BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — George Washington University’s Eric Detweiler garners accolades as the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC)-East Region Sports Information Director of the Year award from the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) office.
Selected by the CWPA Director of Communications, the SID of the Year award is presented to individuals who “have achieved notable excellence in the field of water polo communications during the past academic year.”
A 2010 graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in Journalism, Detweiler joined the Colonials’ Athletics Communications staff in August 2017 as the primary contact for women’s basketball, men’s soccer, men’s water polo, softball, women’s water polo and swimming & diving.
Prior to George Washington, he worked as a Media Relations intern for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from May 2010-to-January 2011; a high school sports reporter for the Washington Post from February 2011-August 2013; and a sports reporter at StarNews in Wilmington, N.C. from August 2013-to-November 2016.
The award marks the second honor bestowed exclusively to MAWPC institutions following the division of the CWPA men’s teams into the MAWPC and Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) during the Summer of 2016.
He is the third George Washington communications professional recognized with an SID of the Year plaque as Jessica Bernheim earned notices in 2015 (Men’s Southern Division), 2014 (Men’s Southern Division) and 2013 (Women’s Southern Division) prior to Justin Moore taking the inaugural MAWPC award last year.
