July 5, 2005
South Carolina State University sports information director Bill Hamilton has been selected as the 2005 recipient of the Trailblazer Award by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The award was presented at a luncheon today in Philadelphia.
Bill Hamilton
The Trailblazer Award is presented annually to an individual who is a pioneer in the field of sports information and has mentored and helped improve the level of ethnic and gender diversity within CoSIDA.
Hamilton has been SID at SC State for 32 years. He was named Staff Employee of the Year in 1999 and inducted into the SCSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
A 1973 graduate of SC State, Hamilton has served on the NCAA men’s Final Four Media Coordination Committee since 1999. He earned a CoSIDA Excellence in Writing Citation in 1995 and was given the Black College Sports Information Directors Association’s (BCSIDA) Cal Jacox-Champ Clark Award as the top SID at an historically black college in 1989. His 1983 football media guide was voted fourth best in the nation for Division I-AA schools by CoSIDA, and the cover of the guide received first place honors.
He currently serves as president of BCSIDA and has served on various CoSIDA committees. He was a member of the CoSIDA Board of Directors from 1993-96 and has attended every CoSIDA workshop since 1974.
In 1998, he was given the CoSIDA/Kodak Good Person Award and the 25-year Service Award.
He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and the South Carolina State Employees Association, where he serves as a chapter and state board member. Active in civic and community organizations, he is currently chairman of the Orangeburg (SC) Attention Homes Board of Directors and former president and past state board member of the Orangeburg County Chapter of the Alston Wilkes Society.
Hamilton’s award marks the second day of recognition for HBCU sports information directors at this year’s CoSIDA Workshop. Howard SID Edward Hill received the Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award at a luncheon on July 4.
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