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2022 CoSIDA Convention Attendance Grant Recipients and NCAA Inclusion Grant Winners Announced; Partnerships Continue with NCAA Division III CoSIDA Student Program and NAIA Student-Athlete Program
Fifty-three CoSIDA members applied for CoSIDA’s 2022 Convention Attendance Grant and eight of those applicants — along with 14 recipients from 2020 — will be on hand when the association returns to an in-person convention June 26-29 in Las Vegas.
For 16 of the recipients, it will be their first CoSIDA convention. Twenty have been a CoSIDA member for five years or less. Two recipients have been in the profession 16 years or longer.
This year’s class of recipients will be the seventh to participate. More than $100,000 has been distributed to 116 CoSIDA members as reimbursement for convention-related costs over the program’s first six years.
The program began in 2014 when 10 recipients were selected and doubled in size for 2015 and 2016 with grants worth $800 apiece. Beginning in 2017, the Board of Directors voted to add two more grants specifically designated for ethnic minorities. That brought the total number of grants given by CoSIDA to 22. The Board also increased the stipend to $1,000.
Each grant includes a complimentary convention registration, allowing the grant funds to go toward hotel nights, transportation and per diem.
The selection committee is comprised of CoSIDA officers, staff and members of special interest groups within the association.
As part of receiving a grant, each winner will help CoSIDA’s Convention Operations Committee with on-site duties and provide written reviews of their experience following the convention.
In addition to the CoSIDA grants, six members from the three NCAA divisions will attend the convention as part of the NCAA Inclusion Grant program. In the fourth year of partnership between CoSIDA and the NCAA’s Leadership Development and Media Coordination and Statistics staffs, the program’s goal is to advocate for diversity within the athletic communications profession. The program includes a visit to the NCAA national office and pairs recipients with a CoSIDA mentor for the upcoming academic year on top of covering registration fees, lodging and transportation.
Through the Division III CoSIDA Student Program, the NCAA Division III governance staff will host six students who are interested in the athletics communications profession during Divisional Day Tuesday, June 28. Selected students will be exposed to the CoSIDA Convention, its members and the athletics communication profession. Grant recipients will attend welcome and debrief meetings and be assigned a mentor. The goal is to build the pipeline in an effort to ultimately diversify the Division III athletics communication landscape. The NAIA will send one student-athlete to the convention as well.
| 2022 CoSIDA Convention Attendance Grant Recipients |
Alisha Alexander
Lewis-Clark State
(2020 selection) |
Ben Baxter
CIAA
(2020 selection) |
Jordan Deadwyler
Trinity
(2020 selection) |
Bridget Delaney
US Coast Guard
(2020 selection) |
Dominique Del Prete
Union (NY)
(2022 selection) |
Amber Dubois
Delaware
(2020 selection) |
Karina Graziani
Carlow
(2022 selection) |
Don Hammack
Mississippi Gulf Coast
(2020 selection) |
Allison Hogue
Sacred Heart
(2022 selection) |
Austin Lagesse
Bethel (MN)
(2022 selection) |
Kevin Maloney
Jones
(2020 selection) |
Donavon Martin Jr.
Malone
(2022 selection) |
Mindy Mills
Cal State San Marcos
(2020 selection) |
Alek Morgan
Pikeville
(2022 selection) |
Ali Paquette
Middlebury
(2020 selection) |
Joelnathan Russ
Notre Dame of Maryland
(2022 selection) |
Kelsey Segren
Bushnell
(2022 selection) |
Peter Watkins
Winona State
(2020 selection) |
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| 2022 CoSIDA Ethnic Minority Convention Attendance Grant Recipients |
Ralan Wardlaw
Southern Conference
(2020 selection) |
Eric Flores
Adams State |
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| NCAA Inclusion CoSIDA Convention Grant Recipients |
Jose Montoya
Wisconsin
Division I |
Jasmine Washington
New Orleans
Division I |
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Zack Chavez
RMAC
Division II |
Pearllan Cipriano
Shippensburg
Division II |
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Morgan Cheatham
Goucher
Division III |
Marion Edwards
Loras
Division III |
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