Skeie named Fitness Instructor of the Year
COSTA MESA - Leon Skeie, an Orange Coast College professor of
physical education and athletics, has been named Fitness/Exercise
Physiology Instructor of the Year by the State Community College
Organization of Physical Educators (SCOPE).
The Corona del Mar resident will be honored at an awards brunch on March
24 at the 2000 Commission on Athletics Convention at the Wyndham Palm
Springs Hotel.
The SCOPE Award is designed to recognize outstanding contributions made
by a community college physical educator.
Skeie, 58, a member of OCC’s faculty for 27 years and a member of the
Daily Pilot Hall of Fame, has served at the college’s athletic trainer
and strength coach for 12 years.
While at OCC, Skeie has established several centers, services and
programs on campus, including OCC’s Sports Medicine Center, an exercise
science lab, a strength lab and the college’s adapted physical education
program.
Skeie was named the National Community College Teacher of the Year in
1973 and was twice named the National Community College Trainer of the
Year in 1980 and ’84. He was also honored by the National Football
Foundation Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Contributor to Athletics.
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