Conference Carolinas' ‘Body, Mind, and Soul’ Feature Series Receives National Honors in CSC Stabley Writing Contest
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Conference Carolinas “Body, Mind, and Soul" feature series was named the best in the nation in one category and was also honored with “Best in the District” honors in the annual College Sports Communicators Fred Stabley Jr. Writing Contest.
Conference Carolinas was named as the national winner in the 2022-23 "Season Recap/Preview" category for its feature on North Greenville's rise to the NCAA Division II baseball national title in 2022 (
story).
In addition to earning national accolades, the story on North Greenville baseball was also honored with “Best in the District” honors. Two more features also received runner-up honors for “Best in the District” in the Coach/Administrator category (
story) and the "Historical Feature" category (
story).
Conference Carolinas has now won “Best in the District” honors for three consecutive years with Conference Carolinas claiming best in District 3 in the 2020-21 academic year for its profile on Michael Neustifter of North Greenville baseball (
story) and in the 2021-22 academic year for its feature on then King 1,000-point scorer and NASA intern Trinity Lee (
story).
The special feature on Lee was tabbed national runner-up in the “Social Justice/Diversity & Inclusion” category in the 2021-22 academic year.
The “Body, Mind, and Soul” feature series is a collaboration between public relations legend Bob Rose and Associate Commissioner for External Relations Brian 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 see all of the 2022-23 national winners and all of the “Best in the District” honors 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 for the upcoming 2023-24 academic year are Barton, Belmont Abbey, Chowan, Converse, Emmanuel, Erskine, Francis Marion, King, Lees-McRae, Mount Olive, UNC Pembroke, North Greenville, Southern Wesleyan and Young Harris.
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.
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