College Sports Information Directors of America

The Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA) Executive Board has unanimously approved the creation of the Pete Nevins Award for Distinguished Achievement. The announcement was made on June 7, 2007 at the annual ESPN ECAC-SIDA Awards Dinner in Baltimore.

The award honors the long-time East Stroudsburg Sports Information Director who was a legend in the industry for more than 30 years before passing away in 2007.

The award will be presented to an individual in recognition of their advancement of the field of athletic communications and advocacy for intercollegiate athletics.

Pete Nevins Award for Distinguished Achievement
Criteria
-- Recipients must have served in the sports information field for at least 25 years
-- Must be a current or former member of ECAC-SIDA
-- Presented at the discretion of the Executive Board (does not have to be presented annually)
-- Maximum of one honoree per year
-- Committee to be formed of non-board members, headed by Wally Johnson.
-- The committee will submit a candidate to the Executive Board for approval (majority approval of board is needed).

The ECAC-SIDA Executive Board and the Pete Nevins Award committee plan to name the first recipient at the annual ECAC-SIDA Workshop in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in 2008.