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Amber Schreieber GLVC Alumni Award

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RU's Amber Schreiber to receive GLVC's Bertram Alumni Award

The Great Lakes Valley Conference has named Amber (Krumbholz) Schreiber as the recipient of the 2024 Dr. Charles Bertram Alumni Award of Distinction, it was announced by the Conference office Wednesday.

Schreiber was chosen as this year's winner by the GLVC Awards Committee and will be formally recognized by the Conference at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car GLVC Spring Awards Reception in St. Louis, Missouri, on Tuesday, May 21.

A former basketball student-athlete at Rockhurst University, Schreiber was nominated by the Hawks' administration, led by Senior Director of Alumni and Donor Relations Brent Blazek.

The Bertram Alumni Award of Distinction is an honor that extends beyond one's collegiate career. It is presented to an individual(s) who displays academic excellence, athletic ability and achievement, character, and leadership, while serving their institution with personal distinction since their graduation, while also making postgraduate public or community service contributions to athletics at any level.

A 2005 graduate of Rockhurst, Schreiber was a three-year starter for the Hawks' women's basketball team after transferring from Wichita State. She was the runner-up for the Heartland Conference Newcomer and Player of the Year awards (2000-01) and a three-time All-Heartland Conference honoree. Schreiber also led the team in points and minutes played in the 2000-01 and 2002-03 seasons.

Coach Larry Park said, "Amber is one of the finest people we've ever had associated with the Rockhurst women's basketball program. She is enthusiastic, dedicated, and a true team player. But her best quality is the way she can bring the very best out of people around her. I would recommend Amber for any award or recognition. I think that much of her."
 
After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in business administration in May 2002, Schreiber returned to Rockhurst to acquire her MBA, which she claimed in December of 2005.
 
Following her graduation from Rockhurst, Schreiber's first job was as a Dispatch Coordinator for Choice Solutions in Overland Park, Kan., from 2004 to 2005. She followed that up with a move to Memphis, where she worked as a Business Analyst for Autozone and IT Project Coordinator for Caesars Entertainment for the next two years before moving back to the Kansas City area in 2007. Schreiber landed a job with Lockton upon her return, holding four different titles, including Senior Project Manager, during her eight-year stint with the insurance company. After a short run as Associate Director at Hub International (2015-16), she became the Advancement Officer at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School from 2016 to 2021.

Succeeding her stint at Saint Thomas Aquinas, Schreiber started an ice cream and coffee shop called The Golden Scoop with her sister, Lindsey, in 2021 and serves as the President and CEO of the company. The organization has served thousands of customers in the greater Kansas City area and employs people with disabilities (aka "the Super Scoopers") to give them meaningful jobs. The Golden Scoop has been highlighted by several local and national media outlets since its opening, including Good Morning America, Southern Living, and Feast Magazine.
 
In addition to serving her community through her professional work, Schreiber has fulfilled many volunteer leadership roles, as well. She has assisted as a volunteer committee member for the Fr. Joseph M. Freeman, S.J., Rockhurst Cup – an annual golf fundraiser benefiting Rockhurst student-athletes. She has also served on the Saint Thomas Aquinas Stampede 5K committee, Hall of Fame committee, and the golf tournament committee for the Semper Fi Fund – an organization dedicated to serving wounded service members.

Schreiber also recently added another award to her trophy case after being honored at Rockhurst's 50 Years of Women's Athletics ceremony, earning the St. Ignatius Alumni Award, which recognizes an alumnus who has made an exceptional achievement in his/her field of endeavor.

The GLVC's Alumni Award of Distinction is named in remembrance of Dr. Charles Bertram, who served as a professor and faculty athletic representative at the University of Southern Indiana and was a former President of the GLVC. He contributed a great deal of time, energy, and effort to the league's success and was instrumental in Conference operations for many years.
 
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