Ruth Riley To Receive 2015 Moose Krause Distinguished Service Award - UND.COM - University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site
Jan. 20, 2015
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Notre Dame Monogram Club is pleased to announce that the 2015 Edward "Moose" Krause Distinguished Service Award will be presented to former women's basketball star Ruth Riley ('01).
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"We are thrilled to present Ruth with this award," Monogram Club president Haley Scott DeMaria ('95, swimming) said. "It was inspiring to watch Ruth play on the court, and it has been even more inspiring to see her dedication to service off the basketball court. The Moose Krause Award is the highest honor the Monogram Club can bestow upon a member, and I can think of no better recipient than Ruth Riley."
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Since its launch in 2006, Riley has been a spokesperson for the United Nations Foundation's "Nothing But Nets" campaign. Her efforts with Nothing But Nets have included trips to Nigeria, Angola and Mali, and the organization's partnership with the U.N. Foundation and NBA has raised more than $45 million for malaria prevention.
In addition, Riley continues to support efforts to eliminate AIDS worldwide. In 2006, she attended a Global AIDS Awareness event in Nairobi, Kenya as an NBA representative, and she is active with TRIAD (Training to Reduce the Incidence of AIDS-Related Death) Trust, an organization focused on education to help people lead HIV-free lives.
Riley has also represented the United States on a number of sports diplomacy endeavors, visiting the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Spain and Morocco, among others. The Department of State sponsors grassroots programs such as camps and clinics, aiming to use sports as a means of bridging socio-economic and linguistic differences around the world.
One of Riley's most remarkable projects is Inspire Transformation, an organization she co-founded that is focused on creating community-based programs to support and sustain women and children and be a catalyst for positive social change. Inspire Transformation has two locations in South Africa, and seeks to use activities such as sport, music and counseling to educate and empower others.
This past November, Riley was honored as a 2014 Junior Chamber International Ten Outstanding Young Persons of The World recipient in the category of humanitarian and/or voluntary leadership. She is the first American to receive the global award since 2008.
She is also a member of the national council for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign to eradicate childhood hunger in the United States.
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Riley graduated summa cum laude with a degree in psychology in 2001 and is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration degree through Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business Executive MBA program.
Jan. 20, 2015
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Notre Dame Monogram Club is pleased to announce that the 2015 Edward "Moose" Krause Distinguished Service Award will be presented to former women's basketball star Ruth Riley ('01).
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"We are thrilled to present Ruth with this award," Monogram Club president Haley Scott DeMaria ('95, swimming) said. "It was inspiring to watch Ruth play on the court, and it has been even more inspiring to see her dedication to service off the basketball court. The Moose Krause Award is the highest honor the Monogram Club can bestow upon a member, and I can think of no better recipient than Ruth Riley."
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Since its launch in 2006, Riley has been a spokesperson for the United Nations Foundation's "Nothing But Nets" campaign. Her efforts with Nothing But Nets have included trips to Nigeria, Angola and Mali, and the organization's partnership with the U.N. Foundation and NBA has raised more than $45 million for malaria prevention.
In addition, Riley continues to support efforts to eliminate AIDS worldwide. In 2006, she attended a Global AIDS Awareness event in Nairobi, Kenya as an NBA representative, and she is active with TRIAD (Training to Reduce the Incidence of AIDS-Related Death) Trust, an organization focused on education to help people lead HIV-free lives.
Riley has also represented the United States on a number of sports diplomacy endeavors, visiting the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Spain and Morocco, among others. The Department of State sponsors grassroots programs such as camps and clinics, aiming to use sports as a means of bridging socio-economic and linguistic differences around the world.
One of Riley's most remarkable projects is Inspire Transformation, an organization she co-founded that is focused on creating community-based programs to support and sustain women and children and be a catalyst for positive social change. Inspire Transformation has two locations in South Africa, and seeks to use activities such as sport, music and counseling to educate and empower others.
This past November, Riley was honored as a 2014 Junior Chamber International Ten Outstanding Young Persons of The World recipient in the category of humanitarian and/or voluntary leadership. She is the first American to receive the global award since 2008.
She is also a member of the national council for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign to eradicate childhood hunger in the United States.
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Riley graduated summa cum laude with a degree in psychology in 2001 and is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration degree through Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business Executive MBA program.