CoSIDA Award Recognition for My Work

I received some very awesome news this past Thursday that I was a part of two award winning media guides from the 2013-14 CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Publications Contest. The UTC football media guide for which I created the covers came in second place among FCS schools for Best Football Media Guide. This is actually the second time the football guide has come in 2nd place with my work on the covers, with the other time being in 2011.

On an even more rewarding note, my cover for the 2013-14 UTC Wresting Media guide won Best Cover in Winter At-Large Guides for Universities. It beat out work done by such schools as the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma. You can read UTC's write up on the awards here, and you can check out the full list of winners in all categories from CoSIDA here.

I am extremely honored by both recognitions and am very proud to have been a part of both projects. I thank the CoSIDA Publications Committee for both honors and look forward to continuing to create more great work down the road.

UT-Chattanooga 2013-14 Wrestling Media Guide Covers

Front Cover

Inside Front Cover

Inside Back Cover

Back Cover

A couple weeks ago I wrapped up another project for UT-Chattanooga athletics, this time for their wrestling team. I had the pleasure of creating the covers for their 2013-14 media guide for this season. The theme I had run throughout each of them was the metallic title bar, that I now see kind of resembles a stylized boxing/wrestling championship belt. Happy accident, I guess. In my original layouts the bottom half of the front cover was blue instead of gold, but they decided to go with the gold to vary the look a little more between the front and back cover. Overall it was a neat project to work on, especially since I'd really never done anything for a wrestling team before. I was very pleased with the turnout, and hope the team does well this season!