Best Sports Story ( Less than 15,000 Students)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Pepperdine University Entry Title: Pepperdine Cross Country/Track Athletes Describe Misconduct of Former Coach Entry Credit: Paxton Ritchey Judge Comment: Excellent work. As one who has reported and written a similar story, exposing a coach's verbal and mental abuse of athletes, I understand how difficult it can be to get people to speak on the record. That four athletes were willing to speak for the record says volumes.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Santa Clara University Entry Title: NCAA Still Believes in Glass Ceilings Entry Credit: Lacey Yahnke Judge Comment: An effective column, with just the right amount of righteous indignation over the NCAA's double standard.
Competition Comment: Some superior writing and reporting at the top of this list. Two other stories that deserve honorable mention: The Humboldt State piece about the BIPOC surfers by Ricardo Lara Nava, and Catharine Galanti's story on Loyola Marymount's Keli Leaupepe.
