College Sports Information Directors of America

The February 2011 issue of the CoSIDA E-Digest is now available to be viewed via PDF. Please download your copy here: 

DOWNLOAD: CoSIDA's February 2011 E-Digest(PDF- 4.5 MB)

Featured in this E-Digest:

• • pp. 4-6:official announcement of the Capital One and CoSIDA partnership welcoming Capital One as the new corporate sponsor of the Academic All-America® program with quotes from Academic All-America Hall of Fame inductees Oliver Luck (current West Virginia AD), Amy Perko (current Executive Director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics), Pat Haden (current USC AD) and Julie Roe Lach (NCAA VP of Enforcement)
• • pp. 43-45: Capital One Academic All-America® program reminders (nomination & voting), master schedule of deadlines and release dates, District breakdowns, general information
• • Strategic communications and digital/new media articles for athletic communicators:
  • - Best Practices: 13 ways to keep your story pitches from being deleted (pp. 23-24)
  • - Best Practices: Is your press release guilty of information overload? (p. 26)
  • - Four reasons to build media relationships (p. 28)
• • pp. 8-9: 2011 CoSIDA Convention (Marco Island, Fla.) information with a "Why Attend the 2011 Convention? FAQ, links to registration, hotel reservations, complimentary shuttle service for two days to and from the Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort and the Fort Myers airport, and Hertz/CoSIDA one-way car rental specials
• • CoSIDA "Five Questions" interviews with Phil Ticknor, Washington College (Md.) sports information director (pp. 20-21) and Maurice Williams, Hampton University sports information director (pp. 30-31)
• • pp. 16-19: information and nomination forms for the Fred Stabley Writing Contest (deadline Feb. 20)
• p. 37-42: information and submission forms for the Publications Contests (multi-deadlines)
• • p. 30: CoSIDA Calendar/Dates to Remember/Deadlines for February and March
• • p. 31: CoSIDA Corner (from NACDA's Athletic Administration magazine): The Importance of CoSIDA's Continuing Education Programs, by Shelly Poe, Ohio State Director of Communications and CoSIDA's 3rd Vice President
• • pp. 47-51: CoSIDA Committee 2010-11 Initiatives and Goals and CoSIDA Board of Directors 2010-11 Initiatives

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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)
• 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