CoSIDA Special Awards Salute: Joe Dier (Mississippi State), 25-Year Award recipient

April 25, 2012

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CoSIDA Special Awards Salute: Joe Dier (Mississippi State), 25-Year Award recipient

Below, see the schedule of the 2012 Special Award recipient feature stories which will be written by CoSIDA members throughout the spring. The full slate of 2012 Special Awards was announced March 2. All awards will be presented during the 2012 CoSIDA Convention in St. Louis (June 23-26).

Individual feature story schedule for 2012 Special Awards
CoSIDA St. Louis Convention awards presentation schedule

MIssissippi State's Joe Dier to be 25-Year Award recipient by Tammy Boclair, CoSIDA Special Awards Committee former CoSIDA President (2003-04)

Joe Dier, a mainstay in Mississippi State athletics since 1978, will be recognized by the College Sports Information Director of America (CoSIDA) this June for his 25 years of exceptional service to college athletic communications.

Dier, 58, has been affiliated with Mississippi State athletics and MSU baseball since 1978 - eight years as editor of the sports publication Dawgs’ Bite and since 1986 as a member of the MSU Athletics Department staff. Dier followed two CoSIDA Hall of Famers, the late Bob Hartley (inaugural class), and Bo Carter (2005) as MSU’s third full-time sports information director in November, 1986, serving as the primary media contact for all 15 Mississippi State sports.

He is currently in his 14th season as the primary media relations contact for Mississippi State baseball and volleyball.

"Joe is a true media relations professional, in every sense of the word,” Mike Nemeth, Senior Associate Athletics Director of Media Relations and Corporate Development, said. “He has a deep love for Mississippi State and has dedicated his professional life to serving others, administrators, his coaches and student-athletes, and the news media."

Dier coordinated media activities for MSU’s appearance in the 1991 Liberty Bowl has served as media coordinator for five MSU-hosted NCAA regional baseball tournaments. He was named to the board of directors of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) in 2005 and in 2008-09 served as the organization’s president. He is also a charter member of the MSU Chapter of the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame. He also previously served as the sports editor at two Mississippi newspapers, the Yazoo City Daily Herald and the Starkville Daily News.

Dier is a native of Baton Rouge, La., and a 1975 graduate of Mississippi State University. The son of a career Air Force chaplain, he traveled extensively in his youth, following family military assignments in Washington, British Columbia, Oregon, Alabama, Florida, Okinawa, Mississippi and Alaska.

He is married to the former Kim Monroe of Starkville and they are the parents of a son, Reed Burton, a junior at Mississippi State University.

Individual recipient feature story schedule for 2012 Special Awards

General 2012 Special Awards release March

Mon., 5: Kim Wenger (Centennial Conference): Rising Star Award (College Division)– by Ann King (The Sage Colleges)
Wed, 7: Malcolm Moran: Jake Wade Award – by Joe Hornstein, CoSIDA 2nd Vice President
Fri., 9: Maurice Williams (Hampton University): Rising Star Award (University Division) – by Ed Hill, Jr. (Howard University)
Mon. 12: Bernie Cafarelli (Notre Dame): 25-Year Award – by Debbie White (Old Dominion)
Wed. 14: Peter Schlehr (Towson University): Lifetime Achievement Award– by Ann King (The Sage Colleges)
Fri. 16: Debbie Copp (University of Oklahoma): CoSIDA Hall of Fame - by Ann King (The Sage Colleges)
Mon. 19: Chuck Sadowski (University of Bridgeport): 25-Year Award - by Ann King (The Sage Colleges)
Wed. 21: Bob Condron (USOC): Lifetime Achievement Award and Keith Jackson Eternal Flame Award - by Mike Mahon, former Drake & South Dakota SID
Fri. 23: Jack Neumann (University of Calgary): Warren Berg Award - by Paul Carson, former University of Toronto SID
Mon. 26: John Lewandowki (Michigan State): 25-Year Award - by Jamie Weir-Baldwin (Michigan State)
Wed. 28: Kennan Timm (Wisconsin-Oshkosh): CoSIDA Hall of Fame - by Tim Peterman (UW-Eau Claire)

