New Mexico Honored with First FWAA Super 11 Award

DALLAS, Texas (FWAA) – Three first-time winners, together with The College of New Mexico, and eight earlier ones comprise the thirteenth Annual Tremendous 11 Awards, which the Soccer Writers Affiliation of America rewards yearly to the very best performing sports activities info departments within the Soccer Bowl Subdivision. The awards introduced this week are for the 2021 season.

As well as, the FWAA introduced a Tremendous 11 Coach of the Yr Award to Boston School Coach Jeff Hafley who granted excellent entry to his program through the 2021 season. He’s the fourth head coach to win this award, which started with the 2018 season.

The award for New Mexico is its first Tremendous 11 Award, and it’s the first time that the Lobo communications workplace has been honored for press operations in soccer since 1988 underneath former director Greg Remington.

“It’s a giant honor and recognition for all the exterior employees at UNM,” stated Assistant A.D. for Communications Frank Mercogliano, who oversees soccer communications.  “This displays Coach Gonzales and the way he runs his program.  He runs a really open program with large entry, which makes our jobs on the exterior crew straightforward.”

The Lobo communications crew is Frank Mercogliano, Steve Kirkland, Allison Weiss and Alma Solis, and the exterior crew additionally consists of Stanley Frazier, Chase Christiansen, Drew Patterson, Jonathan Tibbetts and Seth Cook dinner.  Joe Thuente serves because the Affiliate A.D. for Advertising and Communications and oversees all the exterior crew.

This yr’s winners had been deemed to have had glorious accessibility through the week of the sport and after the sport – with a program’s gamers, coaches and assistant coaches – together with the opposite listed standards on web page 22 of the 2021-22 FWAA Listing.

“The 2020 and 2021 soccer seasons featured unprecedented challenges for all of us, however some sports activities info departments labored with coaches and gamers to go above and past and to ensure media might do their jobs and supply followers with the knowledge they crave,” stated David Ubben, 2022 FWAA President. “That permits all of us to have jobs, and we’re appreciative of those departments for offering that entry whereas additionally ensuring each media and members of soccer applications stay secure. School soccer is best and grows when sports activities info departments are capable of present as a lot entry as doable.”

“What’s at all times encouraging is that we had first-time winners,” stated FWAA Government Director Steve Richardson. “Our membership needs entry to gamers and coaches after video games, in fact, but additionally for human curiosity and analytical tales through the week. Assistant coaches are additionally a part of the combo that give tales depth. Through the years, for a wide range of causes this entry has been restricted.”

FWAA members supplied enter through the season and made feedback in an FWAA Awards survey after the 2021 season. As well as, SID press containers had been judged on how nicely they had been run and maintained when it comes to neutrality, pool reporters and noise degree that would have an effect on a media individual’s capability to do his or her job. Lately, the supply of close by press parking has grow to be a plus.

Clemson and Colorado every collected a ninth Tremendous 11 Award and Nebraska an eighth. Navy gained for a fifth time, Kansas State a fourth time, and Iowa, Miami (Fla.) and Ole Miss every a second time.

The primary-time recipients within the award sequence, which dates to the 2009 season, are Louisville, New Mexico and South Carolina. Seven of the ten FBS Conferences are represented among the many 11 winners.

In January 2009, the FWAA fashioned the primary Tremendous 11 Committee. The idea is supported by the School Sports activities Data Administrators of America (CoSIDA). The FWAA has awarded Tremendous 11 to 77 totally different applications over time.

Based in 1941, the Soccer Writers Affiliation of America consists of journalists, broadcasters, publicists, photographers and key executives in all areas of faculty soccer. The FWAA works to manipulate media entry and game-day operations whereas presenting awards and honors, together with an annual FWAA All-America Workforce. For extra details about the FWAA and its program and initiatives, contact Government Director Steve Richardson at 2144-870-6516 or tiger@fwaa.com.

The 2021 Tremendous 11
Clemson (9)
Colorado (9)
Iowa (2)
Kansas State (4)
Louisville (1)
Miami (2)
Ole Miss (2)
Navy (5)
Nebraska (8)
New Mexico (1)
South Carolina (1)

2021 Tremendous 11 Coach of the Yr
Jeff Hafley, Boston School