CoSIDA Convention Grant Recipients Announced
Twenty CoSIDA professionals will be attending the association’s June convention as a result of their selection as convention attendance grant recipients. For half of the recipients, it will be their first CoSIDA convention.
The Convention Grant Attendance Program doubled in size for 2015 to 20 grants worth $800 apiece. Each grant includes a complimentary convention registration, which is a change from 2014, allowing all of the grant funds to go toward hotel nights, transportation and per diem. The 2015 convention will be held June 14-17 at the Marriott Orlando World Center.
Athletics communicators from Division I (seven), Division II (four), Division III (three), NAIA (four) and two-year colleges (two) are represented.
There is a good regional diversity as well.
Applicants submitted a personal letter indicating their interest in attending, why they haven’t attended recently and what they hope to learn at the convention, as well as a letter from their supervisor or business manager detailing the school’s inability to fund all or a majority of the related travel expenses.
As part of receiving a grant, each winner will be recognized at one of the convention awards luncheons and will help CoSIDA’s Convention Operations Committee with on-site duties. In addition, recipients will provide written reviews of their experience following the convention.
2015 CoSIDA Convention Attendance Grant Recipients
Name/Institution Institution Afffiliation
Dave Albrecht, Midland University NAIA
Chris Aliano, Merrimack College NCAA Division II
Matt Berson, California State University, San Marcos NCAA Division II
Matt Bos, Northwestern College NAIA
Lamar Carter, Howard University NCAA Division I
Chelsey Chamberlain, University of New Mexico NCAA Division I
Corey Costelloe, California State University, Bakersfield NCAA Division I
Eric Etchison, Maryville College NCAA Division III
Parker Griffith, Murray State University NCAA Division I
Mollie Hanke, Seattle University NCAA Division I
Danielle Jenkins, Piedmont College NCAA Division III
Candice Kelm, McLennan Community College NJCAA
Michael Kobylanski, Southern Connecticut State University NCAA Division II
Adam Ledyard, East Texas Baptist University NCAA Division III
Will Nowadly, Gannon University NCAA Division II
Molly O'Mara, University of Arizona NCAA Division I
Tyler Price, Baker University NAIA
Mike Safford, College of Idaho NAIA
Dominic Urrutia, San Jose State University NCAA Division I
Ricky Webster, Marshalltown Community College NJCAA