2008 Woodie Awards
Mike Connors, Collegian Staff: Field Hockey, Women's Basketball and Baseball
Mike Connors, Collegian Staff
Issue date: 5/13/08 Section: Sports
So to begin, first and foremost - no I'm not going to thank God for allowing me
to become assistant sports editor because that would just be simply clichéd and foolish.
However, I will bust out the second most popular cliché and thank my mother, so you're gonna have to deal with it. No, but seriously, I probably would've never found my way down to the Collegian if it wasn't for the constant pushing of both my parents. I enjoyed coasting through my first 2.5 years of college going to class and going out more often that I should have as well. I still indulge in the latter too much but feel that I've been able (deal with the "able" Meloni) to make my college experience more well-rounded. and I have to credit my parents for that.
When I first came down here, I was pretty awful - flat out. The fact that I didn't actually interview tennis coach Judy Dixon in person before the season ended - yea…as Charles Barkley would say, "That ain't any goooooodddd."
But after that I progressed. I improved my writing during field hockey, although I still believe the sport needs some rules changes. For example, why can't you use both sides of the stick? If that was possible Cher King might've been on a SportsCenter Top 10 by now. That's right Media Relations, start pushing for that rule change, making the Top 10 on SportsCenter would give you front page website material for at least six months.
Then it was on to women's basketball. Marnie Dacko, congratulations on being the first coach I interviewed that was taller than me. One thing I must say is that covering the team was my most enjoyable experience at the Collegian. I'm still up in the air if I was going to pursue journalism after college, but if I ever were to cover a sport, there's not a single doubt in my mind that I'd want it to be basketball.
Finally it was on to baseball. I came in under the impression that Mike Stone was the reincarnation of the Antichrist but I didn't end up having any problems.
to become assistant sports editor because that would just be simply clichéd and foolish.
However, I will bust out the second most popular cliché and thank my mother, so you're gonna have to deal with it. No, but seriously, I probably would've never found my way down to the Collegian if it wasn't for the constant pushing of both my parents. I enjoyed coasting through my first 2.5 years of college going to class and going out more often that I should have as well. I still indulge in the latter too much but feel that I've been able (deal with the "able" Meloni) to make my college experience more well-rounded. and I have to credit my parents for that.
When I first came down here, I was pretty awful - flat out. The fact that I didn't actually interview tennis coach Judy Dixon in person before the season ended - yea…as Charles Barkley would say, "That ain't any goooooodddd."
But after that I progressed. I improved my writing during field hockey, although I still believe the sport needs some rules changes. For example, why can't you use both sides of the stick? If that was possible Cher King might've been on a SportsCenter Top 10 by now. That's right Media Relations, start pushing for that rule change, making the Top 10 on SportsCenter would give you front page website material for at least six months.
Then it was on to women's basketball. Marnie Dacko, congratulations on being the first coach I interviewed that was taller than me. One thing I must say is that covering the team was my most enjoyable experience at the Collegian. I'm still up in the air if I was going to pursue journalism after college, but if I ever were to cover a sport, there's not a single doubt in my mind that I'd want it to be basketball.
Finally it was on to baseball. I came in under the impression that Mike Stone was the reincarnation of the Antichrist but I didn't end up having any problems.
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