Huston-Tillotson University’s Athletic Communications Office amongst honorees at the NAIA Sports Information Directors Association’s 2024 Publications & Media Contest
Wednesday Jun, 26 2024
Austin, TX – June 25, 2024 – Huston-Tillotson University’s athletic communications office was among the honorees at the NAIA Sports Information Directors Association’s 2024 Publications & Media Contest, the NAIA announced this week.
The baseball game notes produced by Alan Wiederhold-Sohn, HT’s Sports Information Director, won third place in the Game Notes category of the Walt McAlexander Publications Contest. The top 10 entries were recognized in that category.
A 16-year athletics communication veteran, Wiederhold returned to HT in July 2023 after beginning his career as a basketball-only communications officer at the university during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. The award is the second such publications award for Wiederhold, whose Texas A&M–San Antonio softball game notes won First Place in the College Division of the College Sports Information Directors Association’s (CoSIDA) 2020-21 publications contest.
Game notes are information packets that are distributed to the media prior to games and consist of statistics, records and profiles of players on a team’s roster. Wiederhold produced baseball game notes for selected weekend Red River Athletic Conference series at opponents with strong media coverage and infrastructure.
Among the 10 winners in the Game Notes category, HT’s baseball game notes entry was one of only two entries for a sport other football or basketball; Wiederhold’s entry finished just ahead of the women’s volleyball game notes submitted by Joel Snyder of Lindsey Wilson University in Kentucky.
In representing the Red River Athletic Conference among the contest winners, Wiederhold was joined by Houston-Victoria’s sports information director Sam Fowler, who placed eighth in the Publicity Video contest for his entry promoting the Jaguars’ baseball team.
Wiederhold is a member of College Sports Communicators (formerly known as CoSIDA) and the Black College Sports Information Directors Association. In addition to his primary duties as Huston-Tillotson’s sports information director, he is a respected athletics statistician in the region, and has served as the official scorer in eight of the last nine Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournaments since 2015.
The complete list of the NAIA’s contest winners can be found here.
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About Huston-Tillotson University
Huston-Tillotson University, the first institution of higher education in Austin, Texas, has roots dating back to 1875. HT is an independent, church-related, historically black, four-year liberal arts institution located on a 23-acre tree-lined campus near downtown in East Austin. Huston-Tillotson University’s mission is to nurture a legacy of leadership and excellence in education, connecting knowledge, power, passion, and values. The University offers associate and master’s degrees in addition to Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in more than 19 areas of study. Huston-Tillotson University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees. HT is also an NC-SARA school. For more information, please visit www.htu.edu.
