2025 CSC Membership Appreciation Week
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We are grateful for everyone who helped #CelebrateCSC during our 10th annual CSC Membership Appreciation Week on Nov. 4–9, 2025!
It was another incredible week of recognizing and celebrating the communications and creative professionals who elevate college athletics every day. Across social media, we saw more than 2.1K posts using #CelebrateCSC, and CSC’s own channels generated over 574K impressions throughout the week.
This year’s celebration introduced new elements, including custom posters and a timed social media push. The 10th anniversary celebration also featured a special promo video that included messages from 2025 CSC Special Award recipients Holly Rowe (ESPN), Ruth Riley Hunter (Miami HEAT), and Craig Silver (CBS Sports), along with 2023 CSC Jake Wade Award recipient Debbie Antonelli (ESPN/CBS/Indiana Fever).
Throughout the week, we saw memorable moments of recognition — including a shoutout from Purdue men’s basketball All-American Braden Smith to Purdue Associate Strategic Communications Director Chris Forman, and a heartfelt message from ESPN’s Holly Rowe to CSC member Chris Brown (Arizona State).
We also featured a special “Day in the Life” video series showcasing the work of CSC members across the country. Thank you to everyone who participated: Nick Astalos (Capital University), Lindy Brown (Duke University), Cael Dent (Denison University), Pearllan Cipriano (Bard College), Amanda Gretz (Elizabethtown College), Robyn Griffin (IU Northwest), Brian Lovellette (SLIAC).
Congratulations to Alexis Green of Walsh University, the winner of the free #CSCUnite26 convention registration! Alexis was nominated by Walsh University Vice President for Athletics / Athletic Director Christina Paone, who shared a heartfelt message on LinkedIn recognizing her outstanding contributions.
We extend a sincere thank you to Mike Williams (Illinois State University), Advocacy Committee Chair, and Tommy Chasanoff (University of the Cumberlands), the Advocacy Committee’s Membership Appreciation Week lead. A special thank-you to our presenting partner, ESPN, for spotlighting CSC members during multiple broadcasts throughout the week and helping us share those moments.
As always, we were thrilled to see support pour in from athletics directors, conference offices, coaches, SAAC groups, media partners, and colleagues across athletics, all joining in to honor the vital role of communications and creative professionals. The outpouring of appreciation and community spirit is what makes this week so special every year.
And remember — while CSC Membership Appreciation Week may be over, showing appreciation and support for our fellow communicators and creatives is something we can do all year long.
Here's a look at some of the most popular content from the week:
About College Sports Communicators Membership Appreciation Week
The tenth annual CSC Membership Appreciation Week will be celebrated Nov. 4-9. Celebrate with us on social media using the hashtag #CelebrateCSC, and consider ways to show appreciation for your athletics communicators and creatives during this week.
CSC Membership Appreciation Week is an opportunity for those who interact with college sports communications and creative professionals to observe and celebrate the impact that athletics communicators have on intercollegiate athletics. The week was created to show appreciation for athletic communicators and creatives within the CSC membership and to showcase their efforts and accomplishments. The celebration brings positive recognition to CSC members and their work promoting student-athletes and their institutions/conferences throughout all levels of intercollegiate athletics.
Athletic departments, campus communications offices, media, current and former student-athletes, coaches organizations and other groups are encouraged to recognize their athletics communications staff members during this special week. Recommendations and ideas on how to do so are included in the media kit linked below.
This year's celebration will feature the following:
- Content focusing on the value of of CSC members and the communications and creative professions.
- Outreach to athletic departments, campus communications offices, conferences offices, related professional organizations and student-athletes
- National media integrations
- Videos and sample scripts available for use on game broadcasts and live streams
- A social media campaign again centered on the hashtag #CelebrateCSC.
- New this year! We will be doing a timed social media push at 10 AM (ET) on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The graphic for this push is included in the social media template files below. Remember to use the hashtag #CelebrateCSC!
A note to CSC members: This is a week for the college athletics community to celebrate you and the important work you do. It's also a week to shine a positive light on our profession and the value College Sports Communicators brings to college sports overall. You're encouraged to celebrate the week by sharing what you love about what you do and shining that light on your mentors, colleagues, students and others.
Click here to download the Celebrate CSC Media Kit
A chance to win a FREE #CSCUnite26 convention registration!
Calling all athletics directors, commissioners, coaches, student-athletes and all colleagues of CSC members...tell us why your CSC member is valuable to your institution or conference office for a chance for them to win a FREE #CSCUnite26 convention registration! The winner will be announced on Nov. 11. We'll also select CSC members throughout the week to receive CSC gift packages.
Rules
- The nomination should come from a non-CSC member colleague (AD, coach, SAAC, student-athletes, etc.)
- Must be posted to X (Twitter) or Instagram between Nov. 4-9.
- Post MUST tag the CSC member nominated and use the hashtag: #CelebrateCSC
Spread the word!
Download and print our 8.5 x 11 flyers to post around your athletic department to let everyone know it is a week to celebrate athletics communications and creative staff.
New this year! Download customizable posters to print and post, so your team can add why they appreciate your athletic department's communicators and creatives.
Customize social media posts for your personal accounts
Navigate the links above to create personalized graphics for your social media channels in support of CSC Membership Appreciation Week. The Canva link will take you through a simple process of setting up a free Canva account, followed by easy steps to create and download your graphics. The whole process should take less than five minutes.
For the Adobe Express templates, make sure to click the "remix" button to access the customizable templates.
New this year! We will be doing a timed social media push at 10 AM (ET) on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The graphic for this push is included in the social media template files (both 1080x1080 and 1080x1920 versions are available) and looks like this:
Share these to any of your social media accounts any time between Nov. 4-9. Make sure to tag @CollSportsComm in your post and use hashtag #CelebrateCSC. Email alivia@cscommunicators.com if you need assistance.
