Former K-State football coach Bill Snyder receives Krause Award

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

FORMER K-STATE FOOTBALL COACH BILL SNYDER RECEIVES KRAUSE AWARD

MANHATTAN -- Former Kansas State University football coach Bill Snyder has been named the recipient of the Robert S. Krause Alpha Tau Omega Outstanding Campus Leader Award from the K-State chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.

Snyder received the award at the fraternity's awards banquet Oct. 10.

The award honors K-State's vice president for institutional advancement, Robert S. Krause, who was the chapter's faculty adviser for 12 years. It recognizes top faculty, staff or administrators at K-State, as chosen by chapter members.

The Alpha Tau Omega Students' Aid Endowment Fund presented Snyder a plaque and a $1,000 cash donation to the charity of his choice. Snyder has designated the Manhattan Boys and Girls Club and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Manhattan as co-recipients of the donation.

The Krause Award was established in 2003. Previous recipients were Pat Bosco, associate vice president for institutional advancement and dean of student life, 2003; Amy Button Renz, president of the K-State Alumni Association, 2004; and James R. Coffman, K-State provost emeritus, 2005.

A native of St. Joseph, Mo., Snyder was K-State's head coach from 1989 until his retirement in 2005. In his 17 years on the job, Snyder became the all-time winningest football coach at K-State with 136 wins, and he led K-State to 11 consecutive bowl games from 1993-2003, with six wins. Snyder's legacy at K-State also includes winning the Big 12 championship in 2003 and sharing four Big 12 North titles since conference play began in 1996. During the 1998 season, K-State posted an undefeated 11-0 regular season and earned its first ever No. 1 ranking in the national polls. K-State's Bill Snyder Family Stadium is named in his honor.

Snyder is a 1963 graduate of William Jewell College. He received a master's from Eastern New Mexico University in 1965. He currently continues a career of mentoring young Kansans by leading Kansas Mentors, a statewide effort to promote mentoring and to encourage more adults to become caring role models for Kansas children. He also serves as chairman of the K-State Leadership Studies Building Campaign, honorary chairman of the Kansas State University Foundation's Changing Lives Campaign and past president of the K-State Friends of the Libraries organization.