David Plati, University of Colorado — CoSIDA Hall of Fame
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David Plati – Colorado, Associate AD/Sports Information Director
Buffs historian with 30-plus years in athletic communications.
Plati has spent his entire professional career at his alma mater, the University of Colorado. He is in his 41st year overall as a member of CU’s sports information department, having served as an undergraduate student assistant and as assistant SID prior to his promotion to the head post.
He oversees the sports information efforts for all 16 sports, and has written two books on Colorado football. Almost 100 of his former student assistants have gone on to work full-time in sports information or media relations for a college or professional team.
Plati is also an adjunct instructor in CU’s College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI), teaching a sports media relations class for the last 18 years.
This past January, Plati was honored by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) with the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the sixth person to be so honored. His CU office has been recognized eight times by the FWAA - three times for outstanding press box operations and five times with the FWAA’s Super 11 award for all-encompassing efforts with the nation’s football media.
In 2015, Plati was a recipient of the Robert L. Stearns Award, presented to current members of the CU-Boulder faculty and staff for extraordinary achievement or service to the university.
During his career, Plati has worked 43 football postseason bowl games. He also has been a member of the Denver Broncos statistics crew since 1980. In 2004, Plati was appointed by major league baseball to serve as one of two official scorers for the Colorado Rockies baseball team, and has scored 320 games.
Plati graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations, along with a minor in geography, from CU in December 1982.