College Sports Information Directors of America

Achievement Award
Presented annually to two College Sports Communicators members – one in the University Division (NCAA DI) and one in the College Division (NCAA DII, DIII, NAIA, Two-year Colleges, Canadian institutions) – currently serving in the role of an associate or assistant director in the athletics communications field who have made outstanding contributions to the field of athletics communications and provided exceptional service to their institution, conference office or intercollegiate athletics affiliated association.

A nominee must have 10-or-more years of experience in the athletics communications profession and must have not served in the lead role overseeing an athletics communications office. This award is designed for an individual who has not been a recipient of any prestigious CSC major award (Arch Ward, Warren Berg, Hall of Fame) in their careers. Voted on by the Special Awards Committee.

Nathan Looney — Harding University Assistant Sports Information Director
 

“I'm deeply honored to receive this award. There are so many great assistants in our profession and I'm honored to be chosen for this year's award. Special thanks to Scott Goode my mentor and friend who believed in me as a student at Harding and then as a colleague for the last 18 years. I couldn't have done my job without the love and support from my wife Laura who has put up with me and crazy crossover seasons.” — Nathan Looney, 2026 CSC Achievement Award, College Division recipient

I'm deeply honored to receive this award. There are so many great assistants in our profession and I'm honored to be chosen for this year's award. Special thanks to Scott Goode my mentor and friend who believed in me as a student at Harding and then as a colleague for the last 18 years. I couldn't have done my job without the love and support from my wife Laura who has put up with me and crazy crossover seasons.

Nathan Looney started at Harding University in the spring of 2008 following an internship at Alabama-Huntsville from 2007-08. He worked as a student assistant at Harding from 2002-06. He then worked with the Arkansas Rimrockers (ABA team and then D-League) from 2004-06.

He was a basketball manager in high school and was the official statistician from 1998-02. In high school, they used StatCrew, which led to his job as a student at the university.

He is married to Laura Looney, and they have one child, Bennett Looney, who is 8. Looney won the Harding University Staff Achievement Award in 2019.

Scott Goode, Harding University Sports Information Director, past CSC 25-Year Award recipient: “Every athletic department needs ‘glue’ people, the ones that no matter what the situation is, are able to hold it all together to make it through. Nathan is the glue guy in the Harding athletic department. He is so talented in so many ways that whenever it looks like the train is about to come off the tracks, the solution in our department is to go ask Nathan. We are very blessed to have him and very excited for him to earn this honor.”

Jeff Morgan, Harding University Director of Athletics: "Nathan is one of the most humble and conscientious people I know, possessing an incredible work ethic. He approaches every task with great pride and excellence to make sure Harding University Athletics and Harding University look really, really good! Nathan has a remarkable ability to see what needs to be done and execute it to a high standard. We could not do what we do without Nathan Looney, and we all love and appreciate him very much. It is great to see him recognized in this way by his peers."  

Eric Moyer, Great American Conference Associate Commissioner for Communications: “Nathan has provided incalculable contributions to the GAC since the formation of the conference. He has helped raise the standard for all SIDs within the conference and he has made me better at my job in more ways than I can count. He is a valuable voice within our league and he is more than deserving to be recognized with this honor.”