JACKSON- Millsaps track and field athlete Alexis Guice has won the 2014 Leader of the Year in Athletics awarded by the national leadership society Omicron Delta Kappa. 

The General Russell E. Dougherty Award is given annually to the student who has shown the greatest dedication in one of five areas of campus life, Guice was named the Athletics' recipient. Guice will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a $300 grant has been given to Millsaps Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) circle in her name. Guice will put the $1,000 towards continuing her education as she pursues becoming a dermatologist. 

Guice, a senior this past track-and-field season, was named to the second team All-SAA. Guice set a personal-best in the shot put en route to a second-place finish in the conference championships. Her 12.52 meter toss (41 feet, 1 inch) was nearly a foot better than her previous best mark. She also served as a captain on the team last season.

 "As a senior member of my team, I pride myself in taking part in the establishment of a track and field team built upon a strong foundation of trust and determination," Guice told Millsaps Magazine in December.  "I am certain that this program that I have fully committed to during these past four years will continue to be successful long after I graduate," she said.

Guice was eligible for the award after being nominated through the Millsaps' circle of ODK, where she served as president. Guice was also a member of the Millsaps Singers and Kappa Delta sorority and served as a Ford Fellow and teacher's assistant for the Biology Department. She was president of Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honorary and vice president of Sigma Lambda service honorary. Guice was also a member of the leadership honorary Order of Omega, the biological sciences honorary Beta Beta Beta, the honorary pre-health fraternity Alpha Epsilon Delta,  the honorary for freshmen Phi Eta and the Spanish honorary Sigma Delta Pi.

From the Omicron Delta Kappa release:

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, recognizes college students and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. OΔK was founded on December 3, 1914, at Washington and Lee University, in Lexington Va., by fifteen student and faculty leaders. Omicron Delta Kappa was the first college honor society of a national scope to give recognition for meritorious leadership and service in co-curricular activities. Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa is a mark of distinction and honor.