Scholarship & Internship Grant Program
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
(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.
(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
- 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.
(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.
(3 new recipients each year, renewable up to 4 total years - $1,000 per school year)
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.
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 18, 2011: CoSIDA announces 2011-12 Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship and Grant winners
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
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
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
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
2017 Christopher Lawrence, Alaska Anchorage
Bailey Knecht, Northeastern
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
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
2016 Post University
2015 Elmhurst College
2014 Galludet 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 Weselyan 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
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)
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)