BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — For the third time in his career, Campbellsville's
Corbin Harris has earned the Mid-South Conference's Champions of Character award.
Harris, a senior from Leitchfield, Ky., has been named the Men's Cross Country Champion of Character twice (2016 and 2018) and the men's track and field recipient once (2017).
Champions of Character is a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) initiative that recognizes athletes who mirror the core values — integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership.
Every nominee is required to supply a letter of recommendation from their coach and also a personal letter to the conference athletics directors, who form the voting committee.
"This will be my third year recommending Corbin, and that is by no mistake," said coach
Hilary Lakes. "Corbin is an outstanding individual on our cross country team who has so many great qualities that will be greatly missed when he graduates this spring.
"Corbin has a big impact within our University and has many different things he is involved in, but still makes sure to prioritize himself and his commitment to different things."
A portion of Harris' personal statement to the Mid-South Conference is as follows:
"It wasn't until I became a student athlete at Campbellsville University and a NAIA athlete that became more intentional with what the core values have meant and mean to me. I feel like throughout this past year, there are many ways that I have demonstrated each of these values consistently. By following the core values, I have found new opportunities in my career field as well as build other relationships through networking. I have strengthened my relationships with my peers and competitors by participating in service opportunities in my community.
"After I graduate from Campbellsville University, I plan on attending graduate school to earn a graduate degree in law or marketing. While I am undecided between a career as a sports agent or sports marketer, I am sure I want to work in professional athletics. However, the core character values of the NAIA are relevant to either of the career fields I pursue.
"By living a life valuing characteristics like these, I can show love and encouragement to everyone I encounter, ultimately serving as the hands and feet of Jesus."
Academics:
- Senior Academic Status
- 3.97 GPA
- Double major in Business Administration and Sport Management
- 2014 Governor Scholar
- Graduated top 10% in my high school graduating class
- Selected to Campbellsville University's President's List six times (Fall 2015-Spring 2018)
Campus Leadership/Involvement:
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leadership Team
- Baptist Campus Ministries Service/Outreach Leadership Team
- Student Mentor for Freshmen
- Former Vice President of Activities for Student Government Association
- Men's cross-country representative for the Campbellsville University Athletic Leadership Team
- Work many athletic events through sports information (PA announcer, keep stats, write stories, help with game day operations)
Achievements:
- Earned Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District honors (2018)
- Received the "Tiger Award" for servant leadership and attitude for Campbellsville University Track and Field (2018)
- Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete for track and field (2018)
- Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete for cross-country (2017)
- Second Team All-Mid-South Conference for cross-country (2017)
- Two-time NCCAA Scholar-Athlete for track and field (2017-2018)
- Two-time member of the Mid-South Conference indoor track and field All-Academic Team (2017-2018)
- Three-time member of the Mid-South Conference outdoor track and field All-Academic Team (2016-2018)
- Two-time NCCAA Scholar-Athlete for cross-country (2016-2017)
- Two-time member of the Mid-South Conference cross-country All-Academic Team (2016-2017)
- Two-time recipient of the Servant Leadership Award for Campbellsville Cross-Country (2016-2017)
- Received the Men's Indoor Track Mid-South Conference Champions of Character (2017)
- Received the Men's Cross-Country Mid-South Conference Champions of Character (2016)
- Earned the 110% award for Campbellsville University cross-country (2015)
Community Service:
- Worked at Camp Loucon, where I was selected to lead middle school and high school students in the cross-country section of the camp, as well as leading the sports section for the elementary camp. These included: running, playing games, showing campers how to point athletics to Christ, as well as teaching them how to interact and behave in competition (2016-2018).
- Help lead Fellowship of Christian Athlete events as a speaker, promotion, and set up and tear down (2018).
- Volunteer to read books to students at Campbellsville Elementary school (2015-2018).
- Volunteer at Camp Loucon's Christmas Camp (2016-2018).
- Attended a mission trip called Beach Reach to Panama City Beach (2018).
- Currently working on a marketing campaign for a local mission store (2018).
- Spoke at Freedom Baptist Church as a part of the Kingdom Advance Initiative (2018).
- Volunteer for the Campbellsville University Athletics Fall Festival (2015-2018).
- Help fill and donate supplies and boxes for Operation Christmas Child (2016-2018).
- Help lead Bible studies on campus for my teammates (2016-2018).
- Collected and donated winter clothes for the C&S Mission Store (2017).
- Volunteered with Sports Information, working game operations and as a public address announcer (2016).
- Participated in a service project to collect and donate shoes to WaterStep, and organization that sells old shoes to buy water purifiers for African villages (2016).
- Helped the KY YMCA raise $1,250 for their youth scholarship fund (2014-2015)
