2015 Special Awards Announcements & Feature Story Schedule

Schedule as of May 9, 2015

Date                 Release/Award Recipient Feature Story                                                           Author                                                                           

FEBRUARY
Wed. 25            CoSIDA Special Awards general announcement                                             Tam Flarup/Wisconsin & Barb Kowal/CoSIDA                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                         
MARCH
Tue. 3                Andre Agassi to Receive 2015 Dick Enberg Award                                         Jim Seavey/Massachusetts Maritime

Wed. 4               Paul Just (Western Kentucky) – CoSIDA Hall of Fame                                     Laurie Bollig/CoSIDA

Thr. 5                 Amie Canfield (Mount Holyoke) – Rising Star Award                                        Ann King/The Sage Colleges  

Fri. 6                 Troy Garnhart (U.S. Air Force Academy) – 25-Year Award                               Dave Kellogg/U.S. Air Force Academy
                                         
Thr. 12              Steve Marovich (Carthage College) – Lifetime Achievement Award                  Ann King/The Sage Colleges     

Fri. 13               John Stallings (Rutgers University-Newark) – Lifetime Achievement               Sheila Stevenson/Rowan                                             

Tue. 17              Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame announcement               Jim Seavey/Mass. Maritime & Barb Kowal/CoSIDA        

Wed. 18             Diane Nordstrom (Wisconsin) – CoSIDA Achievement Award                         Debbie Copp/Oklahoma 
                                                                                    
Mon. 23             Oliver Pierce (Gonzaga) – Lifetime Achievement Award                                    Linda Chalich/Washington State

Thr. 27               Bob Nygaard (Minnesota Duluth) – CoSIDA Hall of Fame                               Jess Myers 
                                                                         
Fri. 28                Carol Hudson (Old Dominion) – Lifetime Achievement Award                          Debbie White/Old Dominion
                                       
Mon. 30             Marty Valdez (Cal State East Bay) – Lifetime Achievement Award                    Blake Timm/Pacific (Ore.)

Tue.  31             Cathy Bongiovi (Akron) – 25-Year Award                                                          Diane Nordstrom/Wisconsin 

APRIL
                                  
Thr.  2                Dave Guffey (Montana) – Lifetime Achievement Award                                      Lawrence Fan/San Jose State

Mon. 6               Bob Vazquez (CSUN/Stanford/UCSB) – Lifetime Achievement                          Lawrence Fan/San Jose State

Wed. 7              George Gallet (Miami Fla. –deceased) – CoSIDA Hall of Fame                          Chris Yandle/Georgia Tech       

Fri.  10               Erik Christianson (NCAA) – Keith Jackson Award                                              Shelly Poe/Auburn

Moni. 13            Anne Abicht (St. Cloud State) – CoSIDA Hall of Fame/Lifetime Achievement    Tom Nelson/St. Cloud State

Tue. 14              Nick Joos (Baylor) – Arch Ward Award                                                                 Julie Bennett/Baylor

Wed. 15             Tom Nelson (St. Cloud State) – CoSIDA Achievement Award                             Anne Abicht/St. Cloud State

Thr. 16               Dave Smith (Virginia Tech)– Lifetime Achievement                                              Bill Dyer/Virginia Tech

Mon. 20             Betsy Van Sickle (formerly of Marquette) – Haverbeck Trailblazer Award         Jim Seavey/Massachusetts Maritime

Tue. 21              Sheila Stevenson (Rowan) – CoSIDA Hall of Fame                                             Ann King/The Sage Colleges

                        
Wed. 23             Fran Elia (SUNY Cortland) – Warren Berg Award                                                Dan Surdam/SUNY Cortland

Wed. 29             Sean Cartell (SEC) – Rising Star Award (University Division)                               Ira Green/Louisville

Thr. 30               Brad Larsen (Weber State/Northern Iowa) – Lifetime Achievement                    Jack Neumann/Calgary

MAY

Fri. 1                  Kenny Klein (Louisville) – CoSIDA Hall of Fame                                                  Nancy Worley/Louisville

Fri. 1                  Richard Kilwien (St. Mary’s [Calif.]) – 25-Year Award                                          Tammy Boclair/Alday Communications  

Mon. 4               Tim Harkins (Wyoming) – 25-Year Award                                                              Kevin Kinney/Wyoming

Tue.  5               Jim McGrath (Butler University) – Lifetime Achievement Award                          Will Roleson/CoSIDA

Wed.  6              Michael MacEachern (Young Harris College) - Lester Jordan Award                  David Sherwood/Wingate

Mon. 11              Larry Dougherty (Temple) – CoSIDA Hall of Fame                                               Justin Doherty/Wisconsin

Wed. 13             Mady Salvani (Army West Point) – Lifetime Achievement                                    Dennis O'Donnell/Rochester

Mon.  18            Doug Dull (American) – 25-Year Award                                                                  Debbie White/Old Dominion

Tue. 19              Verne Lundquist (CBS) – Jake Wade Award                                                          Bill Little/Texas (retired)

Tue. 19              Justin Doherty (Wisconsin) – 25-Year Award                                                        Diane Nordstrom/Wisconsin

Thr. 21               Dan O’Connell (Towson University) – Lifetime Achievement Award                     Dennis O’Donnell/Rochester

Thr.  21              Eric Hess (Southern Illinois-Edwardsville) – 25-Year Award                                Mary Ann Mitchell/Missouri-St. Louis

Fri.  22               Ken DeBolt (Hobart & William Smith Colleges) – Kenworthy Award                    Ira Thor/New Jersey City University

Tue. 26              Diane Dodson (Wyoming) – 25-Year Award                                                           Kevin McKinney/ Wyoming 

Fri. 29                Mike Gore (UNC Asheville) – Lifetime Achievement & 25-Year Awards                Tom Galbraith/Radford      
            

June

Mon. 1               Mike Montoro (West Virginia) – 25-Year Award                                                     Kevin Keys/Liberty

Wed.  3             Marie Wozniak (Saint Joseph's University) - 25-Year Award                                Dick Jerardi/Philadelphia Daily News

Thr. 4                Tom Di Camillo (SUNY Athletic Conference) – 25-Year Award                             Dan Drutz/Rowan