April

Mon., 2: Tom Di Camillo (Pac West Conference, Central Arizona College): CoSIDA Hall of Fame - by Dan Drutz (Saint Peter's College)
Wed., 4: Dave Wohlhueter (CoSIDA treasurer, Cornell-retired): Lester Jordan Award - by Dan O'Connell (Towson University)
Fri., 6: B.L. Efring (Southern Maine): 25-Year Award - by Sheila Stevenson (Rowan University)
Mon., 9: Lawrence Fan (San Jose State): CoSIDA Hall of Fame and Arch Ward Award - by Jack Neumann (University of Calgary)
Wed., 11: Sue Edson (Syracuse): CoSIDA Hall of Fame - by Larry Dougherty (Temple University)
Fri., 13: Mark Bankert (Malone University): 25-Year Award - by Mike Leggert (Malone University)
Mon., 16: Rich Herman (Clarion): Bob Kenworthy Award - by Bob McComas (Slippery Rock)
Fri., 20: Michael MacEachern (Young Harris College) - 25-Year Award - by Tam Flarup (Wisconsin)
Mon., 23: Shelly Poe (Ohio State): Trailblazer Award - by Jeff Hodges (North Alabama)
Tue., 24: Shirley Jones-Hill (Southern Mississippi): 25-Year Award - by Debbie Davis (Conference USA)
Wed., 25: Joe Dier (Mississippi State): 25-Year Award - by Tammy Boclair (Special Awards Committee; former CoSIDA President)
Fri., 27: Roy Pickerill (Kentucky Wesleyan): 25-Year Award
Mon., 30: Bob Noss (Wright State): 25-Year Award

May

Wed., 2: Wallace Dooley (formerly of Tennessee State): Lifetime Achievement Award
Fri., 4: Jeff Nelson (Penn State): Bill Esposito Award
Mon., 7: Bill Turnage (Florida Southern): Lifetime Achievement Award
Wed., 9: Herb Vincent (LSU): 25-Year Award
Fri., 11: Mike Mahon (formerly of Drake & South Dakota): Lifetime Achievement Award
Mon., 14: Bill Wagner (DePauw): 25-Year Award
Wed., 16: Fred Huff (formerly of Southern Illinois-Carbondale): CoSIDA Hall of Fame [Veteran Award Committee recipient]
Fri., 18: Phil Haddy (University of Iowa): Lifetime Achievement Award
Mon., 21: Dave Geringer (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth): 25-Year Award
Wed., 23: Charles "Chuck" Prophet (deceased; formerly of Mississippi Valley State): CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Fri., 25: Robert Wilson (Florida State): 25-Year Award

Awards to be presented during CoSIDA St. Louis Convention, St. Louis, Missouri

Sunday, June 24: Kickoff Luncheon
Awards presented: 25-Year Awards; Trailblazer, Kenworthy Community Service, Rising Star (University and College Divisions), Keith Jackson honors

Monday, June 25: (two award presentations) CoSIDA Hall of Fame luncheon

Awards presented: Esposito, Lifetime Achievement, CoSIDA Hall of Fame awards

Capital One Special Awards Gala (dinner/ceremony)

Awards presented: Arch Ward, Warren Berg, Jake Wade, Lester Jordan, Enberg awards; Capital One Academic All-America Hall of Fame induction

Calendar

Important Dates

All Events +

06/23/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W At-Large Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)

06/30/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)

07/07/26 / 12:00 P.M. W At-Large Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)

07/08/26 / 12:00 P.M. M At-Large Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)

07/14/26 / 12:00 P.M. M Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA)

06/07/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas

06/08/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas

06/09/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas

06/09/26 / 11:59 P.M. Baseball Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)

06/10/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas

06/16/26 / 12:00 P.M. Softball Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA)

06/16/26 / 12:00 P.M. M/W At-Large Academic All-District Released; National Voting Begins (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)

06/16/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Nomination Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)

06/23/26 / 12:00 P.M. M/W Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District Released; National Voting Begins (NCAA, NAIA)

06/23/26 / 12:00 P.M. Baseball Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA)