College Sports Information Directors of America

Throughout his four years as an undergraduate student at Le Moyne College,
Jonathan Maggart has compiled a lengthy list of noteworthy achievements, and he
recently added yet another impressive accomplishment to his resume when he was
selected the 2005 Bill Esposito Award recipient by the Eastern College Athletic
Conference Sports Information Directors Association.

The Esposito Award is presented to a graduating college senior who wishes to
pursue a career in athletic communications. The Award is designed to honor the
memory of one of the true patriarchs of the sports information profession. Bill
Esposito served as the Sports Information Director at St. John's University in
New York for 25 years. He served as president of ECAC-SIDA in 1971-72 and was
the organization's Irving T. Marsh Award recipient in 1973. He was inducted into
the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 1984. Esposito passed away in 1995.

"Jonathan has been a fixture in the Le Moyne athletic department, and has been
an unmatched asset to the Sports Information Office," says Le Moyne SID Mike
Donlin. "He has patrolled the press box for his beloved baseball Dolphins since
his freshman year and has mastered Sports Information duties for every other
sport. More importantly, Jonathan has been willing to pass along his vast
knowledge as a mentor to other students in the department."

Maggart has been a regular at a variety of other upstate New York sporting
venues as well, serving in a host of capacities at Alliance Bank Stadium in
Syracuse; handling occasional official scorer's duties for the Syracuse
SkyChiefs and working assorted events at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome,
including this past winter's NCAA Men's Basketball Regional.

Maggart may be most renowned, however, for his work with the Northeast Division
I Baseball Coaches Poll. During his sophomore year at Le Moyne, Maggart
independently initiated the weekly poll, which ranks the Top 15 teams in the
Northeast and East regions. Subsequently, the poll has become sponsored by
CollegeBaseballInsider.com, generating additional attention and notoriety for a
bevy of deserving teams and athletes. The poll quickly became a fixture in
newspaper columns and media notes from Maine to North Carolina.

"Jonathan toils numerous hours each week, not for monetary gain, but rather so
that someone can settle the argument of who is the best team in the region * and
publicize it," Donlin adds.

Maggart will graduated with honors from Le Moyne on May 22, having earned a
mathematics degree with a minor in statistics. He will receive the Esposito
Award on Wednesday evening, June 8, during ECAC-SIDA's 50th anniversary
workshop, slated for the Sea Crest Resort in North Falmouth, Mass. He accepted a
summer position in scoreboard operations with the Washington Nationals and he
will serve an internship in the sports information office at the U.S. Naval
Academy during the 2005-06 academic year.