The sacrifice of one stranger for a stranger led to a touching story by Scott Eddy of St. Bonaventure (N.Y.) taking the
Scott Eddy - St. Bonaventure
National Story of the Year honor as the 2016 CoSIDA Fred Stabley Sr. Writing contest winners have been announced.
Eddy collected the highest award with his entry entitled: “Ultimate Team Player: St. Bonaventure’s Sinclair Takes Part in Bone Marrow Donation Program”. The story was entered in the Athlete Profile category.
“Mr. Eddy captured the essence of college sports in his story about a softball player giving of herself in the most selfless of ways,” One national judge said. “Providing a bone marrow transplant to an unknown recipient and costing herself the time to train and prepare for her senior season, Ms. Sinclair epitomizes true sportsmanship. Mr. Eddy expertly made us feel a part of the process from beginning to end.”
Read Scott Eddy’s national-winning entry:
http://gobonnies.sbu.edu/sports/w-softbl/2015-16/releases/20160205g6veik
Six other awards were claimed at the national level as well with John Heisler of the University of Notre Dame winning the Blog category for “Last Word for Wake Forest”.
Read John Heisler’s Blog entry
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Debbie Copp of the University of Oklahoma won the Coach/Administrator Profile & Historical Feature category for “Who is John Jacobs?”.
Read Debbie Copp’s Coach/Administrator Profile & Historical Feature entry:
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=210028589
The University of Montana’s Joel Carlson topped the Event Coverage category with “Griz Open Stitt Era with Memorable Win”.
Read Joel Carlson’s Event Coverage entry:
http://www.gogriz.com/news/2015/8/29/FB_0829151909.aspx?path=football
“Fortunate Son” by Jenna Marina of UCF was first in the General Feature category.
Read Jenna Marina’s General Feature entry:
http://www.ucfknights.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050515aab.html
Mara Rudolph of the University of California inked the best Season Preview/Recap with “California Rising”.
Read Mara Rudolph’s Season Preview/Recap entry:
http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209832497&SPID=126523&SPSID=762514
Lastly, in the Story With Video category, Justin Lafleur of Lehigh University (Pa.), with help from Jessica Filipek, claimed the prize for “Lehigh Athletics Holds 17th Annual Adopt-A-Family Community Event”.
Read Justin Lafleur and Jessica Filipek’s Story With Video entry:
http://www.lehighsports.com/news/2015/12/4/SARD_1204150542.aspx
The 2016 contest drew 375 total entries with the Athlete Profile category leading the way with 85 stories. Submissions were first judged at the district level with district winners advancing to a national committee.
The 2017 contest will include entries written from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.
Just a reminder: Association members are only allowed to submit one (1) entry per category and each entry can only be used in one (1) category. So please, submit ONLY your BEST!
2015-16 Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest Results
National Winners
Story of the Year (Athlete Profile)
Scott Eddy (St. Bonaventure University, N.Y.), District 1, “Ultimate Team Player: St. Bonaventure’s Sinclair Takes Part In Bone Marrow Donation Program”
Blog
John Heisler (University of Notre Dame, Ind.), District 5, “Last Word on Wake Forest”
Coach/Administrator Profile & Historical Feature
Debbie Copp (University of Oklahoma, Okla.), District 6, “Who is John Jacobs?”
Event Coverage
Joel Carlson (University of Montana, Mont.), District 7, “Griz Open Stitt Era with Memorable Win”
General Feature
Jenna Marina (UCF, Fla.), District 3, “Fortunate Son”
Season Preview/Recap
Mara Rudolph (University of California, Calif.), District 8, “California Rising”
Story With Video
Justin Lafleur, Jessica Filipek (Lehigh University, Pa.), District 2, “Lehigh Athletics Holds 17th Annual Adopt-A-Family Community Event”