Warren Orlick will be presented with the Rick Knas Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contributions to Michigan's athletes with disabilities. Among pro golfers, Warren Orlick is more than well known. He has been active in the PGA of America for nearly 50 years and is considered among the elite in interpreting, teaching and enforcing the rules of golf. He has been an official at the Masters Tournament every year since 1955.

What is less known is that Warren has been a long-time supporter of the disabled community. His great love for the game is now being instilled in people with disabilities who never thought they would have another chance to play. He went to St. Joseph Hospital in Pontiac as a patient looking for help in returning function in his hand. The end result was establishing a weekly Adaptive Golf Clinic he has taught for the last 12 years as a volunteer, assisting anyone with an impairment who longs to regain some dexterity. Sharing his vast knowledge of the game with disabled golfers is a passion for Warren, and he has designed many devices to make it easier to play. He has taken his passion for golf and instilled it into each of his students. The remarkable part is the fact that Warren is 90 years old and still teaching the game he loves.

A past President of the PGA (1971-72), Warren has been inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and the Polish Sports Hall of Fame. His annual benefit, the Warren Orlick Inclusive Golf Open, supports Disabled Sports and is a tribute to this man who gives so much.