PELLA—Central College got here away with three extra awards within the College Sports Communicators’ (previously CoSIDA) Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest.
           
Central, which had two entries cited final yr, was awarded first place in CSC District 7 for Historical Feature with a tribute to the late president emeritus Kenneth J. Weller with “Weller was the Father of Division III, but so much more.”
           
Also receiving first place within the district for Athlete Profile was a characteristic on Central’s Thomas Spoehr, who embraced a brand new profession as a discus thrower after a promising males’s basketball profession was lower quick by damage in “Setback sparks new dream for Central’s Spoehr.”
           
Central was named runner-up in District 7 within the General Feature/Blog class for a narrative which appeared in Civitas, the school’s alumni journal. The story profiled retired Dutch soccer defensive coordinator Don DeWaard, who transitioned to serving as Pella’s mayor in “The Mayor and the Coach.”

The entries had been judged in a mixed subject that included NCAA Division I, II and III establishments in addition to NAIA faculties and two-year faculties. District 7 consists of faculties and universities in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

           

All three tales had been written by athletics communications director Larry Happel, who’s in his forty fifth yr in that function at Central. He beforehand gained the CSC Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest National Story of the Year Award in 2017 and has now obtained 15 CSC writing awards total in addition to one from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He’s obtained greater than 35 CSC publication awards and was inducted into the CSC Hall of Fame in 2010. He’s a former CSC board member and previous D3SIDA president.