Assistant Wrestling Coach Receives Academic Award
6/19/2003 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
June 19, 2003
Lt. Col. Doug Wells, an assistant coach for the Air Force Academy wrestling team, was the co-winner of the John Grenzebach Research Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation as selected by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The award will be presented at the CASE International Assembly in Washington, D.C. on July 7th. Wells will receive $500 and an expense paid trip to the Assembly.
Wells won the award for his dissertation while studying at the University of Northern Colorado in 2001. He created a formula for Division I athletic directors which enables them to set an annual fund-raising goal to meet their programs' financial needs. Wells studied variables such as season football ticket sales, total number of living alumni and the size of the prospective donor list.
"I am honored to get the award," Wells said. "I am very appreciative of the CASE organization and look forward to traveling to DC for the award presentation."
Along with coach wrestling, Wells is also the deputy department head for instructor development at the Air Force Academy. His dissertation was titled "Factors Related to Annual Fund Raising Contributions from Individual Donors to NCAA I-A Institutions."
The John Grenzebach Research Awards were established in 1988 and are named for the founder of John Grenzebach & Associates, now Grenzebach Glier and Associates, a philanthropic management consulting firm. Grenzebach was a leader in educational philanthropy and had a strong interest in fund-raising research.
