Below, see the schedule of the 2012 Special Award recipient feature stories which will be written by CoSIDA members throughout the spring. The
full slate of 2012 Special Awards was announced March 2. All awards will be presented during the 2012 CoSIDA Convention in St. Louis (June 23-26).
• Individual feature story schedule for 2012 Special Awards
• CoSIDA St. Louis Convention awards presentation schedule
2012 CoSIDA Special Awards Salute
Malcolm Moran, Jake Wade Award recipient (outstanding contributions to media award)
written by Joe Hornstein, CoSIDA 1st Vice President
Malcolm Moran, the award-winning and respected sports journalist, has been selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as the 2012 winner of the Jake Wade Award. This award is presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the media to the field of intercollegiate athletics.
The award is named for Jake Wade, the widely acclaimed sports journalist and national magazine contributor for the Charlotte Observer and Sports Information Director at the University of North Carolina from 1946-62.
Moran will receive his award during the national CoSIDA Convention taking place at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis (June 23-26). Moran will receive his honor during an awards luncheon on June 25.
Moran joins a long list of notable sports journalists in receiving this prestigious honor, which was first bestowed in 1958 to Bert McGrane of the Des Moines Register.
“Looking at that list is a humbling experience,” Moran said. “I see friends and colleagues, people whose work inspired me to become involved in the business, and some of the most influential names in the history of the industry. It is an honor to be among them.”
For the past six years, Moran has been the inaugural John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society with the College of Communications at Penn State University. Moran’s role as director of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, the first of its kind when it was founded in 2003, calls for him to establish and maintain connections with professional sports journalism organizations across the nation.
In 2007, Moran was presented with the Curt Gowdy Print Media Award for outstanding lifetime coverage of basketball by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is a past president of the United States Basketball Writers Association and a member of its Hall of Fame. The Curley Center helps the USBWA organize “Full Court Press,” an annual seminar and scholarship competition for college students held during the NCAA Men’s Final Four.
Moran launched his daily newspaper career as a sports reporter at Newsday in 1977, where he covered high school, college and professional sports. He worked at The New York Times from 1979 to 1998 as a reporter and columnist before joining the Chicago Tribune in 1998. In 2000, he moved to USA Today where, in addition to his coverage of college basketball and football, he wrote feature articles on professional and college sports.
In his distinguished and diversified career as a sports journalist, Moran has covered 26 bowl games with national championship implications, 26 men’s basketball Final Fours, 16 World Series, 11 Super Bowls, several NCAA conventions and two Olympic Games.
Moran lives in State College, PA with his wife, Karla Hudecek, and their 15-year-old twins, T.J. and Katie.
Individual recipient feature story schedule for 2012 Special Awards
March
Mon., 5: Kim Wenger (Centennial Conference): Rising Star Award (College Division) – by Ann King (The Sage Colleges)
Wed, 7: Malcolm Moran: Jake Wade Award - by Joe Hornstein, CoSIDA 2nd Vice President
Fri., 9: Maurice Williams (Hampton University): Rising Star Award (University Division) – by Ed Hill, Jr. (Howard University)
Mon. 12: Bernie Cafarelli (Notre Dame): 25-Year Award
Wed. 14: Peter Schlehr (Towson University): Lifetime Achievement Award
Fri. 16: Debbie Copp (University of Oklahoma): CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Mon. 19: Roy Pickerill (Kentucky Wesleyan): 25-Year Award
Wed. 21: Bob Condron (USOC): Lifetime Achievement Award and Keith Jackson Eternal Flame Award
Fri. 23: Jack Neumann (University of Calgary): Warren Berg Award
Mon. 26: Chuck Sadowski (University of Bridgeport): 25-Year Award
Wed. 28: Kennan Timm (Wisconsin-Oshkosh): CoSIDA Hall of Fame
April
Mon., 2: Tom Di Camillo (Pac West Conference, Central Arizona College): CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Wed., 4: Dave Wohlhueter (CoSIDA treasurer, Cornell-retired): Lester Jordan Award
Fri., 6: B.L. Efring (Southern Maine): 25-Year Award
Mon., 9: Lawrence Fan (San Jose State): CoSIDA Hall of Fame and Arch Ward Award
Wed., 11: Sue Edson (Syracuse): CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Fri., 13: Mark Bankert (Malone University): 25-Year Award
Mon., 16: Joe Dier (Mississippi State): 25-Year Award
Wed., 18: Rich Herman (Clarion): Bob Kenworthy Award
Fri., 20: Shirley Jones Hill (Southern Mississippi): 25-Year Award
Mon., 23: Shelly Poe (Ohio State): Trailblazer Award
Wed., 25: Michael MacEachern (Young Harris College): 25-Year Award
Fri., 27: John Lewandowki (Michigan State): 25-Year Award
Mon., 30: Bob Noss (Wright State): 25-Year Award
May
Wed., 2: Wallace Dooley (formerly of Tennessee State): Lifetime Achievement Award
Fri., 4: Jeff Nelson (Penn State): Bill Esposito Award
Mon., 7: Bill Turnage (Florida Southern): Lifetime Achievement Award
Wed., 9: Herb Vincent (LSU): 25-Year Award
Fri., 11: Mike Mahon (Drake): Lifetime Achievement Award
Mon., 14: Bill Wagner (DePauw): 25-Year Award
Wed., 16: Fred Huff (formerly of Southern Illinois-Carbondale): CoSIDA Hall of Fame [Veteran Award Committee recipient]
Fri., 18: Phil Haddy (University of Iowa): Lifetime Achievement Award
Mon., 21: Dave Geringer (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth): 25-Year Award
Wed., 23: Charles "Chuck" Prophet (deceased; formerly of Mississippi Valley State): CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Fri., 25: Robert Wilson (Florida State): 25-Year Award
Awards to be presented during CoSIDA St. Louis Convention, St. Louis, Missouri
Sunday, June 24: Kickoff Luncheon
Awards presented: 25-Year Awards; Trailblazer, Kenworthy Community Service, Rising Star (University and College Divisions), Esposito, Keith Jackson
Monday, June 25: (two award presentations)
CoSIDA Hall of Fame luncheon
Awards presented: Lifetime Achievement; Jake Wade Award, CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Capital One Special Awards Gala (dinner/ceremony)
Awards presented: Arch Ward, Warren Berg, Lester Jordan, Enberg Award, Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame