Scholarship & Internship Grant Program - 2/3/25
College Sports Information Directors of America
2026-27 CSC Scholarships and Grants Program
Applications Open: Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 at Noon (ET)
Application Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM (ET)
CSC will offer the following scholarship and grant opportunities for current dues-paying CSC members.
- Member-Child Scholarships (3 new recipients each year, renewable up to 4 total years - $1,000 per school year)
- Fred Nuesch Undergraduate Scholarship and Dave Wohlhueter Undergraduate Scholarship (2 new recipients each year - $2,000 per school year)
- Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grants (2 institutional winners per academic year - each at $17,500 per school year)
- Langston Rogers/Wylie Smith Postgraduate Scholarship (1 new scholarship each year, worth $6,000)
Please review the applications now, and as you begin to gather the required information, be sure to share this form with your references so they can submit their recommendations directly to CSC.
Questions? Direct them to:
Scholarships Committee Chair
Brian Fremund, Vanderbilt University Assistant AD/Communications
brian.fremund@vanderbilt.edu
(251) 623-3191
CSC Staff Liaison
Becky Griesmer, CSC Director of Operations and Professional Development
becky@cscommunicators.com
(216) 374-2677
About CSC's different types of scholarships and grants
- Member-Child Scholarships
- Undergraduate Scholarships
- Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grant
- Postgraduate Scholarship
(3 new recipients each year, renewable up to 4 total years - $1,000 per school year)
Application Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM (ET)
No late applications will be accepted.
Committee Coordinator: Steven Olveda, Chapman University, Sports Information Director (olveda@chapman.edu)
The Member-Child Scholarship Program is designed to assist an outstanding undergraduate student who is the child of a College Sports Communicators member. Three undergraduate scholarships of $1,000 each will be awarded each academic year, with a limit of ONE CSC scholarship per family per academic year.
The Member-Child Scholarships are automatically renewable for up to 4 academic years, with the requirement that award winners continue to meet the basic qualifications of the award.
Past recipients will be contacted by the Scholarships Committee to verify full-time enrollment and minimum GPA requirements.
Requirements
- The scholarship applicant must be the child of a current, dedicated athletics communications professional who has been a member of College Sports Communicators for a minimum of 10 years.
- The applicant must carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) for all high school OR college undergraduate work to date.
- The applicant must be a high school graduate preparing to enter college in 2026-27 OR be a current undergraduate college student who will be enrolled full-time in 2026-27.
- The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester) for the 2026-27 academic year.
- The most recent transcripts of all high school OR college academic work must accompany a completed application.
Past recipients of a Member-Child Scholarship do not have to re-apply for the award each year, as long as they have continuously met the original award requirements. They must verify (with transcripts) that they have continued to meet requirements when contacted by CSC to renew the awards annually and up to four academic years.
Past recipients of Member Child Scholarships who did not meet the requirements or did not re-apply based on previous scholarship procedures may re-apply to compete for one of the three new scholarships each academic year.
Fred Nuesch/Dave Wohlhueter Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
(2 new recipients each year - $2,000 per school year)
Application Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM (ET)
No late applications will be accepted.
Committee Coordinator: Teri Peay, Albany State University, Assistant Director of Athletics for Strategic Communications (terica.peay@asurams.edu)
The College Sports Communicators Undergraduate Scholarship Program consists of the Fred Nuesch Scholarship and the Dave Wohlhueter Scholarship. Nuesch, who spent the majority of his career at Texas A&M-Kingsville, and Wohlhueter, who is retired from Cornell, are both College Sports Communicators Hall of Famers. One complete application allows you to compete for both undergraduate scholarships.
The scholarships are each worth $2,000 ($1,000 fall semester, $1,000 spring semester) and designed to assist outstanding students in athletics communications (media relations/athletic communications) offices who have expressed an interest in pursuing a career in athletics communications and require financial assistance for their education.
Requirements
- The applicant must carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) for all undergraduate work to date.
- The applicant must be classified as a junior or senior at their school for the 2026-27 academic year.
- The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester) for the entire 2026-27 academic year.
- The applicant must have an interest in pursuing a career in athletics communications.
The undergraduate scholarships are not automatically renewable, but winning applicants as juniors do have the option to submit an application for their senior year.
Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grant
(2 institutional winners per academic year - each at $17,500 per school year)
Application Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM (ET)
No late applications will be accepted.
Committee Coordinator: Jeff Griesch, Nebraska, Assistant Athletic Director of Communications jgriesch@huskers.com
The Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grant Program is designed to assist member institution athletics communications offices with funds to support the addition of a graduate internship. Phil Langan was a College Sports Communicators Hall of Famer who worked at Ithaca, Princeton and Brown. He passed away in November of 2009. He served CSC as secretary-treasurer and Digest editor from 1972 to 1977.
