Tulsa’s Don Tomalski will accept a CoSIDA 25-Year Award July 6
TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa’s Don Tomkalski will receive the College Sports Information Director’s of America 25-year Award on Tuesday, July 6, in San Francisco, Calif.
Tomkalski, who has served as associate athletics director for communications for the past three years, will accept the honor at a luncheon ceremony during CoSIDA’s annual convention at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.
The CoSIDA 25-Year Award is presented to sports information directors who have completed 25 years in the profession.
Don Tomkalski is in his 25th year at Tulsa where his current duties include overseeing the media relations, marketing, video production and broadcast areas, while still handling the daily sports information duties for football and men’s basketball.
He was promoted to assistant athletics director for media relations in 2001. Tomkalski came to Tulsa in January of 1984 as the sports information assistant. After five months on the job, he was appointed the sports information director.
Before coming to Tulsa, Tomkalski spent a six-month internship in the publicity office of the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He also had staffed two preseason camps as an operations administrative assistant with the Cleveland Browns.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Tomkalski is a member of CoSIDA, Football Writers Association, and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
Tomkalski earned his bachelor's degree in sports administration from St. Thomas (Fla.) University in 1983.