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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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester) for the 2026-27 academic year.
5. 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.

(2 new recipients each year - $2,000 per school year)
Fred Nuesch Scholarship, Dave Wohlhueter Scholarship

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

1. The applicant must carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) for all undergraduate work to date.
2. The applicant must be classified as a junior or senior at their school for the 2026-27 academic year.
3. 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.
4. 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.

(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

1. 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
2. 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.
3. Funds will be sent prior to each semester to the institution which will then pay the intern according to the school's payment protocols.
4. An institution may receive a Phil Langan Internship Grant one time in any three-year period.
5. 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

1. 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.
2. The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student (6 credit hours per semester) for the entire 2026-27 academic year.
3. 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

1. One Postgraduate Scholarship will be awarded for the 2026-27 academic year.
2. The scholarship will be allocated as follows: $3,000-September 2026; $3,000-January 2027.
3. 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.

CSC Scholarship Background and History

Annually, College Sports Communicators offers both undergraduate and graduate scholarships to deserving young professionals looking to begin a career in athletic communications, and also offers two annual graduate internship grants to member institutions to help fund a graduate internship position for the next academic year.

The first CSC scholarships were awarded in 1981 and they were postgraduate scholarships. In 1999, the Scholarship program was expanded to include the undergraduate scholarships, named for Hall of Famers and former long-time CSC secretary/digest editor Fred Nuesch and current treasurer Dave Wohlhueter, and the graduate internship grant.

In December of 2009, the graduate internship was renamed the Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grant, in honor of the late Langan. At that time CSC had named all but one of its scholarships for outstanding and worthy contributors to the athletics communications profession. That changed in the summer of 2010 when the Executive Board of Directors unanimously voted to rename the Postgraduate Scholarships for Langston Rogers and Wylie Smith (now one scholarship starting in 2025-26). This decision was to honor Hall of Famer and Trailblazer Award winner Rogers, who retired in 2010 after an illustrious career at Ole Miss, and for Smith, retired/long-time Sports Information Director at Northern Arizona University and former chair of the (CoSIDA) scholarship committee.

During the 2013 Convention in Orlando, the Board of Directors approved a recommendation by the Scholarship Committee to endow a new scholarship for current members-the Member-Child Scholarship. Funds for that scholarship began for the 2014-15 academic year.

Click below for links to past announcements year-by-year scholarship recipients lists.

• Past CSC Scholarships & Grants news
  • June 4, 2025: CSC announces scholarship, grant recipients for 2025-26
  • May 30, 2024: CSC announces scholarship, grant recipients for 2024-25
  • August 2, 2023: 2023-24 CSC Scholarship and Grants Award Winners Announced
  • June 1, 2022: CoSIDA Announces 2022-23 Scholarship and Grant Award Recipients
  • June 6, 2021: CoSIDA Scholarship and Grant Winners Announced for 2021-22
  • June 4, 2020: CoSIDA Announces 2020-21 Scholarship and Grants Winners
  • May 30, 2019: CoSIDA Announces 2019-20 Scholarship and Grants Winners
  • June 6, 2018: CoSIDA Announces Record Class of 2018-19 Scholarship Winners
  • June 7, 2017: CoSIDA Announces Record Class of 2017-18 Scholarship Winners
  • June 10, 2016: CoSIDA announces 2016-17 Scholarship and Grant winners
  • June 12, 2015: CoSIDA chooses 2015-16 Scholarship, Grant recipients
  • June 15, 2014: Recipients of 2014-15 CoSIDA Scholarship awards announced
  • June 14, 2013: CoSIDA announces 2013-14 scholarship and grant winners
  • June 15, 2012: CoSIDA announces 2012-13 undergraduate, graduate and graduate scholarship winners and graduate internship grant
  • June 18, 2011: CoSIDA announces 2011-12 Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship and Grant winners
  • Feb. 15, 2011: AROUND CoSIDA NATION: CoSIDA Scholarship recipients -Their stories and tips for budding communications professionals
  • June 30, 2010: CoSIDA Announces 2009-10 Scholarship Winners
  • Dec. 14, 2009: CoSIDA names its Graduate Internship Grant in memory and honor of Phil Langan

  Langston Rogers / Wylie Smith Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients

