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BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Ben Blevins of the University of Michigan is the 2018-19 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women’s Division I Sports Information Director of the Year.

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 three-time SID of the Year selection following honors in 2016 and co-recognition in 2017 with Josh Schur of Harvard University, Blevins joined the University of Michigan athletic department in September 2015 as the Director of External Communications and Public Relations. Responsible for the day-to-day management of the communications office, while also leading special projects, he is directly responsible for the coverage of water polo and women’s gymnastics.

Blevins came to Ann Arbor after working at Stanford University for two years as an Assistant Athletic Communications Director handling video for all 36 sports and working with the three rowing teams. He previously worked at the University of Texas (2011-12), Duke University (2007-11) and the University of Alabama (2006-07).

A 2004 graduate of Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Marketing, he earned a Master’s Degree in Sports Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 2012.

Blevins’ award marks the fifth CWPA Division I SID of the Year laurel presented by the league office since the merger of the Southern, Northern and Western Divisions into one format prior to the 2015 season.

The 12th year of Athletics Communications recognition by the CWPA dating back to the first awards following the 2008 season, Blevins’ recognition marks the eighth nod bestowed upon Michigan by the league office as Ryan Sosin claimed the 2008, 2009, and 2011 awards outright and shared the 2010 award with Doak Henry of Indiana University. Leah Howard shared the 2013 Western Division accolade with Samantha Dewig of Indiana University.

Further, Blevins’ selection ties him for the second most Women’s SID of the Year awards in league history with Todd Merriett of Bucknell University (Southern Division – 2008, 2009, 2010) behind Sosin.

Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women’s Division I Sports Information Director of the Year
2015 Achilles Carmenate / Michael Black Harvard University
2016 Benjamin Blevins University of Michigan
2017 Benjamin Blevins / Josh Schur University of Michigan / Harvard University
2018 Chris Gondek Hartwick College
2019 Benjamin Blevins University of Michigan
Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women’s Western Division Sports Information Director of the Year
2008 Ryan Sosin University of Michigan
2009 Ryan Sosin University of Michigan
2010 Doak Henry / Ryan Sosin Indiana University / University of Michigan
2011 Ryan Sosin University of Michigan
2012 Doak Henry Indiana University
2013 Samantha Dewig / Leah Howard Indiana University / University of Michigan
2014 Will Nowadly Gannon University
Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women’s Southern Division Sports Information Director of the Year
2008 Todd Merriett Bucknell University
2009 Todd Merriett Bucknell University
2010 Todd Merriett Bucknell University
2011 Mark Rivera Harvard University
2012 Lyndsey Maurer Brown University
2013 Jessica Bernheim George Washington University
2014 Meghan Moore / Michael Black Harvard University
Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women’s Northern Division Sports Information Director of the Year
2008 John Gilger Hartwick College
2009 Lyndsey Maurer / Tim Williamson Brown University / Harvard University
2010 Robert Rossi Harvard University

 

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