University of Oklahoma Athletics
Staff Members Receive CoSIDA Awards
June 23, 2014 | Athletics
NORMAN, Okla. -- Members of the University of Oklahoma athletics department staff have been honored with awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) for outstanding work in the areas of publications and writing. Awards were presented at the CoSIDA Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month.
In total, OU received nine national awards in the Publications Contest, tied for second most in the nation, behind only Kansas with 12. In the 2014 Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest, three stories written by OU staff earned best in the district awards and were considered for national honors. The writing contest entries had to be produced and published between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013, to be nominated.
Awards were as follows:
Publications Contest
Baseball Guides – University Division
Second in the Nation
Brendan Flynn, Kelsey Hargens
Baseball Guides – University Division
Best Cover
Brendan Flynn, Kelsey Hargens
Softball Guides – University Division
Second in the Nation
Karl Anderson, Kelsey Hargens
Softball Guides – University Division
Best Cover
Karl Anderson, Kelsey Hargens
Winter-At-Large Guides – University Division (for women's gymnastics)
Third in the Nation
Makayla Hipke, Kelsey Hargens, Jared Thompson
Winter/Spring Posters – University Division (for men's gymnastics)
Best in the Nation
Scott Matthews
Winter/Spring Posters – University Division (for softball)
Third in the Nation
Scott Matthews
Winter/Spring Posters – University Division (for baseball)
Fifth in the Nation
Kelsey Hargens
Winter/Spring Posters – University Division (for women's gymnastics)
Seventh in the Nation
Kelsey Hargens
2014 Fred Stabley Writing Contest, District 6
Blog/Interview
Jordan Christiansen, Pete Moris
"Embedded with Aaron Colvin"
Coach/Administrator Profile & Historical Feature
Makayla Hipke, Tory Kukowski, Russell Houghtaling
“Against All Odds"
Story with Video
Jared Thompson, Tory Kukowski, Russell Houghtaling
"Homegrown"
