Texas A&M University's Laboratory for Diversity in Sport and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have partnered to honor those athletic programs that are best championing diversity. A total of 162 Diversity in Athletics Awards are being given in eight categories, including overall excellence in diversity. The NCAA granted Texas A&M's lab $100,000 in January to evaluate the country's college athletic departments on their diversity and diversity practices and award those who were the most outstanding. The 2008 overall excellence in diversity award recipients will be honored in June at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACADA) convention in Dallas. Many of the awardees--like Stanford University, The Ohio State University and University of Miami--also happen to be NCAA champions. According to Charlotte Westerhaus, NCAA's vice president for diversity and inclusion, there is a close correlation with diversity success and academic success for student-athletes and finally championships.