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2019 Special Awards Announcements
Nearly 60 recipients selected for recognition.
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) continues its weeklong announcement of its 2019 Special Awards Tuesday by recognizing six outstanding members for top university division and college division honors. These honors are presented for distinguished contributions to the profession.
Herb Vincent, the Associate Commissioner for Communications from the Southeastern Conference, will receive the 2019 Arch Ward Award, while
Lenny Reich, Sports Information Director/Assistant to the Athletic Director at University of Mount Union, will be recognized with the Warren Berg Award.
Both awards are presented annually to a CoSIDA member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of athletic communications, and who by his or her activities, has brought dignity and prestige to the profession. The Berg Award is exclusively a college division honor.
Lindy Brown, senior sports information director at Duke University, and Johns Hopkins assistant director of athletic communications
Jill Guise are recipients of this year’s Achievement Award for university and college divisions, respectively
The CoSIDA Achievement Awards are presented to associate or assistant media relations directors with 10 or more years of athletic communications service who have made outstanding contributions to the field and provide exceptional service to their institution or conference office.
Indiana University assistant director of media relations
Jeremy Rosenthal and
Shawn Medeiros, the sports information director at Endicott College, earn the 2019 Rising Star Awards for university and college divisions, respectively.
The Rising Star awards honor those with 10 years of service or less whose work at their institution and service, dedication, energy and enthusiasm to the profession make that individual a "rising star" in athletic communications.
All 2019 Special Award winners will be honored at CoSIDA’s annual convention, which takes place June 9-12 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida.
Here’s a closer look at these special awards recipients.
ARCH WARD AWARD
Herb Vincent – SEC, Associate Commissioner for Communications
CoSIDA's Award-Winning First Vice President.
One of the leading and most respected voices in college athletic communications, Vincent has served as the Southeastern Conference associate commissioner for communications for five-plus years. Vincent was elected to the CoSIDA Board of Directors in 2016 as the third vice president. Currently in the officer rotation, he is first vice president and will serve as the organization’s president in the 2019-20 academic year.
Vincent was named the SEC’s associate commissioner in September of 2013, bringing a wealth of experience to the conference office from member school LSU where he had served as the Tigers’ associate vice chancellor for university relations and senior associate athletics director.
Vincent previously worked on the SEC staff from 1986-87 as assistant director of public relations. He then worked at LSU from 1998-2000, left to become VP for Communications at the College Sports Southeast regional cable network, then returned to LSU to serve in various roles from 2002-13.
Recipient of a CoSIDA 25-Year Award in 2012, Vincent has been an active participant in convention attendance and panels. Author of "LSU Football Vault: The History of the Fighting Tigers” (2008), Vincent was inducted into the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction in 2015.
WARREN BERG AWARD
Lenny Reich – Mount Union, SID and Assistant to the Athletic Director
Taking on leadership roles at the national & regional levels.
Reich is in his 10th year as sports information director at Mount Union and added duties as assistant to the athletic director in April 2012. Since coming to Mount Union, he has expanded the reach of the Purple Raiders by brokering a television broadcast package with a regional cable network and has made Mount Union some of the followed social media accounts in NCAA Division III.
A 22-year veteran in the athletic communications profession, Reich is the current president of D3SIDA (Division III Sports Information Directors Association). An active member of CoSIDA, he is on the Academic All-America® committee and has been a moderator and presenter at past CoSIDA conventions. He is also on the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Central Region Committee and the NCAA Sportsmanship and Game Environment Working Group where he worked in conjunction with the Disney Institute to help design "GameDay the DIII Way" program.
Prior to his time at Mount Union, Reich served as SID at Capital University for eight years and has prior athletic media relations experience at Marian College, Defiance College, Centenary College (NJ) and the Gulf South Conference.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, COLLEGE DIVISION
Jill Guise – Johns Hopkins, Assistant Athletic Communications Director
A leader in water polo promotion.
Guise has served as the assistant director of athletic communications at Johns Hopkins since 2005. She also worked at St. Lawrence University and with the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. Guise has twice been recognized by the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division as the Men’s SID of the Year.
Guise has volunteered as the secretary for ECAC-SIDA since 2008, serving as the co-host of the organization’s workshop in 2016 along with her husband, Scott, who is York College Director of Athletic Communications.
In her 14 years with the Blue Jays, Guise has hosted numerous Centennial Conference and NCAA Tournament events as well as promoted 37 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 47 conference champions and 25 individual national champions.
Guise began her career in sports information as a graduate student at North Carolina State University and then was associate SID at St. Lawrence University prior to joining Johns Hopkins.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, UNIVERSITY DIVISION
Lindy Brown – Duke, Senior Associate SID
Leader in women's basketball coverage.
Brown has been a member of the Duke sports information staff since 1999 and has coordinated the promotion for three women’s basketball players for National Player of the Year or National Freshman of the Year honors. He has served as the media coordinator for numerous women’s basketball and women’s tennis NCAA tournaments.
Brown is currently member of the CoSIDA Recognition Week committee, is a member of the Media Coordinator/Statistics Advisory Group and also served on the Publications and Digital Design Contest committee. Several of his publications have ranked among the top 10 nationally.
He joined the Blue Devils after serving as the sports information director/marketing and promotions coordinator at the University of South Carolina Aiken for three years.
RISING STAR AWARD, COLLEGE DIVISION
Shawn Medeiros – Endicott, Sports Information Director
Young award-winning professional across many sports.
The sports information director at Endicott College since 2015, Medeiros also served as the SID at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) and assistant athletic communications director at Stonehill College.
In conjunction with the Endicott College's Admission Office and the Career Center and Internship Office, Medeirose created the “Endicott Experience” to increase student-athlete publicity in academics, community service, internships and study abroad. He has presented on this concept at the CoSIDA, ECAC-SIDA and NCAA conventions.
Medeiros was awarded the 2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country Excellence in Communications Award by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and was named a winner in the 2013 and 2018 CoSIDA Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contests.
Medeiros also serves on the CoSIDA Continuing Education and Young Professionals committees and previously served on the New Media Committee and the CoSIDA Academic All-America® committees. He is a continuing education and convention presenter on numerous social media and design topics. Medeiros is currently the interim D3SIDA 2nd Vice President. He was a 2017 CoSIDA convention grant recipient.
Previously, he worked at Wheaton (Ma.) College (where he earned the inaugural NCAA Division III Track & Field Excellence in Communications Award from the USTFCCCA), Stonehill College and was a graduate assistant at Castleton College.
RISING STAR AWARD, UNIVERSITY DIVISION
Jeremy Rosenthal – Indiana, Assistant Director of Media Relations
A leader in giving back to the organization in goodwill and wellness.
An active member of the CoSIDA Goodwill and Wellness Committee, Rosenthal has been the committee’s innovative leader in the annual CoSIDA/NACDA 5K run and walk, hosted by CoSIDA and held at the annual June conventions which raises money for charities and local community non-profits in the host convention city. He currently served as the vice-chair of the committee after his four years of involvement. Rosenthal has led the way in expanding year-round wellness and fitness challenges for CoSIDA members.
Rosenthal has attended every convention since 2011.
Since 2014, Rosenthal has served as an assistant director of athletic communications at Indiana University after spending a year as an assistant with the Hoosiers. He began his career at the College of Charleston. Rosenthal was recognized in 2015-16 with the American Volleyball Coaches Association Grant Burger Media Award for the Northeast Region.