Bucknell University Athletics
Nine Bison Student-Athletes to Attend Naval Academy Leadership Conference
1/18/2019 9:58:00 AM | Student-Athlete Enrichment
Bucknell to be represented at the USNA conference for the seventh straight year
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Bucknell Athletics Leadership Institute next week will be sending its largest contingent ever to the prestigious United States Naval Academy Leadership Conference in Annapolis, Md. Nine Bison student-athletes and three staff members will attend the four-day event next Monday through Thursday, marking the seventh straight year that Bucknell Athletics has participated.Â
Representing Bucknell will be:
This year's Forrestal Lecture will be delivered by Michael Bloomberg, the entrepreneur and philanthropist who later served as mayor of New York City. Other keynote speakers include VADM Nora Tyson, USN (Ret.), Commander of the U.S. Third Fleet; Secretary Gordon England, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy; Gen. Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.), 16th Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff; and Horacio Rozanski, President and CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
The U.S. Naval Academy has hosted this prestigious conference annually since 1984, and since 2002 it has extended an invitation for delegates from peer institutions in the Patriot League, ROTC programs across the country, and many formal leadership education programs embedded in universities and military academies across the globe. More than 300 delegates participate alongside selected midshipmen in various lectures, presentations, and small-group discussions.
Following the conference, the Bucknell student-athletes will report on their experiences in Annapolis. Check back on BucknellBison.com to read their summaries.Â
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Representing Bucknell will be:
- Sam Chitty (football)
- Rade Joksimovic (men's water polo)
- Kyle Poland (men's water polo)
- Chloe Poltonavage (field hockey)
- Ali Russo (women's soccer)
- Selby Schnobrich (volleyball)
- Brandon Stokes (wrestling)
- Brittany Willwerth (field hockey)
- Jake Wilson (football)
- Jeremy Cook (head field hockey coach)
- Ross Liberati (assistant men's soccer coach)
- Jen Kentera (senior associate AD, leadership development)
This year's Forrestal Lecture will be delivered by Michael Bloomberg, the entrepreneur and philanthropist who later served as mayor of New York City. Other keynote speakers include VADM Nora Tyson, USN (Ret.), Commander of the U.S. Third Fleet; Secretary Gordon England, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy; Gen. Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.), 16th Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff; and Horacio Rozanski, President and CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
The U.S. Naval Academy has hosted this prestigious conference annually since 1984, and since 2002 it has extended an invitation for delegates from peer institutions in the Patriot League, ROTC programs across the country, and many formal leadership education programs embedded in universities and military academies across the globe. More than 300 delegates participate alongside selected midshipmen in various lectures, presentations, and small-group discussions.
Following the conference, the Bucknell student-athletes will report on their experiences in Annapolis. Check back on BucknellBison.com to read their summaries.Â
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