This is the third in a series of profiles and features on CoSIDA's 2011 Special Awards recipients. See link to original release and the March schedule of the profiles/features, below.
Justin Doherty, Assistant AD for External Relations at the University of Wisconsin, will receive the prestigious 2011 Arch Ward Award for outstanding contributions to the profession during CoSIDA's June Convention (June 26-29) at the Marco Island Mariott Beach Resort in Marco Island, Florida.
THE CoSIDA SPECIAL AWARDS FEATURES SERIES
March
Tue. 1
Special Awards general announcement
Thr. 3
Capital One Academic All-America Hall of Fame release
Thr. 3
Ann King (The Sage Colleges): 25-Year Award
Tue. 8
Kent Cherrington (Plymouth State University): 25-year Award
Thr. 10 Justin Doherty (University of Wisconsin): Arch Ward Award
Tue. 15 Rob Knox (Kutztown University): Rising Star Award (College Division)
Thr. 17 Jim Daves (University of Virginia): 25-Year Award
JUSTIN DOHERTY: 2011 ARCH WARD AWARD recipient
by Brian Lucas, University of Wisconsin Director of Athletic Communications
MADISON, Wis. -- Justin Doherty, the Assistant Director of Athletics for External Relations at the University of Wisconsin, has been named the 2011 Arch Ward Award winner by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The Arch Ward Award is presented annually to a CoSIDA member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of college sports information, and who, by his or her activities, has brought dignity and prestige to the profession.
Doherty was voted the 2011 top university division professional and will receive the Arch Ward Award in June at the 2011 CoSIDA Convention in Marco Island, Fla.
(See all previous winners, list below).
As a member of CoSIDA’s Board of Directors for eight years and the organization’s president in 2009-10, Doherty has been instrumental in helping move CoSIDA into new areas and evolve with the ever-changing communications world. He was an early advocate for h
iring an executive director as well as getting the CoSIDA Convention under the NACDA umbrella and also was heavily involved in developing CoSIDA’s master strategic plan.
Doherty was named UW’s assistant athletic director for external relations in 2009. He oversees athletic communications, video services, marketing, ticket office, Web site services and is the liaison to Badger Sports Properties and the Big Ten Network. In addition, he serves as sport administrator for the UW men’s and women’s cross country and track programs. Prior to his most recent administrative appointment, he served as assistant athletic director for communications (2006-08), director of athletic communications (2001-05) and associate sports information director (1994-2000) at Wisconsin.
During his time as assistant athletic director, Wisconsin Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez has been inducted into four separate Hall of Fames, the Wisconsin State Athletic Hall of Fame, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
Doherty was the day-to-day public relations contact for the Badger football program from 2001-07. During that time, Wisconsin played in six bowl games and Doherty promoted five Badgers who became finalists for major national awards, including Joe Thomas, the 2006 Outland Trophy winner. In his role as associate SID, Doherty was the primary publicist for the Badger men’s basketball team (including the program's trip to the 2000 Final Four) and was the secondary contact for the football program during a period in which the Badgers won back-to-back Big Ten and Rose Bowl titles.
Doherty was the sports information director at North Dakota from 1992-94 and was an assistant SID at Northern Michigan from 1990-92. He was the media relations contact for the Wildcats’ 1991 NCAA Division I hockey national championship team.
Doherty managed the long-track speed-skating venue’s media workroom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games and was media coordinator for the 2006 NCAA Men's Frozen Four held in Milwaukee, as well as the 2008 NCAA Men's Hockey Midwest Regional in Madison. Doherty earned a B.A. in journalism from Michigan State in 1988, and a master’s degree in journalism from UW-Madison in 2003.
Doherty has authored three books about Badger football, including: “Tales From the Wisconsin Badgers,” a collection of short stories about Wisconsin football; “The Wisconsin Football Vault” (with Vince Sweeney and Pat Richter); and “The Dayne Game: Ron Dayne and the Greatest Day in Wisconsin Football History.”
All-Time Arch Ward Award recipients
Presented annually to a university division member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of college sports information, and who by his or her activities, has brought dignity and prestige to the profession. Voted on by the Special Awards Committee.
2010 Al Shrier (Temple)
2009 William "Bill" Hamilton (South Carolina State)
2008 Debby Jennings (Tennessee)
2007 John Paquette (Big East Conference)
2006 Bud Ford (Tennessee)
2005 Ed Carpenter (Boston University)
2004 Claude Felton (Georgia)
2003 Jim Wright (NCAA)
2002 Hal Cowan (Oregon State)
2001 Langston Rogers (Mississippi)
2000 Mary Jo Haverbeck (Penn State)
1999 Rick Brewer (North Carolina)
1998 Bill Little (Texas)
1997 Dave Cawood (NCAA)
1996 Fred Nuesch (Texas A&M-Kingsville)
1995 Howie Davis (Massachusetts)
1994 John Humenik (Florida)
1993 Tom Price (South Carolina)
1992 Dave Wohlhueter (Cornell)
1991 Haywood Harris (Tennessee)
1990 Steve Boda (NCAA)
1989 Dave Schulthess (Brigham Young)
1988 Marv Homan (Ohio State)
1987 Roger Valdiserri (Notre Dame)
1986 Jim Mott (Wisconsin)
1985 Nick Vista (Michigan State)
1984 Bill Esposito (St. John’s)
1983 Elmore Hudgins (Southeastern Conference)
1982 Jones Ramsey (Texas)
1981 Don Bryant (Nebraska)
1980 Bill Whitmore (Rice)
1979 Marvin Francis (Atlantic Coast Conference/Wake Forest)
1978 Frank Soltys Arizona)
1977 Bob Bradley Clemson)
1976 Bob Hartley Mississippi State)
1975 Bill Callahan Missouri)
1974 Charley Thornton Alabama)
1973 Wilbur Synpp (Ohio State)
1972 Bill Young (Wyoming)
1971 Tom Miller (Indiana)
1970 Baaron Pittenger (Harvard)
1969 Wilbur Evans (Southwest Conference)
1968 Eric Wilson (Iowa)
1967 Bob Culp (Western Michigan)
1966 Ernest Goodman (Howard)
1965 Don Pierce (Kansas)
1964 Ned West (Georgia Tech)
1963 Wiles Hallock (Wyoming)
1962 Fred Stabley Sr. (Michigan State)
1961 Harold Keith (Oklahoma)
1960 Bob Paul (Pennsylvania)
1959 John Cox (Navy)
1958 Lester Jordan (Southern Methodist)