Reflections Magazine Issue #57 - Spring 2002 | Page 6

From the Heights New SHU award honors Fred Smith 6 ow do you honor a humble person who recently marked 400 victories as a coach and has long served his community? By creating an award in his name, that’s how. Siena Heights has created an award named for Fred Smith, head men’s basketball coach and athletic director. Fred achieved a major milestone last fall, when he notched his 400th victory on the court. Even more unusual in coaching circles: all those victories have been at Siena Heights, where Fred has been an outgoing ambassador for 25 years. The Fred Smith Champion Award is not an athletic award. Instead, it will be given annually to a member of the SHU community who dem- onstrates the ideals and character that Fred exemplifies: passion for what one does,