2026 Special Awards Recipients
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Times are Eastern. Last updated May 27, 2026.
2026 College Sports Communicators Special Awards Winner Recognition
CSC Special Awards honorees will be announced and recognized in the months leading up to the convention on CollegeSportsCommunicators.com and on @CollSportsComm social media.
All registered #CSCUnite26 attendees can attend these events with their convention badge. Those who would like to attend without a CSC Unite 2026 convention badge can purchase guest tickets to the event in advance at CSCommunicators.com/Tickets. More information to come.
CSC All-Star Night of Honors
featuring CSC Hall of Fame Class of 2026
Awards planned to be celebrated at this event: CSC Hall of Fame, Warren Berg Award, Lester Jordan Award, Arch Ward Award, Jake Wade Award, Mary Jo Haverbeck Trailblazer Award, Keith Jackson Award, Lifetime Achievement Awards, Academic All-America Hall of Fame®, Dick Enberg Award
Monday, June 8, 2026: 5:30 PM - 8:15 PM // Mandalay Bay Ballroom E-F
CSC Special Awards Luncheon
Awards planned to be celebrated at this event: Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award, Achievement Awards, Rising Star Awards, Bill Esposito Backbone Award, Bud Nangle Award, 25-Year Awards, President's Award
Wednesday, June 10, 2026: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM // Mandalay Bay Ballroom E-F
Additional recognition which will take place at events during #CSCUnite26
Creative & Digital Design Contest, Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest, ChangeMaker Innovation Award, 30 Under 30 Class of 2025, Scholarships & Grants, 2025-26 Inclusion Fellowship Class, Volunteer 15
2026 CSC Special Awards and Academic All-America Hall of Fame® announcements and features
- CSC Hall of Fame Class (Jan. 12)
- Arch Ward Award; Warren Berg Award; Bill Esposito; Rising Star Awards (Jan. 13)
- Achievement Awards; Mary Jo Haverbeck Trailblazer Award; Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award; Lester Jordan Award; Jake Wade Award (media award); Bud Nangle Ethics Award (Jan. 14)
- Lifetime Achievement Awards; 25-Year Awards (Jan. 15)
- Keith Jackson Eternal Flame Award (Mar. 2)
- CSC selects Billy Mills as 2026 Dick Enberg Award recipient (April 13)
- College Sports Communicators announce Academic All-America Hall of Fame® Class of 2026 (April 22)