Dana Lubieniecki, 21
Health and Human Performance
Denver, Colorado
November 25, 2016
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In May, Lubieniecki will graduate with a bachelor of science in health and human performance and on Saturday, November 19 was one of seven student-athletes from across the Big Sky state to receive the 2016 Montana Athletes in Service Award.
The award is sponsored by Montana Campus Compact in recognition of the impact student-athletes have on their communities through volunteerism and civic engagement.
The student-athletes were recognized during the 鈥淏rawl of the Wild鈥� football game and presented with their awards by Gov. Steve Bullock.
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The Denver, Colorado native was nominated for the award by Evan O鈥橩elly, MSUB athletics director of communications, who stated the midfielder deserved the accolade due to her stellar performance on the team, dedication to community service, leadership and more.
鈥淒ana is a humble student who leads through her example as an example as an academic all-region student, and an all-conference player on the field,鈥� O鈥橩elly鈥檚 nomination stated. 鈥淭hese strong leadership traits are perhaps best reflected to her service to the university and Billings communities, as she truly cares about helping others and being involved in the development of those around her.鈥�
As a senior captain, this year Lubieniecki started all 17-games, was the team鈥檚 lone four-year player and helped the Yellowjackets wrap up the fall season with a record of 4-10-3.
She also serves as the vice president of the MSUB鈥檚 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and is a research assistant.
鈥淏illings is such a tight-knit community 鈥� when you help support people and then you see them at your games, that鈥檚 cool,鈥� said Lubieniecki, who with her team completes roughly 100 hours of community service a year.
Various community engagement has included making sandwiches at the Salvation Army to cleaning school rooms and helping elementary kids make crafts.
鈥淚 wanted to come to MSUB because it鈥檚 a smaller school and the community is awesome,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he interactions and opportunities, like being a research assistant, I don鈥檛 think I would have had those at a bigger institution.鈥�
After graduation, Lubieniecki plans on returning to Colorado and pursuing an advanced degree in physical or occupational therapy.
By Blair Koch, University Communications and Marketing, 657-2269