Jeff Bernstein
Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
New York University
The 2006-07 academic year marked Jeff Bernstein's eighth as New York University's Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information. He joined the NYU staff in October 1999 following 11 years at Manhattan College, where he served as the Director of Sports Media Relations.
At NYU, Bernstein's responsibilities include assisting in the administration of the athletics department, publicizing the activities of the Violets' 24 varsity teams, producing all of the athletic publications, and overseeing the maintenance of the department's website. In 2003, the NYU men's basketball media guide received CoSIDA's "Best of the Nation" honors, while the women's basketball media guide received the same honor in 2007.
Bernstein, who serves on NYU's Administrative Management Council and the Student Affairs Professional Development Committee, is a 1982 graduate of St. John's University with a bachelor of science degree in athletic administration.
Bernstein began his work in intercollegiate athletics as the Sports Information Director at Hunter College from 1982-88. While there, he also served as the Director of Media Relations for the City University of New York.
From 1988-99, Bernstein worked at Manhattan College, an NCAA Division I program in Riverdale, NY. In addition to overseeing all public relations activities for the Jaspers' 19 varsity sports teams, Bernstein also served as the executive producer for the college's radio, television and internet basketball broadcasts, and conducted the broadcast's halftime interviews.
The former Public Relations Director for the Westchester Apples of the United States Basketball League, Bernstein also served as a press chief at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York City. He's a former softball columnist for New York Newsday, and currently works part-time for the Associated Press.
Bernstein, who serves as treasurer for the Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association, earned the organization's "Mike Cohen Good Guy Award" in 2003, an honor that is presented annually "to someone who has been especially friendly and helpful to the media, often going above and beyond to make their jobs easier and more pleasant." Bernstein was also selected by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association of America (AVCA) as a regional honoree for the Grant Burger Media Award in 2006.
A member of the United States Basketball Writers' Association (USBWA), the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Bernstein was elected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)-SIDA Board of Directors as its Chairman of Membership Services in 2004.
A native of Brooklyn, NY, Bernstein currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife Jennifer and their son Benjamin Thomas.
Carol Hudson
Sports Information Director
Old Dominion University
Carol Hudson, Jr. has been the Sports Information Director at Old Dominion University since 1984-85. He previously served as the sports information director at Hampton University from 1981-82 to 1984-85.
Hudson has served on numerous CoSIDA workshop panels and table topics.
Before serving on the CoSIDA board he served as president of the Virginia Sports Information Director's Association (VaSIDA), and the Black College Sports Information Director's Association (BCSIDA).
Hudson has also been very active in CoSIDA committees, currently serving as Co-Chairman of the Scholarship Committee.
While at ODU, the University has been the host of numerous NCAA and Conference championship events. He also served as a media officer at the
1985 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival in Baton Rouge, La. Hudson is a 1976 graduate of Old Dominion University, and committee member of the ODU Sports Hall of Fame, and the MonarchReachout (community service) program.
David Kuhn
Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations
San Diego State University
Dave Kuhn has been a member of the Sports Information Office at San Diego State since January 1980, joining the department while taking graduate courses at the school. He became a permanent member of the staff that fall and currently holds the title of Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations.
A San Diego native, Kuhn is a 1973 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy where he majored in English. After graduating with a B.S. degree and a commission as an ensign, he served five years in the Navy aboard combat ships located in Newport, R.I. and Norfolk, Va.
Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1978, he returned to his home town and took the position of athletic equipment manager at Palomar College in nearby San Marcos. After six months at Palomar, he was accepted into the sports administration program at Ohio University where he earned a masters of education degree in 1980.
An internship with the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League as part of the Ohio University curriculum turned into a position as a ticket and marketing representative with that organization, a job he held from June to November of 1980. He then enrolled at San Diego State to complete the required academic courses for his master’s degree and began working in the Sports Information Office.
In his early days at San Diego State, he also worked with the San Diego Sockers as a press box assistant on game days and was also a freelance high school football and basketball reporter for the Daily Californian in El Cajon.
Kuhn earned his first publication award as co-editor of the 1981-82 SDSU men’s basketball media guide that was named best in the district. Most recently, his 2006 baseball media guide took top district honors.
Dave and his wife, Kathy, have resided within a mile of the San Diego State campus since they were married in 1982. The couple has three daughters: Shannon, 22 (a graduate of University of San Francisco); Colleen, 20 (a sophomore at USC); and Bridget, 18 (a freshman at University of San Francisco in the fall).
