University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Athletic Communications Earns FWAA Super 11 Award
June 14, 2021 | General
Dallas, Texas – North Carolina's Athletics Media Relations office has been recognized as one of the best in the country, earning its first Football Writers Association of America's Super 11 distinction.
The 2020 college football season was unprecedented in the modern era with the effects of COVID-19 disrupting the schedule and forcing Athletics Media Relations departments to alter the ways they conducted business. In an effort to reflect the trying situations, the Football Writers Association of America is honoring departments and individuals who stood out in their performances; others were nominated by FWAA media members for strong access.
"This (2020) was a different kind of year, obviously," FWAA Executive Director Steve Richardson said. "We tried to honor schools who went the extra mile in player and coach access remotely in most cases or to help writers in a scrambled season."
The group promoted and publicized one of the most successful seasons in Carolina football history, which included its first-ever appearance in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
The other Super 11 Award winners were Appalachian State, Boston College, Clemson, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas State, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State and West Virginia.
In January 2009, the FWAA started the Super 11 Awards. The concept has been supported and endorsed by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), many of whom are members of the FWAA. The FWAA has now awarded Super 11 to 74 different schools in the 12 years of the program
The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,300 men and women across North America who cover college football for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include game-day operations, major awards, a national poll and its annual All-America teams.
The 2020 college football season was unprecedented in the modern era with the effects of COVID-19 disrupting the schedule and forcing Athletics Media Relations departments to alter the ways they conducted business. In an effort to reflect the trying situations, the Football Writers Association of America is honoring departments and individuals who stood out in their performances; others were nominated by FWAA media members for strong access.
"This (2020) was a different kind of year, obviously," FWAA Executive Director Steve Richardson said. "We tried to honor schools who went the extra mile in player and coach access remotely in most cases or to help writers in a scrambled season."
The group promoted and publicized one of the most successful seasons in Carolina football history, which included its first-ever appearance in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
The other Super 11 Award winners were Appalachian State, Boston College, Clemson, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas State, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State and West Virginia.
In January 2009, the FWAA started the Super 11 Awards. The concept has been supported and endorsed by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), many of whom are members of the FWAA. The FWAA has now awarded Super 11 to 74 different schools in the 12 years of the program
The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,300 men and women across North America who cover college football for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include game-day operations, major awards, a national poll and its annual All-America teams.
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