I just found out Wednesday that I took first place in the sports news category of the Illinois Associated Press Editors Association awards. This is a state-wide contest and kind of a journalist's version of the Oscars.

I'll be attending the awards ceremony Oct. 9 at the Governor's Mansion in Springfield.

My winning article was the one I did awhile back in March on SIU women's BB coach Dana Eikenberg's troubles.

I'm really pumped for this. This is a major award for me and I'd like to thank Dana for making me famous

Congrats Speezy. You deserve it.

Wow! We now have quite the star among us, geez, don't go all national media on us and leave us without our daily dosage of Cincinnati Cyclones! Seriously, dude, congratulations. Like Nitro said, you truly deserve it.

Do you have a link to the article you won with?

Congrats

Congratulations man, that is quite the accomplishment! I too would like to get a link to the article....

Very Nice! Congratulations!

I've been saying that there are some very talented people here.

I expect a few of you to be writing, making graphics or coding for some impressive careers in the future.

Congrats, I remember the article. Was quite the good read (not so much for the woman involved, I'm sure).



EDIT: The award-winning story is here for those interested.

Congratulations GoaliewonKanobi. Ha! Bet no one knows those origins.

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Originally posted by slick44:
Congratulations GoaliewonKanobi. Ha! Bet no one knows those origins.

Oh wow! you get brownie points for remembering that slick, lol. Thanks for the congrats guys. It looks like The Southern took down the original article, but ESPN's Mechelle Voepel referenced it in a column back in April.

It's about midway through the column under "A Coaching Cautionary Tale"

Voepel's article can be found here