Awards & Recognition
* Associated Press Top 10 award in Long Feature Writing for a deep dive into the life of standout Louisville guard Carlik Jones, who was never supposed to play basketball at all (2020).
* United States Tennis Association’s Fred Burns Award winner for W&S Open tennis coverage (2013).
* Ohio Associated Press Sports Editors, third place for Best Sports Feature Writer (2012).
* Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 winner, Breaking News, coverage of the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout brawl at the end of the Xavier/Cincinnati men’s basketball game at Cintas Center (2011).
* APSE Top 10 winner, Explanatory, “The Agony of the Blowout,” an in-depth enterprise package about lopsided games in Cincinnati high school girls basketball (2003).
* Ohio Associated Press Media Editors, Best Sports Feature Writer, third place (2012).
* Gannett Well Done award for “The Cost to Compete,” a three-part series detailing the rising costs of high school sports and the disparity on the playing field (2005).
* Kentucky Press Association, Best Sports Story, first place (“A Remarkable Tale of Determination,” a story about a jockey who rebounded from a horrendous racing accident to compete again, 2007).
* KPA, Best Enterprise (“The Cost to Compete,” 2006), Best Sports Feature (“Hopes Salvaged, Hopes Lost,” recapping Kentucky’s men’s basketball team’s controversial double-overtime tournament loss to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament, 2005).
* KPA, Best Sports Feature, second place (“The Floor is All Hers,” profiling Xavier women’s basketball player Tara Boothe and her climb into program record books, 2006).
* Cleveland Press Club’s Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards (“The Cost to Compete,” 2005). Ohio SPJ’s Best Coverage of Children’s Issues (“The Cost to Compete,” 2005).
* Ohio SPJ, Sports Feature, third place (“A Remarkable Tale of Determination,” 2007).
* KPA, Best Sports Feature, third place (“It’s About Control,” featuring an epileptic high school baseball player, 2006). Best Sports Story, third place (“Bluebirds prevail on penalty kick,” a game story documenting Highlands High School’s state soccer championship win, 2006).
* Eclipse Awards, honorable mention, (“A Remarkable Tale of Determination,” 2007).
* Ohio Newspaper Association, Sports Section (first place) at The Clermont Sun, 2001, and Sports Section (second place), 2002.
* United States Tennis Association’s Fred Burns Award winner for W&S Open tennis coverage (2013).
* Ohio Associated Press Sports Editors, third place for Best Sports Feature Writer (2012).
* Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 winner, Breaking News, coverage of the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout brawl at the end of the Xavier/Cincinnati men’s basketball game at Cintas Center (2011).
* APSE Top 10 winner, Explanatory, “The Agony of the Blowout,” an in-depth enterprise package about lopsided games in Cincinnati high school girls basketball (2003).
* Ohio Associated Press Media Editors, Best Sports Feature Writer, third place (2012).
* Gannett Well Done award for “The Cost to Compete,” a three-part series detailing the rising costs of high school sports and the disparity on the playing field (2005).
* Kentucky Press Association, Best Sports Story, first place (“A Remarkable Tale of Determination,” a story about a jockey who rebounded from a horrendous racing accident to compete again, 2007).
* KPA, Best Enterprise (“The Cost to Compete,” 2006), Best Sports Feature (“Hopes Salvaged, Hopes Lost,” recapping Kentucky’s men’s basketball team’s controversial double-overtime tournament loss to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament, 2005).
* KPA, Best Sports Feature, second place (“The Floor is All Hers,” profiling Xavier women’s basketball player Tara Boothe and her climb into program record books, 2006).
* Cleveland Press Club’s Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards (“The Cost to Compete,” 2005). Ohio SPJ’s Best Coverage of Children’s Issues (“The Cost to Compete,” 2005).
* Ohio SPJ, Sports Feature, third place (“A Remarkable Tale of Determination,” 2007).
* KPA, Best Sports Feature, third place (“It’s About Control,” featuring an epileptic high school baseball player, 2006). Best Sports Story, third place (“Bluebirds prevail on penalty kick,” a game story documenting Highlands High School’s state soccer championship win, 2006).
* Eclipse Awards, honorable mention, (“A Remarkable Tale of Determination,” 2007).
* Ohio Newspaper Association, Sports Section (first place) at The Clermont Sun, 2001, and Sports Section (second place), 2002.
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