SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Union College Sports Information Office garnered a total of six awards as part of the 2008-09 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics-Sports Information Directors of America (NAIA-SIDA) Publications Contests.
The awards were announced during the NAIA-SIDA Convention on June 20 on the campus of Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) University in San Antonio, Texas.
"I am very proud of our sports information office," said Union Director of Athletics Darin S. Wilson. "The quality of work that Sports Information Director Jay Stancil and Assistant Sports Information Director Gene 
Renfro
produce is among the best in the country. Jay and Gene do an excellent job of
promoting Union's athletic programs, and they are continually striving
to do better."
Union's highest finish was a fourth-place showing in the Walt McAlexander Baseball Brochure Contest. Union also placed fifth in the Football Brochure Contest and 10th in the Women's Soccer Brochure Contest.
Stancil placed eighth in the Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest for Season Preview/Review Stories for his season preview story on the 2008 Bulldog football team. In the Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest for Feature Stories, Stancil recorded a seventh- and eighth-place finishes. His story entitled "Union's Pollock racing up the record books" placed seventh while his story entitled "Union's Callahan: Catch him if you can" took eighth.
In the past seven years, the Union Sports Information Office has received a total of 44 NAIA-SIDA Publication Awards.
To view a complete list of all the NAIA-SIDA Publication Awards, click here.
- [Women's Cross Country] - Eden Ellison - Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete
- [Football] - Quintin Borders - MSC East Offensive Player of the Year
- [Football] - Demetrius Davis, Quinton Borders & William Roundtree - All-MSC East First Team
- [Football] - Brad Fulton & Josh Littleton - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Patricia Nardy - AAC Defensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum - AAC Offensive Player of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall - Golden Boot Award Winner
- [Women's Soccer] - Jason Lanham - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Women's Soccer] - Ashley Hall, Stephanie Cagle, Patricia Nardy, Nikki Jeck & Kristina Kirk - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Women's Soccer] - Marcela Salum, Ashley Hall, Patricia Nardy, Renata Peixoto, Jessica Brandner & Jessica Florence - All-AAC First Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Danny Bartlett, Nathan Koebcke, Roscoe Moonieyan, Kevin Niehaus, Austin Sebald & Max Sisson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Men's Soccer] - Jonathan Sutton, Jonathan Shaw & Aaron Miller - All-AAC First Team
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
- [Volleyball] - Whitney Elam - AAC Coach of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland - AAC Setter of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Amanda Silva - AAC Libero of the Year
- [Volleyball] - Chelsea Kirschman - AAC All-Freshman Team
- [Volleyball] - Autumn Combs, Christina Prindle, Maddie Peterson, Sarah Alderson - Academic All-Conference Team
- [Volleyball] - Monica Moreland, Autumn Combs, Brooke Vinovich, Amanda Silva - All-AAC First Team
- [Volleyball] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Women's Soccer] - 2009 Appalachian Athletic Conference Regular-Season Champions
- [Cycling] - Bulldogs place second at NCCA National Championship Meet
- [Cycling] - Rachel Millsop - Placed Third in the 2009 NCCA Division II Women's Omnium
- [Cycling] - Zach Winn - 2009 NCCA Division II Men's Omnium National Champion
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