Lindsey Wilson University's Mamadou Fall Receives Kentucky Counseling Association's Outstanding College/Career Counselor Award

'It's very easy to tell students about Lindsey because it changed my life.'

by Duane Bonifer

COLUMBIA, Ky. (11/11/2026) — To Lindsey Wilson University employee Mamadou Fall '08, receiving a prestigious statewide award from the counseling profession says little about him and more about his employer.

Fall was presented the Kentucky Counseling Association's Outstanding College/Career Counselor Award, which is given annually to a professional counselor in the commonwealth whose speciality is college and career guidance.

Fall was presented with the award on Nov. 7 at the end of the Kentucky Counseling Association's annual three-day meeting, held in Louisville. The state branch of the American Counseling Association, the KCA is more than 40 years old and is composed of more than 1,200 counseling professionals who work in educational, health care, residential, private practice, community agency, government, business and industry settings.

Fall, who is Lindsey Wilson's regional enrollment director for educational outreach, has served his alma mater since graduating from it nearly 20 years ago. During that period, Fall has helped hundreds of working adults find a path to earning a college education. Many have gone on to serve in the counseling profession.

Although he was nominated for the award by his peers, Fall said it came as "a complete surprise."

"This award is about Lindsey, not me," said Fall. "So when they chose me for this award it was a complete surprise because they really chose Lindsey. I just happened to be the name they mentioned with the award."

Fall has a deep passion for helping students to find their way to Lindsey Wilson, which he said goes back to his time as a student at the school.

"Lindsey has given much to me," he said. "Lindsey taught me about being caring and helping students get to the next level by focusing on the mission of serving 'every student, every day.'"

Fall said the Lindsey Wilson mission also fuels his work, although he doesn't consider it to be work.

"It's not really a job when you do what you love," he said. "I don't wake up and say, 'I have to go to work.' Instead it's, 'I get to go to work and help people.' It's a privilege, it's really an honor.

"It's very easy to tell students about Lindsey because it changed my life, it was my second family. And students will find that out as well -- they will learn that Lindsey will become their second family."

But the greatest satisfaction Fall receives from his "privilege" is knowing how lives will be changed because of a college education.

"It's not just for the students, it's also for their families and their communities," he said. "The greatest joy is to see our students not only become college graduates but also see them run mental health agencies as directors. And then hearing them say, 'Lindsey gave me this opportunity.'"

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