Neumann Heading into Alberta Sports HOF

The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum announced its 2006 inductees, including the University of Calgary's Jack Neumann, who will be honored at the Hall of Fames induction banquet May 26 in Red Deer.

 

Neumann was named recipient of the Alberta Sports Hall of Fames Achievement Award for extraordinary achievement to the cause of sports in Alberta, Canada, and the world.  Jacks name has become synonymous with Dinos Athletics, serving as Sports Information Director since 1978.

 

Neumann began as a volunteer statistician for the Calgary Canucks of the AJHL and worked as an accountant for the Western Hockey League before being named SID at the UofC.

 

Renowned for his passion for intercollegiate athletics, Jack is now working with his second generation of student-athletes, for whom he cares deeply.

 

His professional accomplishments are many and varied.  Neumann was a member of the Board of Directors of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from 1990 through 1992, the only Canadian to have served in that capacity.  He has received six CoSIDA publication awards and was named to the associations Hall of Fame in 2004 at their annual conference in Calgary.  Not only did he receive the highest award bestowed in his profession, he was the first and only Canadian to receive this honour.  He was a founding member of the Association of Canadian University Sports Information Directors, serving as President from 1982-83.

 

He has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Dinos Fifth Quarter Association, and recognized as an Athletic Leader by the Calgary Booster Club.  The Calgary Italian Sportsmens Association honoured him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in May 2005.

 

Jack was named to the Order of the University of Calgary in 2005 in recognition of his exemplary and distinguished service to the University of Calgary.  Dinos Athletics created the Jack Neumann Scholarship for deserving student-athletes to recognize him for his outstanding contribution to the Athletic Department.