Welcome to Yale University's
National Youth Sports Program

NYSP HISTORY:

In 1968, representatives of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports piloted the NYSP concept during the summer at two university athletics facilities.

On March 17, 1969, the White House announced that the federal government was committing $3 million to establish a sports program for economically disadvantaged youth. The federal grant has significantly increased to $15 million since then, and strong congressional support remains for NYSP objectives.

NYSP is a partnership between the federal government, represented by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the nation's colleges and universities, acting through the NCAA. Local support from within the communities of NYSP also helps make the program prosper.
The National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) has created positive opportunities for youth in at-risk environments for close to 40 years. Since 1969, NYSP has served youth between the ages of 9 and 16 through an organized program of sport skills and life instruction. NYSP has been conducted on the campuses of over 200 colleges and universities and served over 78,000 young people. NYSP has made an unprecedented effort to combine the promotion of athletic know-how and life skills that can assist participants in making a successful transition to adulthood through positive youth development.

NYSP AT YALE:

The NYSP at Yale, founded in 1996, enrolls close to 350 local youth in the program run by more than 75 staff members, including Yale student-athletes, local high school students, New Haven schoolteachers and coaches, and Yale staff. The program utilizes Yale Athletics facilities for all activities and the Hall of Graduate Studies dining facility for meals.

NYSP LEADERSHIP STAFF:

Faeisha Morrison : Activity Director
Alison Cole '99, Yale Assistant AD Development/Outreach: Project Administrator
Jordan Skolnick: Program Director

For more information please call (203) 432-7413

NYSP AWARDS:

• Meritorious Award 2000, 2002, 2004 -- One of the top programs in the country  
• Silvio O. Conte Award 2001 -- Top program in the country
• Program Recognition 1996 -- First Year Program Recognition Award

NYSP ADVISORY BOARD:
Bob Alberino
Tom Beckett
Sam Burrell
Barbara Campbell
Joel Cobden
Brad Cohn
John Daigneault
Bill Dixon
Tim Ford
Aurora Grant
Eric Hummel
Carol Kennedy
Ed Mockus
Mike Morand
William O'Brien
Daisy Rodriguez
Don Scharf
Queen Smith
Reggie Solomon
Carol Suber