Orlando “Tubby” Smith Awarded Omicron Delta Kappa Pillar of Management in Athletics

Lexington, VA, December 11, 2024 –(PR.com)– Omicron Delta Kappa, the Nationwide Management Honor Society, is proud to announce Orlando “Tubby” Smith because the recipient of the 2024 Pillar of Management in Athletics award. Smith is a 2001 provoke of the College of Kentucky ODK Circle, the place he served as the boys’s basketball coach from 1997-2007.

Smith’s teaching profession spans greater than 45 years together with head teaching positions at a number of excessive faculties and schools along with the 2000 United States males’s nationwide basketball crew. He has additionally been an lively member of his group, establishing The Tubby Smith Basis in Lexington, KY, and giving to his alma mater, Excessive Level College, to assist the constructing of a brand new basketball enviornment and convention heart.

The announcement was made by Jennifer L. Waller, Ph.D., O∆Ok president and chief govt officer. “Omicron Delta Kappa is thrilled to acknowledge Coach Smith. His extraordinary contributions each on and off the basketball courtroom embody the essence of O∆Ok and what this award represents,” Waller stated. “His work continues to encourage and uplift, and we’re proud to have fun his achievements.”

The Pillar of Management in Athletics is bestowed on Omicron Delta Kappa members who’ve demonstrated excellent achievement in serving their communities. It acknowledges people who’ve demonstrated distinctive management of their skilled and private lives, contributing considerably to their communities and past.

About Omicron Delta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the Nationwide Management Honor Society, was based at Washington and Lee College in Lexington, Virginia, on Dec. 3, 1914. O∆Ok’s mission is to honor and develop leaders; encourage collaboration amongst college students, college, employees, and alumni; and promote O∆Ok’s beliefs of collaboration, inclusivity, integrity, scholarship, and repair on faculty and college campuses all through North America. The Society’s headquarters are in Lexington, Virginia. For extra details about the award and the group, please go to our web site at www.odk.org.

Contact

Jennifer Waller, Ph.D., president and chief govt officer, Omicron Delta Kappa, (540) 458-5340, jennifer@odk.org