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NAVADMIN 02/018
 
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SUBJ/2001 NAVY ATHLETES OF THE YEAR//
 
REF/A/DOC/NAVPERSCOM/25JUL2001//
 
AMPN/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1710.11C, OPERATION OF MORALE, WELFARE, AND
RECREATION PROGRAMS//
 
RMKS/1.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE I ANNOUNCE THE 2001 NAVY MALE AND
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS.
 
2.  LTJG KATIE SHELDON IS SELECTED AS THE 2001 NAVY FEMALE ATHLETE
OF THE YEAR.  LTJG SHELDON IS SERVING IN USS FIFE (DD 991),
HOMEPORTED IN EVERETT, WA.  LTJG SHELDON'S ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS
INCLUDE LEADING THE ALL-NAVY WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO A SILVER
MEDAL AT THE ARMED FORCES CHAMPIONSHIP, LEADING THE ARMED FORCES
TEAM TO A SILVER MEDAL AT THE U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND
LEADING THE ARMED FORCES TEAM TO A GOLD MEDAL IN THE CONSEIL
INTERNATIONAL DU SPORT MILITAIRE (CISM) WORLD MILITARY VOLLEYBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP.  LTJG SHELDON WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM AT
THE ARMED FORCES CHAMPIONSHIP AND WAS ONE OF SEVEN WOMEN TO EARN
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS OUT OF THE 450 PARTICIPANTS AT THE U.S. NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
 
3.   ENS ERIC UPTAGRAFFT IS SELECTED AS THE 2001 NAVY MALE ATHLETE OF
THE YEAR.  ENS UPTAGRAFFT IS ASSIGNED TO NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION
BATTALION SEVENTEEN IN AURORA, CO.  ENS UPTAGRAFFT'S ATHLETIC
ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE TWO CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE
50 METER PRONE SHOOTING EVENT, THIRD PLACE FINISHES IN THE 300 METER
PRONE AND 300 METER 3-POSITION NATIONAL EVENTS, AND A SILVER AND TWO
BRONZE MEDALS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE AMERICA'S 50 METER PRONE,
300 METER PRONE, AND 300 METER 3-POSITION EVENTS.
 
4.  THESE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES WILL BE HONORED AT THE 2002 PRIDE OF
THE NATION CEREMONY, 21-24 MARCH IN ARLINGTON, VA.  A SPECIAL
THANKS TO ALL COMMANDS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED NAVY PERSONNEL IN THEIR
QUEST TOWARDS ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE AND TO ALL SAILORS WHO HAVE
REPRESENTED NAVY AT ALL LEVELS OF ATHLETIC COMPETITION.
 
5.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S AWARDEES AND TO ALL THE
INDIVIDUALS NOMINATED FOR THIS AWARD.
 
6.  POINT OF CONTACT IN THIS MATTER IS MR. JOHN HICKOK, NAVPERSCOM
PERS-651E, (901) 874-6620/DSN 882, E-MAIL:  P651E@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL.
 
7.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR, N1.//
 
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