C of I's Safford Earns 4 Publications Awards at NAIA-SIDA
TAMPA, Fla. -- College of Idaho sports information director Mike Safford Jr. was honored Monday with four top-ten finishes in the NAIA-Sports Information Directors of America Publications Contest, announced at the annual NAIA-SIDA convention here.
Safford, who will begin his eighth year at The C of I in September, earned the praise of his peers in four Media Guide categories - in Combined Basketball, Volleyball, Softball, and Combined Soccer. It is the eighth-straight year that he has received at least one top-ten finish.
The Coyote Combined Basketball Media Guide finished second overall in the contest, the Volleyball Media Guide was sixth, with the Softball and Soccer books placing seventh out of the nearly 300 NAIA schools across the nation. Each of the publications were printed by The Caxton Printers, Inc. in Caldwell - with the help of Wayne Garrett and Dennis Pattee.
Safford was the lone SID of the 22 NAIA schools in the Pacific Northwest to be recognized, and has now accumulated 20 top-ten awards in his career, including two "Best in the Nation" awards.