INDIANAPOLIS - College Sports Communicators recently honored seven former and current members with Lifetime Achievement Award honors, with the recognitions including former Purdue Athletics senior associate athletic director for strategic communications Tom Schott.
The CSC Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to members who served at least 25 years in the profession and who are retiring, have retired, or are leaving the athletic communications profession. Schott worked for the Boilermakers from 1990-2019, rising from a graduate intern to senior associate athletics director for communications. He has authored or co-authored four books about the Boilermakers, including 100 Things Purdue Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.
Schott joined Purdue University's marketing and communications office in 2020 - first as senior director of strategic communications. He now serves as director of executive communications.
Schott was actively involved in CSC (formerly known as CoSIDA) during his career. A member of the Academic All-America® Committee, he also assisted with the (former) Publication Awards (now Creative and Digital Design Awards) and Fred S. Stabley Sr. Writing Contest. Schott received a 25-Year Award from CSC in 2016. He has won numerous CSC publications awards, including three Best in the Nation honors.
Schott served as a board member of the Joe Tiller/Northwest Indiana Chapter of the National Football Foundation. He previously received the Helping Hand Award from the Indiana Sportscasters Association, and also was awarded the Scoop Hudgins Outstanding SID Award by the All-American Football Association.
He got his start in sports journalism at age 12 when he co-founded his own magazine called The Redbird Chirps, interviewing nearly 100 Major League Baseball players, managers, coaches, and broadcasters from 1981-86.
A native of St. Louis, Schott has been a contributing writer for the Cardinals media guide, magazine, Hall of Fame induction program and website (Cardinals.com).
The full group of Lifetime Achievement Awards honorees include:
The CSC Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to members who served at least 25 years in the profession and who are retiring, have retired, or are leaving the athletic communications profession. Schott worked for the Boilermakers from 1990-2019, rising from a graduate intern to senior associate athletics director for communications. He has authored or co-authored four books about the Boilermakers, including 100 Things Purdue Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.
Schott joined Purdue University's marketing and communications office in 2020 - first as senior director of strategic communications. He now serves as director of executive communications.
Schott was actively involved in CSC (formerly known as CoSIDA) during his career. A member of the Academic All-America® Committee, he also assisted with the (former) Publication Awards (now Creative and Digital Design Awards) and Fred S. Stabley Sr. Writing Contest. Schott received a 25-Year Award from CSC in 2016. He has won numerous CSC publications awards, including three Best in the Nation honors.
Schott served as a board member of the Joe Tiller/Northwest Indiana Chapter of the National Football Foundation. He previously received the Helping Hand Award from the Indiana Sportscasters Association, and also was awarded the Scoop Hudgins Outstanding SID Award by the All-American Football Association.
He got his start in sports journalism at age 12 when he co-founded his own magazine called The Redbird Chirps, interviewing nearly 100 Major League Baseball players, managers, coaches, and broadcasters from 1981-86.
A native of St. Louis, Schott has been a contributing writer for the Cardinals media guide, magazine, Hall of Fame induction program and website (Cardinals.com).
The full group of Lifetime Achievement Awards honorees include:
- Joe Browning – UNC Wilmington, Senior Associate Athletic Director (retired)
- Larry Dougherty – Temple University, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Communications (retired)
- Dick Lipe – Bentley University, Director of Athletic Communications (semi-retired; currently part-time Sports Information Specialist)
- Gene McGivern – University of St. Thomas, Sports Information Director (retired)
- Diane Nordstrom – University of Wisconsin, Associate Director of Communications (retired)
- Dave Saba – Duquesne University, Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations (retired)
- Tom Schott – Purdue University, Director of Executive Communications (Marketing and Communications Office)/formerly Purdue Athletics Senior Associate Athletic Director, Strategic Communications