the board of Trustees of the United States Sports Academy has conferred upon

Steven Whyte

Award Winning Sport Sculptor

the Academy's Sport Artist of the Year, Sculptor 2006

with all the Rights, Privileges, and Honors thereunto appertaining.  

In witness whereof this award is granted and the Seal of the Academy and the signatures of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the President Emeritus are hereunto affixed.  

Given from the City of Daphne in the State of Alabama this first day of January in the year two thousand and sixteen.  

Signed Robert C. Campbell III, Esq., Chairman of the Board and Thomas P. Rosannich, Ph.D., President Emeritus

Dear Steven:

Thank you for traveling to College Station to see the final touches on the Crow sculpture and to participate in the dedication.  I was very please with the ceremony and many others have commented favorably as well.  

With all due modesty, I think we have created something special at A&M.  Your incredible artistic talent produced a piece that will serve to inspire athletes and other students for years to come.  It clearly dresses up that part of the campus.  

Your remarks at the dedication were very well done and your presence was greatly appreciated.  Despite the poor performance from our football team, I hope that you enjoyed the weekend.  

It is my hope that the Crow sculpture may become the basis for other athletic figures.  The publicity I have seen will perhaps stimulate another idea.  

Hopefully, it goes without saying that I greatly appreciate all you have done to make this project a reality.  For my part, it has been great fun.  

We expect to be back in Carmel this year and, hopefully, we will see you then.  All the best!

Sincerely, 

EN

Dear Steven -

Thank you so much for creating such a beautiful statue of Luie.  The ceremony and party that followed was wonderful, maybe even better by the rain.  Everyone had an emotional reaction to the statue and it's a testament to your artistry and skill that we are all able to have this cathartic experience.  

Warm Regards -

Rose Lopez

Steven, 

This correspondence is written as a reference letter in support of your vocation to love and serve humanity, through the gift of your artistic genius.  

Your sculptures have enlivened my work and witness, and are revered by the persons I have gifted with your remarkable pieces.  

I trust that the institutions and organizations with whom you will collaborate in the future, are fully aware of the high esteem in which you are held throughout the arts community, and the great regard many of us have for your particular and peculiar sculpting genius.  

I wish you all good things.  

I remain, 

Sincerely yours, 

Travis Smiley