year During the Academic Honors Day chapel, Shelby Keyser, president of the Student Academic Advisory Board,announced Mark Womack as the staff member of the year. In the prologue before the award was given to Womack, Keyser said of the recipient,"He has been described as genuinely humble, gracious, and selfless. He is well respected and admired by his peers, and is noted for his willingness to work, and do whatever it akes to get the job done without any complaint. One of his peers made this statement:'Excellence is his standard,and that permeates all of his work." Womack was a 1983 Cedarville graduate and this year served his twenty-second year on staff at Cedarville. As the Sports Information Director, he was recognized for taking a barely existent program and building it into the well known Sports Information Program. He coordinated all of the information and statistics generated by the Yellow Jacket varsity teams and edited the Sports Information Quarterly, "STING." He also maintained the sports information website, which had twice been voted Number One in the NAIA. In 2001,Womack was inducted into the Cedarville University Athletic Hall of Fame At a national level, he was a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame and awards committee He served as the sports information director not only for Cedarville, but for the entire American Mid-East conference. He was the 2000 recipient of the Clarence "Ike" Pearson award, which was the NAIA-SIDA's highest honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the sports information field He was a recipient of the Cedarville Alumni Distinguished Service Award. Womack said,"I'm very humbled and honored to be selected by the students as the Staff Member of the Year. It is a privilege to not only serve our student-athletes, but all of our faculty, staff, and students who follow the Yellow Jackets. "I love Cedarville University, and athletics have always been a part of my life I'm thankful to the Lord that He has given me an occupation that blends both together." god Mr. Womack said, "I give all of the praise to our great God! He has given me the t oPportunity to do something that I love to do at my alma mater. With the additional I ''' suPport that I receive from my wife and three daughters, I am beyond blessed." arl(1 Spring 257