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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                    January 25, 2006

SUBJECT: Grand View College names Tiffany Summy as it’s Coca-Cola community all-America

Grand View College today announced that Tiffany Summy has been selected as its Coca-Cola Community All-American for her excellence in community service. The Coca-Cola Community All-Americans program is all about recognizing, celebrating and applauding student-athletes who are making a difference in their communities.

Tiffany Summy distinguished herself through her involvement in several community service projects. Tiffany has been involved in the Operation Smile campaign, an organization that coordinates operations for children with cleft palates. Tiffany was an organizer of a fundraising dance to benefit Operation Smile. She also actively worked on campus and in the community to secure donations that were raffled off at the event.

While at Grand View, each year Tiffany has participated in a community service project with the Grand View softball team. These projects included raising money to sponsor a family in need during the holidays, reading to school-age children at area elementary schools, and this year, Tiffany, along with two other Grand View Seniors, planned an event for the entire softball team making fleece blankets that are being used as incubator covers in the neonatal unit at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines.

"We are extremely proud of all our student-athletes and the tremendous commitments they've made to this institution and our community through their community service efforts," said Lou Yacinich. "In addition to bringing national attention to the issues of volunteerism and community involvement, the Coca-Cola Community All-Americans program provides a platform for colleges and universities to honor and recognize student-athletes, like Tiffany Summy, for their outstanding contributions to the communities in which they live, learn, work and play."

As a Coca-Cola Community All-American, Tiffany Summy will be Grand View College nominee at the national level. A panel of representatives from the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) will select six student-athletes from NCAA®, NAIATM and Junior/Community College member institutions as national Coca-Cola Community All-Americans. The final Coca-Cola Community All-Americans and their institutions will be recognized this summer at the annual NACDA Convention. Additionally, the six national Coca-Cola Community All-Americans will receive an award and Coca-Cola will make a $5,000 donation to the community/philanthropic cause of their choice.

The Cola-Cola Company teamed with NACDA to recognize community service in intercollegiate athletics.