Two CSC Graduate Internship Grants will be awarded, providing $17,500 each for a 10-month appointment ($8,750 fall semester/$8,750 spring semester).
The winning schools do not have to designate the individual recipient of the award as part of the original application process. Prior to receiving the grant funds for the 2026-27 academic year, the school must designate the name of the individual recipient to CSC.
One complete application allows you to compete for both graduate internship grants.
Requirements
- The applicant (current member) must submit an application form along with a one-page "Declaration of Need" outlining the personnel structure of his/her communications office, including the following information:
- List of all paid athletic communications employees (full-time, part-time, interns, graduate assistants, students) by position
- Number of varsity sports covered
- Reasons for requesting consideration for this grant
- Any additional support information
- The interns selected by the winning schools must be college graduates. It is the hiring SID's responsibility to see that the intern meets this criteria.
- Funds will be sent prior to each semester to the institution which will then pay the intern according to the school's payment protocols.
- An institution may receive a Phil Langan Internship Grant one time in any three-year period.
- Phil Langan Internship Grants are available only to athletics communications offices without paid graduate interns. Applications must be complete and thorough to be considered.
(Langston Rogers / Wylie Smith Scholarship)
(1 new scholarship each year, worth $6,000)
Application Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM (ET)
No late applications will be accepted.
Committee Coordinator: Kendra Willard, Auburn University, Director of Communications (kal0014@auburn.edu)
The Postgraduate Scholarship program consists of the Langston Rodgers/Wylie Smith Postgraduate Scholarship and the scholarship is worth $6,000 for the academic year.
The Scholarship is named in honor of former Scholarships Committee chairman and long-time Sports Information Director Wylie Smith at Northern Arizona University, and for Langston Rogers, former College Sports Communicators President, Hall of Famer, Mary Jo Haverbeck Trailblazer and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient who is the SID emeritus at Ole Miss.
The Postgraduate Scholarship is designed to assist outstanding aspiring graduate students in athletics communications offices who have expressed an interest in pursuing a career in athletics communications and require financial assistance for their postgraduate education.
Requirements
- The applicant must carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) for all undergraduate (and graduate) academic work to date.
- The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student (6 credit hours per semester) for the entire 2026-27 academic year.
- The applicant must have an interest in pursuing a career in athletics communications and must be active in the athletics communications office at his/her graduate institution.
Terms and Conditions
- One Postgraduate Scholarship will be awarded for the 2026-27 academic year.
- The scholarship will be allocated as follows: $3,000-September 2026; $3,000-January 2027.
- Proof of full-time enrollment for a minimum of 6 hours each semester at the graduate school of the student's choice must be submitted before funds will be released.
Member-Child Scholarship
Recipient name listed first; member parent listed second.
2025 Addison Bentley (Central Michigan)/Robert Bentley (Ferris State)
2025 Carter Bradley (Salisbury)/Stan Bradley (Salisbury)
2024 Tanner Caudill (Muskingum) / Tom Caudill (Muskingum)
2024 Grady White (Colorado State) / Beau White (CSC)
2023 Abigail Henry (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) / Brian Henry (West Florida)
2023 Tessa Wallington (UNLV) / Mark Wallington (UNLV)
2022 Haylee Stancil (Lincoln Memorial) / Jay Stancil (Union (Ky.))
2022 Shelby Kindhart (Missouri State) / Rick Kindhart (Missouri State)
2021 Hollan Griesch (Nebraska) / Jeff Griesch (Nebraska)
2021 Gavin Thor (Seton Hall) / Ira Thor (New Jersey City)
2020 McKenna DiCamillo (St. John Fisher) / Tom DiCamillo (State University of New York Athletic Conference)
2020 Hailey Yellin (Maryland) / Jason Yellin (Maryland)
2019 Sam Sadowski (Tufts) / Chuck Sadowski (Bridgeport)
2019 Solomon Serba-Davis (Cape Fear Community College) / Kyle Serba (North Carolina Central)
2018 Peter Hartrick (Scranton) / John Hartrick (Binghamton)
2018 Karlee Bird (Linfield College) / Kelly Bird (Linfield College)
2018 Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Earlham College)
2018 Daniel Ruple (Baldwin Wallace) / Kevin Ruple (Baldwin Wallace)
2018 Kevin Mobley (Georgia) / Mike Mobley (Georgia)
2018 Hannah Grossman (Seattle University) / Andy Grossman (UNLV)
2017 Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Saint Leo)
2017 Daniel Ruple (Baldwin Wallace) / Kevin Ruple (Baldwin Wallace)
2017 Lauren Dickerson (William & Mary) / Drew Dickerson (Atlantic 10 Conference)
2017 Kevin Mobley (Georgia) / Mike Mobley (Georgia)
2016 Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Saint Leo)
2016 Daniel Ruple (Baldwin Wallace) / Kevin Ruple (Baldwin Wallace)
2015 Brinley Lowe (North Carolina) / Bob Lowe (Berry College)
2015 Lauren Dickerson (William & Mary) / Drew Dickerson (Atlantic 10 Conference)
2014 Grace Neely (Kentucky) / Tony Neely (Kentucky)
2014 Dakota Hawkins (Winthrop) / Michael Hawkins (Francis Marion)
Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grant
(Named in Langan's honor for 2010-11 award.)
