Collegiate Baseball Writers Names Officers
College Sports Information Directors of America
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its list of 2005-06 officers today, as approved during the organization's annual meeting in Philadelphia earlier this week. These officers begin their duties immediately and will serve in these roles through the 2006 College World Series.
Todd Lamb, Assistant Sports Information Director at Ohio State University, will serve as the organization's President during the upcoming year. Lamb has served as an officer in the NCBWA for the past three years, has promoted Ohio State Baseball since 2002 and previously worked at Clemson and Rice. This past year, Lamb coordinated the inaugural NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award.
Dave Fanucci, Director of Communications for USA Baseball and a two-year officer in the NCBWA, has been promoted to First Vice-President and is slated to serve as Lamb's successor. Mex Carey, Assistant SID at St. John's has been elevated to Second Vice-President and Shamus McKnight, previously an NCBWA Board Member, has been named as Third Vice-President.
A trio of new positions were officially added to the list of officers in Philadelphia, including the naming of the first-ever NCBWA Coordinators for Division II and Division III. A pair of longtime NCBWA contributors will now officially take over these titles, with Bob McComas of Slippery Rock being named Division II Coordinator, while Steve Marovich of Carthage will serve as D-III Coordinator. The gentlemen will coordinate weekly honors, postseason awards and other publicity efforts for these divisions.
The other newly-appointed position will be the Assistant Executive Director, a spot that will be filled by outgoing President Mike Montoro of Southern Miss, who will continue to assist the organization with a number of projects, including the annual NCBWA Directory and the Division I Players of the Week.
Veteran Secretary-Treasurer and past President Russell Anderson of Conference USA has been promoted to Associate Executive Director, where he will continue his roles in membership and finance for the organization. In addition, he will continue to work with NCBWA Executive Director Bo Carter on organizational issues such as corporate sponsorships and the continuing relationship with the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and the Dick Howser Trophy.
Two new appointments were made to the Board of Directors, where Joe Dier of Mississippi State and Chuck Dunlap of the Southeastern Conference join Barry Allen of Alabama and Kyle McRae of Stanford in supporting the NCBWA's efforts.
Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Howser Award Player of the Year, Regional Player of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors preseason All-American awards, publication and writing contests. Additionally, the organization has a website at www.ncbwa.com. For membership, send annual dues ($15), along with mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail address information to Russell Anderson, NCBWA Associate Executive Director, c/o Conference USA, 5201 No. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 300, Irving, TX 75309.
NCBWA 2005-06 OFFICERS
President: Todd Lamb, Ohio State 614-292-6861 lamb8@osu.edu
1st Vice-President: Dave Fanucchi, USA Baseball 919-474-8721 davefanucchi@usabaseball.com
2nd Vice-President: Mex Carey, St. John's 718-990-1521 careym@stjohns.edu
3rd Vice-President: shamus McKnight, Nebraska 402-472-7772 smcknight@huskers.com
Executive Director: Bo Carter, Big 12 Conference 214-753-0102 bo@big12sports.com
Associate Executive Director: Russell Anderson, Conference USA 214-774-1351 rdanderson@c-usa.org
Assistant Executive Director: Mike Montoro, Southern Miss 601-266-5947 michael.montoro@usm.edu
Division II Coordinator: Bob McComas, Slippery Rock 724-738-2777 robert.mccomas@sru.edu
Division III Coordinator: Steve Marovich 262-551-5740 carthagesid@carthage.edu
Board of Directors: Barry Allen, Alabama, 205-348-6084 ballen@ia.ua.edu; Joe Dier, Mississippi State, 662-325-8040 jbdier@athletics.msstate.edu; Chuck Dunlap, Southeastern Conference, 205-458-3010 cdunlap@sec.org, Kyle McRae, Stanford, 650-725-2959 kyle.mcrae@leland.stanford.edu
For more information contact NCBWA Associate Executive Director Russell Anderson (214-774-1351, rdanderson@c-usa.org).