  2025    Paige Trutna, Nebraska

  2024    Paige Trutna, Nebraska
       Coreyon Chester, Texas Woman's University

  2023    Nick Schmieg, Slippery Rock
       Brandon Wirth, Ferris State

  2022    Amanda Scott, Lander
       Grant Cook, Grace College

  2021    Nicole Remedios, Illinois State
       Morgan Turner, Northeast Conference

  2020    Amber Dubois, North Florida
       Tim Heiduk, Concordia (Calif.)
       Mary Murray, Fairleigh Dickinson - Florham

  2019    Jordyn Ballard, Black Hills State
       Tyler Roper, Utah Valley
       Shaylee Souza, Arizona State

  2018    Lauren Simpson, Illinois State
       McKenzie Pavacich, Arizona State
       Scott Vander Sloot, Ashland University

  2017    Nicole Praga, Arizona State
       Andrea Beene, Oklahoma

  2016    James Hajek, Nebraska
       Lorie Garnett, Utah Valley University

  2015    Andrew Forhan, Whitworth
       Akilah Laster, Oklahoma

  2014    Kati Morse, Southeastern Louisiana
       Kyle Skene, Millsaps College

  2013    Kim Carper, Vanderbilt
       Joelle Milholm, Cal State Bakersfield

  2012    Carli Todd, DePaul
       Joelle Milholm, CSU Bakersfield

  2011    Andrew Lentz, Tennessee
       Britney Reddick, Kutztown

  2010    Grant Abston, Texas
       Mariel Brady, St. John's

  2009    Laurie Wild, Northern Iowa
       Britney Wright, Florida State

  2008    Jared Verner, Northwest Missouri State
       Kendra Lee, Ohio State

  2007    Caroline Domecq, Georgia
       Kyle Chilton, Southern Virginia

  2006    Chris Yandle, Marshall
       Jessica Calderone, Southeast Louisiana

  2005    Michael Potter, Ball State
       Erin Whiteside, Penn State

  2004    Eric Braley, Northern Iowa
       Kristopher Sears, Indiana

  2003    Kim Fischer, Wisconsin-La Crosse
       Lainie Guiddy, West Virginia

  2002    Michelle Kelley, Colgate
       Sean Wright, Westminster (Mo.)

  2001    Brad Caudill, Eastern Michigan
       Susan Seabrook, Alabama-Birmingham

  2000    Mark Fratto, Maryland
       Andy Knappick, Illinois State

  1999    Brian Gunning, Marshall
       Heidi Roth, Syracuse

  1998    Chris Ambrose, Purdue
       Brian Gunning, Marshall

  1997    Chris Ambrose, Purdue
       Jeff Griesch, Nebraska

  1996    Jeff Griesch, Nebraska
       Stuart McFarland, Missouri

  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

  Fred Nuesch/Dave Wohlhueter Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients

  2025    Chloe Green, Lewis-Clark
       Elijah Adams, Alfred State

  2024    Payton McClowry, Wheaton College
       Teagan Schreiber, Colorado

  2023    Abbey Curtis, College of Charleston

  2022    Maddie Peterson, Nebraska
       Anna Fox, North Central

  2021    Hannah Dumaine, Bryant
       Noah Roleson, Indianapolis

  2020    Noah Syverson, Berry College
       Hannah Dumaine, Bryant
       Miles Whitling, Idaho

  2019    Joseph Haueter, Mount Union
       Kai Henson, St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn)
       Gabriel Vegas-Valente, Nebraska

  2018    Victoria Mills, Purdue Fort Wayne
       Chelsea Lombardo, Adelphi
       Liam Pickhardt, Linfield College
       Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Earlham College)

  2017    Caleb Hawley, Oregon State
       Christina Marshall, James Madison
       Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Saint Leo)

  2016    Morgan Romans, Eastern Kentucky
       Christie Effendie, UC Davis

  2015    Nathan Edwards, San José State
       Marisa Lombardo, Alvernia

  2014    Mike Mulcahy, New Mexico
       Kourtney Freiburger, Purdue

  2013    Casey Bonk, Pittsburgh
       Lucy Montgomery, Washington-St. Louis

  2012    Jake Faber, Pittsburgh State
       Ashley Goetti, Wisconsin-River Falls

  2011    Adam K. Moussa, Memphis
       Eric LaBranche, Stonehill

  2010    Michael Benson, Southern Illinois-Carbondale
       James Rodriguez, Baldwin-Wallace

  2009    Carli Todd, Tampa
       David Bodman, La Salle

  2008    Andrew Middleman, Baldwin-Wallace
       Kevin Flora, University of the Cumberlands

  2007    Caleb Hawley, Oregon State
       Christina Marshall, James Madison

  2006    Todd Zeidler, Bemidji
       Amy Robertson, Mississippi State

  2005    John Vogel, Youngstown State
       Monique Bowman, Capital University

  2004    Cassie Chance, Mississippi State
       Nick Kiger, Colorado State

  2003    Kimberly Gray Folkes, Virginia Tech
       Adam Holtz, Bethany Lutheran
       Laura Schoenberger, Pittsburg State

