USTFCCCA Excellence In Communications

USTFCCCA Excellence In Communications
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About the Award
Athletics communications representatives at schools and conferences who have committed to excellent coverage and support of collegiate track & field and cross country are eligible to be nominated for the award in recognition of their service to the sport by coaches, other athletics communications representatives, media members and the general public.The efforts of these hard-working individuals around the nation are crucial in generating interest and exposure for the sports of collegiate track & field and cross country, and the USTFCCCA will honor three – one per NCAA Division and one representing the NAIA – after both the track & field and cross country seasons.
Award Selection
Among the criteria considered for the award:

  • Exhibiting consistent, innovative, high-quality coverage of the sport
  • Demonstrating a record of improving coverage and public awareness in the area/campus, etc.
  • Taking risks with their decisions in hopes of increasing awareness of the sport
  • Displaying the utmost professionalism in interactions with the media, coaches and student-athletes.
  • Effectively and cleverly utilizing multimedia and social media.
  • Bringing understanding to an individual/subject/cause through excellence in feature writing, producing or promoting.

Award Timeframe

Cross Country

  • Nominations open in late November
  • Nominations close in early December

Track & Field

  • Nominations open in Mid-May
  • Nominations close in Mid-June

 

The Trophy
NCAA Division I
Cross Country
2019
Andy Jobanek
Portland State
2018
Linda Sprouse
Colorado
2017
Katie Morgan
San Francisco
2016
AJ Harrison
Wisconsin
2015
Peter Clark
Boise State
2014
Kevin Jenison
Indiana State
NCAA Division I
Track and Field
2019
Wes Offerman
North Dakota State
2018
Zach Dirlam
Florida
2017
Jared Prescott
Tennessee
2016
Matthew Staudt
Purdue
2015
Jake Most
Kentucky
2014
Will Stafford
LSU

NCAA Division II
Track and Field
2019
Tim Flynn
Colo. School of Mines
2018
Blake Timm
GNAC
2017
Anthony Jeffries
Saint Augustine's
2016
Jon Holtz
Slippery Rock
2015
Mark Moschetti
Seattle Pacific
2014
Bill Morgal
Shippensburg
NCAA Division II
Cross Country
2019
Craig Craker
Northwest Nazarene
2018
Mark Moschetti
Seattle Pacific
2017
Denise Archetto
Stonehill
2016
Gregory Ruff
Trevecca Nazarene
2015
Jon Holtz
Slippery Rock
2014
Bob Guptill
GNAC
NCAA Division III
Track and Field
2019
Ken Johnson
MIT
2018
Temitope Bajulaiye
Babson
2017
Alex Keil
Illinois College
2016
Mark Therrien
WPI
2015
Dave Wrath
Augustana (Ill.)
2014
Shawn Mederios
Wheaton (Mass.)
NCAA Division III
Cross Country
2019
Chris Lindeke
UW-Whitewater
2018
Emily Zadny
North Central (Ill.)
2017
Shawn Mederios
Endicott
2016
Jim Naprstek
Loras
2015
Sam Atkinson
Gallaudet
2014
Kirk Reynolds
Pomona-Pitzer
NAIA
Track and Field
Award debuts in 2020
NAIA
Cross Country
2019
Haley Gimre
Taylor (Ind.)
Advanced Polymer Technology