2025 Crown College / Millikin University
2024 Coppin State / Sioux Falls
2023 Ashland / Wartburg
2022 Northern Iowa / Cornerstone
2021 Adams State / Coppin State
2020 St. Francis (Ill.) / Chicago State
2019 Benedict College / Westminster College (Mo.)
2018 Wright State / The Sage Colleges
2017 Connecticut College
2016 Post University
2015 Elmhurst College
2014 Gallaudet University
2013 Chicago State
2012 DePauw University
2011 Ursinus College (Pa.)
2010 Illinois Wesleyan
2009 Lake Erie College
2008 Grand Canyon University
2007 Central College of Iowa
2006 Bellarmine
2005 Wesleyan University
2004 Carroll College
2003 St. Francis (N.Y.)
Tennessee Tech
2002 Eckerd College
Hardin-Simmons
2001 Central State (Ohio)
Cheyney
2000 Central Oklahoma
Urbana (Ohio)
1999 Alabama A&M
Wright State
1998 Chris Ambrose, Purdue
Brian Gunning, Marshall
1997 Chris Ambrose, Purdue
Jeff Griesch, Nebraska
1996 Jeff Griesch, Nebraska
1995 Stuart McFarland, Missouri
Sally Krauss, Western Kentucky
1994 Randy Hayson, Illinois State
1993 Will Roleson, Miami (Ohio)
1992 Amy Stabley, Central Michigan
Robert Hester, Northern Illinois
1991 Lana Bandy, Purdue
1990 Stephanie Grimes, Boise State
1989 Beth Haag, Iowa State
1988 Angela Hultman, Mankato State
1987 Chris McMurry, Northern Arizona
1986 Mark Berger, Ohio
1985 Brian Teter, Illinois State
1984 Jonathan Dukes, Georgia Southern
1983 Jay Hill, Michigan
1982 John Lashway, Oregon
1981 Craig Bohnert, Evansville
1980 Laurie Jean Kiely, Alabama
1979 Duane Dapron, Fort Hays State
1978 Debra Rog, American International
1977 Dawn Langston, Delaware
1976 John Vincent, Notre Dame
1975 Steve Townsend, LSU
Langston Rogers/Wylie Smith Postgraduate Scholarship
2025 Paige Trutna, Nebraska
2024 Paige Trutna, Nebraska
Coreyon Chester, Texas Woman's University
2023 Nick Schmieg, Slippery Rock
2023 Brandon Wirth, Ferris State
2022 Amanda Scott, Lander
2022 Grant Cook, Grace College
2021 Nicole Remedios, Illinois State
2021 Morgan Turner, Northeast Conference
2020 Amber Dubois, North Florida
2020 Tim Heiduk, Concordia (Calif.)
2020 Mary Murray, Fairleigh Dickinson - Florham
2019 Jordyn Ballard, Black Hills State
2019 Tyler Roper, Utah Valley
2019 Shaylee Souza, Arizona State
2018 Lauren Simpson, Illinois State
2018 McKenzie Pavacich, Arizona State
2018 Scott Vander Sloot, Ashland University
2018 Peter Hartrick, Scranton
2018 Fiona Lefresne, Missouri State
2017 Fiona Lefresne, Missouri State
2017 Daniel Ruple, Baldwin Wallace
2017 Lauren Dickerson, William & Mary
2017 Kevin Mobley, Georgia
2016 Fiona Lefresne, Missouri State
2016 Daniel Ruple, Baldwin Wallace
2015 Brinley Lowe, North Carolina
2015 Lauren Dickerson, William & Mary
2014 Grace Neely, Kentucky
2014 Dakota Hawkins, Winthrop
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