  2002    Branie Davidson, Northwest Missouri State
       Shante Gree, Fayetteville State
       Teri LaJeunesse, Michigan Tech

  2001    Bobbie Horstman, Iowa State
       Shayla Reiff, Mt. Vernon Nazarene
       Dustin Roberts, Oklahoma

  2000    Daniel Dykstra, Wheaton (Ill.)
       Kimberly Frederick, Manhattan
       Bobbie Horstman, Iowa State

  1999    Kate Adams, Iowa State
       Michelle La Scola, Northern Illinois
       Casey Taylor, Christopher Newport

  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. Franicis (Ill.)
       Chicago State

  2019    Benedict College
       Westminster College (Mo.)

  2018    Wright State
       The Sage Colleges

  2017    Connecticut College
       (no second school listed)

  2016    Post University
      

  2015    Elmhurst College
      

  2014    Galludet University
      

  2013    Chicago State
       Tennessee Tech

  2002    Eckerd College
       Hardin-Simmons

  2001    Central State (Ohio)
       Cheyney

  2000    Central Oklahoma 
       Urbana (Ohio)

  1999    Alabama A&M
       Wright State

  Member-Child Scholarship

  Recipient name listed first; member parent listed second.

  2025    Addison Bentley (Central Michigan)/Robert Bentley (Ferris State)
       Carter Bradley (Salisbury)/Stan Bradley (Salisbury)

  2024    Tanner Caudill (Muskingum) / Tom Caudill (Muskingum)
       Grady White (Colorado State) / Beau White (CSC)

  2023    Abigail Henry (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) / Brian Henry (West Florida)
       Tessa Wallington (UNLV) / Mark Wallington (UNLV)

  2022    Haylee Stancil (Lincoln Memorial) / Jay Stancil (Union (Ky.))
       Shelby Kindhart (Missouri State) / Rick Kindhart (Missouri State)

  2021    Hollan Griesch (Nebraska) / Jeff Griesch (Nebraska)
       Gavin Thor (Seton Hall) / Ira Thor (New Jersey City)

  2020    McKenna DiCamillo (St. John Fisher) / Tom DiCamillo (State University of New York Athletic Conference)
       Hailey Yellin (Maryland) / Jason Yellin (Maryland)

  2019    Sam Sadowski (Tufts) / Chuck Sadowski (Bridgeport)
       Solomon Serba-Davis (Cape Fear Community College) / Kyle Serba (North Carolina Central)

  2018    Peter Hartrick (Scranton) / John Hartrick (Binghamton)
       Karlee Bird (Linfield College) / Kelly Bird (Linfield College)
       Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Earlham College)
       Daniel Ruple (Baldwin Wallace) / Kevin Ruple (Baldwin Wallace)
       Kevin Mobley (Georgia) / Mike Mobley (Georgia)
       Hannah Grossman (Seattle University) / Andy Grossman (UNLV)

  2017    Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Saint Leo)
       Daniel Ruple (Baldwin Wallace) / Kevin Ruple (Baldwin Wallace)
       Lauren Dickerson (William & Mary) / Drew Dickerson (Atlantic 10 Conference)
       Kevin Mobley (Georgia) / Mike Mobley (Georgia)

  2016    Fiona Lefresne (Missouri State) / Pete Lefresne (Saint Leo)
       Daniel Ruple (Baldwin Wallace) / Kevin Ruple (Baldwin Wallace)

  2015    Brinley Lowe (North Carolina) / Bob Lowe (Berry College)
       Lauren Dickerson (William & Mary) / Drew Dickerson (Atlantic 10 Conference)

  2014    Grace Neely (Kentucky) / Tony Neely (Kentucky)
       Dakota Hawkins (Winthrop) / Michael Hawkins (Francis Marion)

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