This is the powerful message students take away from the Life's Playbook Program. More than 35 Hall of Famers, people such as Bill Walton, Anne Donovan and Todd Blackledge-are participating in the Life's Playbook Speakers Team. Last school year, Hall of Famers made more than 70 appearances at high schools across America, and that number is expected to double in the 1999-2000 school year. Students who attend Speakers Team events will receive a copy of Life's Playbook for Success. Complimentary copies were distributed to more than 150,000 students and educators across America last year.
Discounts are available for multiple copies.
Students and others also can correspond with some of the Hall of Famers. The Verizon Academic All-America Teams Program was created in 1952 by the College Sports Information Directors of America to honor athletes who excel not just in sports but also in academics. Each year, almost 700 college student-athletes are honored. In combination with the Verizon Academic All-America Teams Program, this NCAA relationship reinforces Verizon's commitment to education. Outside the United States, the company services customers on five continents.