College Sports Information Directors of America

Click here to view the 2019 CoSIDA Annual Report and Convention Review (pdf)

The 2019 CoSIDA Annual Report and Convention Review is now available in digital format (pdf). Hard copies have been mailed to CoSIDA members.

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Highlights from 2018-19

• #CoSIDA19 Convention Recap | Video
  • 71: Sessions at CoSIDA19 by 289 speakers and panelists.
  • 975 Convention attendees at #CoSIDA19.
  • 350+ Participants in the CoSIDA Fitness Challenge and CoSIDA 5K Fun Run/2-Mile Walk
  • 8,092 Community service hours performed by CoSIDA members through the Volunteer 15 program.
  • $13,264 Donated to charity by CoSIDA members through combined efforts of the YC Charity Social and CoSIDA 5K Fun Run/2-Mile Walk.
• $100,000+ in scholarships and grants committeed annually to CoSIDA's membership.
  • Convention Grant recipients
  • Scholarship and Grant recipients
• 3,153 Record number of members in 2018-19.
• 500+ Members who serve on CoSIDA's 17 committees.
• 59 Special Awards winners including 6 new inductees to the CoSIDA Hall of Fame.
• 18,000+ Student-athletes nominated for the Academic All-America® program. 3,773 were named at least All-District.
• 4 Inductees honored into the Academic All-America® Hall of Fame.
• 2 New committees with the addition of the Advocacy Committee and the Mentorship Committee.
• 7 Days of national recognition of CoSIDA members and the profession during CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week.
• 15 Continuing education and professional development webinars through the Capital One and NAIA-SIDA series.
• 15 CoSIDA After Hours events held across the country connecting members in a social setting in the past year.
• 57 Corporate partners who provide meaningful financial support to CoSIDA and its mission.
• 171 National Championship SID awards distributed.
• 85+ Pairs of mentors and mentees matched in the CoSIDA Mentorship Program.
• 163: Awards given to winners of the Publications & Digital Design and Fred Stabley, Sr. Writing contests.
• 350+ CoSIDA members featured through CoSIDA 360 magazine or CoSIDA.com.
• 646 Job openings posted to the CoSIDA job board. Over 300 resumes of job seekers were posted.

CoSIDA representatives attended many national events in 2018-19 advocating on behalf of the membership including these events:

• College Football Playoff National Championship Game
• Collegiate Athletics Leadership Symposium (CALS)
• ECAC-SIDA Convention
• LEAD1 Conference
• NACDA Fall Forum
• NACDA Mid-Winter Meeting
• NAIA Convention
• National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Events
• NCAA Common Ground Conference
• NCAA Communications Summit
• NCAA Convention
• NCAA Division I Men’s Final Four
• NCAA Division I Women’s Final Four
• NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight
• NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship
• NCAA Inclusion Forum
• Women’s Leaders in College Sports National Convention

An historic officer rotation elected to serve for 2019-20

• President: Herb Vincent (SEC), Second Hispanic to serve as president
• 1st VP: Sam Atkinson (Gallaudet), With Potter, will be first back-to-back CoSIDA presidents from the college division
• 2nd VP: Cindy Potter (Columbia (Mo.)), First person from the NAIA to serve in the officer rotation
• 3rd VP: Jessica Poole (Florida Atlantic), First African-American female in officer rotation in CoSIDA history
• Past President: Rob Knox (Towson), Second African-American to have served as CoSIDA president

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