Spirit of Maryville 2014: Lonnie Folks

Lonnie Folks receiving Maryville Spirit award from Tom Eschen

The Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Lonnie Folks, ’82, ’98, director of athletics for Richard Stockton College. Folks earned his BS and MBA from the John E. Simon School of Business. He has served Maryville and the Saints athletic community with distinction for two decades.

Folks is a former standout student-athlete and Maryville women’s soccer and softball coach, and an award in his name honors members of the Maryville athletic community who exemplify good spirit, stewardship and service. In 2009, he was inducted into the Maryville University Athletics Hall of Fame. Folks is a member of the Duchesne Society National Leadership Council and the Hall of Fame Committee.