Former Monmouth student-athlete Trish Millines Dziko has been selected by the NCAA as one of six recipients of this year's Silver Anniversary Awards, which recognize former student-athletes who enjoyed successful collegiate careers in various sports and who have gone on to achieve success in their chosen professions.

Recipients were selected by the NCAA Honors Committee, which is composed of administrators at member institutions and prominent citizens who also formerly were student-athletes.

Dziko was a four-year letter-winner in basketball and volleyball for the Hawks from 1976 to 1979. She also earned two letters as a softball student-athlete before the program was discontinued in 1977.

Named the 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Forum of Women Entrepreneurs, Dziko created the Technology Access Foundation in 1996 to provide children of color with access to technology. Before establishing the foundation, she spent more than 15 years at Microsoft fulfilling various responsibilities, including software tester and developer, program manager, consultant and database designer. She also spent one year as Microsoft's senior diversity administrator.

Dziko, who serves on the board of directors of the King County YMCA in Seattle as well as on the board of trustees for her alma mater, has been recognized for her community-service efforts as a recipient of the YWCA Isabel Colman Pierce Award for Excellence in Community Service, the Madam C. J. Walker Trailblazer Award and the Women of Color in Technology Award. She also has been honored for her work with youth, receiving the Arthur Ashe Athletic Association Leadership Award for supporting youth and the National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Award, which is given to individuals who assist in furthering the growth of African-American students entering the engineering field.