Bob Olson
Associate Athletic Director/Communications
UC Irvine
Bob Olson is completing his 25th year at UC Irvine overseeing the publicity for the university's 23 intercollegiate athletic teams.
He joined the UCI staff as sports information director in July 1982. Olson was named assistant athletic director/communications in 1991 and associate athletic director/communications in the fall of 2006.
He has served as press room/communications coordinator for several NCAA Division I men's basketball West Regionals and First & Second Rounds in the past 15 years. Olson has been a member of the Big West Conference Basketball Tournament Committee and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.
Olson, a 1978 graduate of St. Cloud State University, served as SID at his alma mater from 1978-82. Prior to that, he served as a student assistant in the SID offices at St. Cloud State and Southwest (Minn.) State.
He has received six CoSIDA awards for media guides, including three that were selected as "Best in the Nation." Olson has previously served on CoSIDA publications and site selection committees, plus was a panelist at the 1980 CoSIDA Workshop in Kansas City.
A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, he has worked 721 consecutive UC Irvine men's basketball games.
Greg Remington
Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations and Administration
University of New Mexico
Greg Remington is completing his 24th year at the University of New Mexico. He has spent the past seven years as the Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations and Administration. Remington coordinates media relations for the department and serves as the lead adminstrator for championship events hosted by UNM. He has served as media coordinator or tournament manager for more than 20 conference and NCAA events, including six men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments since 2000. Remington has also provided analysis for Lobo football radio broadcasts since the 2000 season.
Remington has been at UNM since February of 1983 when he joined the staff as the assistant sports information director under John Keith. He was an assistant media coordinator during the 1983 Final Four played at The Pit in Albuquerque. Remington was promoted to sports information director in March of 1987 and to assistant athletics director in 1996.
He was named an honorary letterman by the University of New Mexico Alumni Letterman's Association in 2001.
Prior to UNM, Remington was Assistant SID for Maxey Parrish at Baylor in the fall of 1982.
Remington began his career in athletic media relations at Wichita State in 1981. Working as a volunteer for SID Kevin Weiberg - now Commissioner of the Big 12 Conference - Remington was the baseball contact and assisted with game operations for men's basketball.
Remington served a graduate internship at the University of Kansas during the 1981-82 season, assisting media relations director Sid Wilson with football, including the Jayhawks' trip to the Hall of Fame Bowl in Birmingham. Remington was also a member of the men's basketball stats crew.
A native of Pittsburg, Kan., Remington graduated from the University of Kansas in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in Business Adminstration. He received his master's degree in Physical Education with an emphasis in Athletics Administration from Wichita State in 1982.
Kennan Timm
Media Relations Director
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Kennan Timm's 25 years in the sports information profession have extended well beyond promoting University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh athletics.
Timm has served as the host media relations director for 15 NCAA Division III championship events in six different sports as well as over 50 NCAA Division III regional tournaments. Timm began his sports information career as a student at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and took over as the school's full-time sports information director in 1982 (August). Timm returned to his hometown in 1985 (August) to become the sports information director at UW-Oshkosh.
This past May, Timm became the first sports information director in NCAA Division III history to host two national championship events on the same weekend when UW-Oshkosh hosted the finals for both baseball and men's and women's outdoor track and field. It was the eighth consecutive year that UW-Oshkosh hosted the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, which Timm has been an instrumental figure in enhancing into one of Northeastern Wisconsin's premier spring sporting event.
Timm and UW-Oshkosh have also hosted the finals in women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field and women's volleyball.
While at UW-Oshkosh, Timm has been in charge of publicizing one of the most successful athletics programs in the NCAA Division III. UW-Oshkosh has captured 27 NCAA Division III titles since Timm's arrival, including a pair during the 2005-06 academic year and one this past spring. His tenure at UW-La Crosse included the promotion of three NCAA Division III championship teams.
Timm has organized and chaired three major fund-raising activities at UW-Oshkosh, including the Titan Extravaganza Party, which has raised over $140,000 for the athletics department the past 16 years. A Titan Getaway Raffle he created brought in over $57,000 from 1991-97.
