RSC named NAIA Champions of Character Five Star Conference

9/15/2020 12:00:00 AM

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The River States Conference was once again named an NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Conference for the 2019-20 year. Conferences that have at least 60 percent of their member schools earn the NAIA Five Star designation as an institution earn the conference recognition.

The RSC had nine of its schools earn the NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star award. There were five schools that earned the highest level of Gold recognition, three that earned Silver and one that earned Bronze.

The Champions of Character Scorecard measures each institution's commitment to Champions of Character. Points are earned in five key areas up to 100 total points. All institutions scoring 60 or more total points on their scorecard will be named Five Star Champions of Character Institutions for the academic year.

The five areas that are judged on the scorecard are character training, academic focus, character recognition, character promotion and conduct in competition.

Five Star Gold institutions are ones that earn 90-100 points on their scorecard; Silver institutions earn between 75-89 points; and Bronze schools seach between 60-74 points. All schools that earn at least 60 points on the year are designated as Five Star institutions.

RSC's CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER FIVE-STAR INSTITUTIONS:

GOLD:
Asbury (Ky.) University
Brescia (Ky.) University
Indiana University East
Indiana University Southeast
Midway (Ky.) University

SILVER:
Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College
Carlow (Pa.) University
WVU Tech

BRONZE:
University of Rio Grande (Ohio)