Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Bethel Track Athlete Wins Paulsen Award

Track's Geoffrey King Receives Paulsen Award

Track and Field standout Geoffrey King has been awarded the 2006 Ron Paulsen Memorial Grant.

King is a senior from Fort Wayne, Indiana and is a Youth Ministry major. Captain of the track and field team, King was a national champion in the 100m and 200m in 2006 and was a multiple-time NAIA and NCCAA All-American.
Off the track he is very active in leadership of campus student life and in the Bethel Fellowship of Christian Athletes huddle.

"Geoff is a tremendous young man and is quite deserving of this honor," said track head coach Tony Natali. "He is good student in the classroom, has been a superior athlete on the track, but most importantly, is a great witness for the kingdom. He is a spiritual leader not only on our track team but on Bethel's campus as a whole."

The Paulsen award is the Bethel College Athletic Department’s top award and honors Ron D. Paulsen, a Bethel student athlete who was killed in an automobile accident in 1972.

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