Timm, a winner of 12 CoSIDA publication awards, has seen six of his former student assistants continue on in the sports information profession. Among them are Becky Bohm, current University of Minnesota Associate Sports Information Director, Todd Clark, former UW-La Crosse Sports Information Director, and Dan Lukes, current St. Norbert College Sports Information Director.
In 1984, Timm was a member of the media relations staff for wrestling at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He has been the official statistician for the Wisconsin High School football all-star game since 1985 and the official scorer for the state's high school baseball tournament since 1998. Timm also served three years as a spotter for WBAY-TV when the station broadcasted Green Bay Packer preseason football games.
Timm and his wife, Janis, reside in De Pere with their children, Jennifer and Cory.
Bill Turnage
Sports Information Director
Florida Southern College
Bill Turnage has been in the sports information profession and a member of CoSIDA since 1981. Since 2004 he has been the sports information director at Florida Southern College. He joined the Florida Southern staff in 2002, serving as assistant SID for two years before being named SID. Prior to going to Florida Southern, Turnage was SID at Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri) for 21 years (1981-2002) until his position was eliminated due to university budget cuts. While at Central Missouri, he received a total of 33 CoSIDA publications awards.
A member of the Academic All-America Committee since 1987, he served as a district coordinator until 2001 and currently is the college division national coordinator for volleyball and softball. In 2002 he was the recipient of the Lester Jordan Award for his service on the Academic All-America Committee.
He has been the host SID for two NCAA Division II championship events - the 1996 Women's Volleyball Championship at Central Missouri and the 2003 Men's Basketball Elite Eight at Lakeland, Fla.
He has seen four of his teams win NCAA Division II national championships (1984 men's and women's basketball at Central Missouri, 1994 baseball at Central Missouri, 2005 baseball at Florida Southern).
A 1969 graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Turnage was the play-by-play radio voice for Central Missouri football, basketball and baseball for 12 years before joining the SID ranks. During his stint as broadcaster and SID at Central Missouri, he was present for all but one of Central Missouri's football games from 1969 through 2001.
The 60-year-old Turnage is single and lives in Lakeland, Fla.
Dave Wrath
Assistant Director of Athletics/Media and Alumni Relations
Augustana College
Dave Wrath, a 1980 graduate of Augustana College with degrees in English and secondary education, didn't stay away from his alma mater for very long. He was named the school's sports information director on February 23, 1981, a position he held until October of 2005 when he was promoted to the position of assistant director of athletics/media and alumni relations.
Throughout his tenure Wrath has been responsible for the publicity and promotion of all of the Vikings 21 varsity sports. He is an active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and has designed over 30 media guides that have won awards in that organization's annual brochure contest, including nine that have been designated "Best in the Nation".
In the summer of 2000 he was the recipient of CoSIDA's Warren Berg Award for excellence in the small college field. In September of that same year he received the Scoop Hudgins Lifetime Achievement Award from the All-American Football Foundation in Chicago. He was inducted into the CoSIDA "Hall of Fame" in Cleveland, Ohio in July of 2003.
He has been a member of the Academic All-America committee with CoSIDA and served as a district coordinator for 18 years before becoming a vice-chairman in the summer of 2005. Wrath was awarded the Lester Jordan Award in Philadelphia in 2005 for his work with the Academic All-America committee.
In 1996 he became the publicity director for the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin, a position he held until the summer of 2005. His
1988 Press Box Citation from the Football Writers Association made Augustana the only NCAA Division III school to receive a Football Writers Association award that year. His 1998 story on distance runner Ambo Bati's recovery from a broken femur was selected as "Best in the Nation" in the Athlete Profile section of CoSIDA's annual writing contest. He served as the North Region chair for the NCAA Division III Hewlett Packard Football All-America selection committee for 15 years.
He received the Jaeke award from Augustana in the spring of 1997. He served for 20 years as the facilities coordinator for the Mississippi Valley Special Olympics that were hosted by Augustana and he has been active in Relay for Life as well. An active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Parish in Moline, Ill., he has served on various committees and boards at the church.
A native of Plainfield, Ill., Wrath was a member of both the track and cross country teams at Augustana. He helped the Vikings finish fourth in the NCAA Division III national meet in 1979, his senior year. Dave and his wife Joan reside in Moline, Ill., and their daughter, Leah, recently completed her freshman year at Drake where she worked in the sports information office for the Bulldogs with CoSIDA "Hall of Famers" Mike Mahon and Paul Morrison.