{"id":1217,"date":"2021-06-18T15:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:59:11","slug":"asburys-dr-ken-pickerill-named-rsc-faculty-athletics-rep-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1217","title":{"rendered":"Asbury&#8217;s Dr. Ken Pickerill named RSC Faculty-Athletics Rep of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>RSC Communications<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Kevin Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MIDDLETOWN, Ohio<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Asbury University&#8217;s Dr. Ken Pickerill has been named the 2020-21 River States Conference Faculty-Athletics Representative of the Year. The award coincides with his retirement as RSC Eligibility Chair after more than 20 years of service to the conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Pickerill has been an incredible resource\u00a0to the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which later became the River States Conference,&#8221; said Michael Schell, RSC Commissioner.\u00a0&#8220;We wish him the best as he retires as RSC Eligibility Chair.\u00a0It is only fitting that he was named RSC Faculty Athletic Representative of the Year for 2020-21.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pickerill is the chair of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation department at Asbury University. He is a professor of physical education, and he began as a faculty member at Asbury 30 years ago in 1991. He has served as Asbury&#8217;s FAR for many years.<\/p>\n<p>He began serving in some capacity for conference eligibility in 2001.\u00a0Initially, Dr. Pickerill\u00a0was a committee of one regarding eligibility and all reviews concerning violations and exceptions to standard rules.\u00a0He also served as interim commissioner for about six\u00a0months around 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The RSC Faculty-Athletics Representative\u00a0of the Year award was established in 2016-17.\u00a0Its purpose is to recognize one FAR within the conference each year for outstanding service and dedication to the role with an RSC and NAIA athletic department and campus.<\/p>\n<p>The FAR is a member of the faculty who works with the athletic department to certify the eligibility of all student-athletes at that institution before they can represent the school in competition. The FAR cannot be a coach or an athletics administrator and is well versed in the rules and regulations of the NAIA.<\/p>\n<p>The RSC thanks Dr. Pickerill for his many years of service to the conference, its members past and present and its student-athletes.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RSC Communications Kevin Taylor MIDDLETOWN, Ohio\u00a0&#8211; Asbury University&#8217;s Dr. Ken Pickerill has been named the 2020-21 River States Conference Faculty-Athletics Representative of the Year. 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