Formal dedication ceremonies for a 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs are scheduled for approximately 1 p.m. April 23 at Mountain Lion Field at the Four Diamonds Sports Complex, 5025 N. Nevada Ave.<\/p>\n
Between the final 2011 home games of the Mountain Lion Softball Team, university leaders will unveil the sculpture to honor women student-athletes. The bronze, created by sculptor Denny Haskew, Loveland, of the National Sculptors\u2019 Guild, and donated by benefactor Glenn Williams, Colorado Springs, depicts a shortstop fielding a ground ball.<\/p>\n
The project was commissioned by UCCS supporter Williams to highlight the role of women\u2019s athletics in the collegiate experience. In addition, the Glenn D. and Joan R. Williams Endowment for Women\u2019s Athletics supports women student-athletes in softball, cross country\/track and field, soccer, basketball and volleyball and the softball coach position.<\/p>\n
\u201cGlenn Williams is a friend of the university with a passion for women\u2019s athletics,\u201d Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said. \u201cWe appreciate his vision and his generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams, a retired Eastern Illinois University administrator, began attending softball games in 1993 and later became friends with Head Coach Scott Peterson and many players.<\/p>\n
Williams will speak at the dedication event which will follow an 11 a.m. game against Adams State University and prior to the first pitch of a double-header. He will be joined by Shockley-Zalabak, Peterson and Steve Kirkham, director, Athletics. Players and fans will also join in the festivities. The event is organized by the CU Foundation which facilitated Williams\u2019 gift and the sculpture\u2019s creation along with the Department of Athletics.<\/p>\n
To see a photo of the sculpture, please visit http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=3541<\/a>.<\/p>\n UCCS, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 36 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 19 master\u2019s, and five doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls about 9,000 students annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Formal dedication ceremonies for a 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs are scheduled for approximately 1 p.m. April 23 at Mountain Lion Field at the Four Diamonds Sports Complex, 5025 N. (Full Press Release)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressreleases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}