Conference Carolinas Captures Best in the Nation Honors in the CoSIDA Publications and Digital Design Contest

Conference Carolinas Captures Best in the Nation Honors in the CoSIDA Publications and Digital Design Contest

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GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas captured “Best in the Nation” honors for its conference media guide for the 2021-22 academic year in the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Publications and Digital Design Contest.
 
The digital publication designed by Assistant Commissioner for External Relations Brian Hand in collaboration with Assistant Commissioner for Communications Zachary Shore and the entire conference office placed “Best in the Nation” in the college division of the contest. In addition, the publication entitled, “This is Conference Carolinas,” also earned top honors in the conference college division for cover design. To see the publication, please visit here.
 
Conference Carolinas also placed “Second in the Nation” among all in the college division (school and conferences) in the postseason media guides category. The publication was also a collaboration between Hand, Shore and the rest of the conference office along with all of the amazing Conference Carolinas athletic communication professionals. To check out the publication, please visit here.
 
Conference Carolinas member institution Converse picked up multiple honors in the poster design contest with Hayley Proctor earning “Fourth in the Nation” honors for her women’s volleyball poster design and “Eighth in the Nation” for her field hockey poster design.

The Converse honor is just the latest external honor for Conference Carolinas member institutions with UNC Pembroke's athletics external operations team besting a pair of NCAA Division I finalists for the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) inaugural Unity Award, while also hauling in six "Best Of" honors from the organization. To learn more, please visit here. 
  
The Publications and Digital Design Contest honors mark the second consecutive month that the Conference Carolinas league office has received national honors from CoSIDA.
 
Last month, the Conference Carolinas “Body, Mind, and Soul" feature series was named the national runner-up in one category and was also honored with “Best in the District” honors in CoSIDA’s annual Fred Stabley Jr. Writing Contest.
 
Conference Carolinas was awarded the honor for national runner-up for a feature on King 1,000-point scorer and NASA intern Trinity Lee (story). The special feature was tabbed national runner-up in the “Social Justice/Diversity & Inclusion” category.

In addition to earning national runner-up accolades, the story on Lee was also honored with “Best in the District” honors. Two more stories also received runner-up honors for “Best in the District” in a feature on Emmanuel swimming All-American Natalie Hayes in the “Athlete Profile” category (story) and a special feature on Conference Carolinas Commissioner Chris Colvin in the “Coach/Administrator Profile” category (story).
 
Conference Carolinas has now won “Best in the District” honors for two consecutive years with Conference Carolinas claiming best in District 3 last year also for its profile on Michael Neustifter of North Greenville.
 
The “Body, Mind, and Soul” feature series is a collaboration between public relations legend Bob Rose and Hand.
 
Rose and Hand work with the entire Conference Carolinas office and its member institutions to help tell the stories. Rose is a longtime sports public relations executive who has worked for the San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, the NFL Cardinals, Cal, Stanford and other organizations.

The series of “Body, Mind, and Soul” feature stories have led to local, regional and national coverage with Neustifter even featured by Sports Illustrated after the release of the “Body, Mind, and Soul” feature. Neustifter was also profiled on Perfect Game College Baseball on MLB Network on radio and on WYFF and WLOS.
 
To view all of the winners in the 2021-22 CoSIDA Publications and Digital Design Contest, please visit here. To see all of the “Best in the District” honors in the Stabley Writing Contest and to learn more, please visit here.
 
This is Conference Carolinas

Conference Carolinas has a rich tradition in roots that dates back to its inception on Dec. 6, 1930. The NCAA Division II athletics conference presently has member schools located in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Member institutions are Barton, Belmont Abbey, Chowan, Converse, Emmanuel, Erskine, Francis Marion, King, Lees-McRae, Mount Olive, UNC Pembroke, North Greenville and Southern Wesleyan.

Conference Carolinas believes in the development and formation of the whole person in body, mind and soul. Our students are nationally recognized for their extraordinary success in the classroom, in the community and at the highest levels of NCAA competition.

Conference Carolinas is built upon the idea of offering challenging NCAA competition in an environment that fosters both the academic and athletic achievements of its student-athletes. Conference members offer exemplary educations and scholarships for performance in the classroom and on the field. Conference Carolinas and its members are committed to challenging adversity and building tomorrow's leaders.

Learn more at ConferenceCarolinas.com.
 
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