Press Release
For Immediate
Release---Contact: Vilis Ozols (303) 526-2400, vilis@ozols.com
Ozols elected to
Athletic Hall Of Fame
GOLDEN, Colorado,
USA. October 3, 2001 -- The University Of Guelph in Canada named Denver
businessman Vilis Ozols to the Athletic Hall Of Fame this homecoming
weekend. Ozols was a standout volleyball athlete for the University who
represented Canada on their national team, played Pro Beach Volleyball
in Colorado, and was a two-time Colorado State Champion.
Dick Freeman, the
Athletic Director for the University cited Ozols’ achievements as
“Extraordinary. Vilis was a four time conference All-Star and the
leading vote-getter (Most Valuable Player) in the entire conference for
three straight years.”
The University Of
Guelph is located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, just outside of Toronto.
It is Canada’s leading agricultural and veterinary university. (www.uoguelph.ca)
The University listed
the following athletic achievements on the Hall of Fame plaque:
Varsity Letter
– 1980,81,82,83,84
Team Captain – 1983,84
OUAA Conference Honors:
First Team All-Star – 1980,81,82,83,
Top Vote-getter 1981,82,83
Canadian & USA National Recognition:
Ontario Provincial Volleyball Team: 1976 – 80,
Silver Medallist, Canadian Winter Games – 1979,
Canadian National Junior Team - 1979,80,
Silver Medallist, NORCECA World Championship Qualifier 1980,
1st Team All-Canadian 1979,
Professional Beach Volleyball A.V.P. Competitor – 1988,
MVP Award, Colorado State Champions – 1987,88,
Colorado Cuervo Gold Champion 1990.
Denver author and
motivational speaker, Vilis Ozols, is the founder and president of the
Ozols Business Group, which provides motivational speaking, leadership
training and management consulting nationally and internationally. He is
the author of the books Motivational Leaders and GRAND-Stories.
He was recently named President of the Colorado Speakers Association and
was honored as the CSA Member-of-the-Year in 2000. Ozols has also earned
the National Speakers Association’s Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
designation, the highest earned designation awarded by the National
Speakers Association, held by only 393 professional speakers in the
world. Ozols went on to earn an MBA from the University of Colorado at
Denver.
Background
information:
The Ozols Business
Group: www.ozols.com
The University of
Guelph:
www.uoguelph.ca
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