ISU football game program repeats as nation's best

[MAY 10, 2005]  NORMAL -- The College Sports Information Directors of America named the 2004 Illinois State football game program as the best in Division I-AA on Monday, finishing ahead of second-place Delaware and third-place Harvard.

This is the second year in a row that CoSIDA has named the football game program as "Best in the Nation." The 2003 version also finished first, ahead of second-place Liberty and third-place Youngstown State.

Illinois State media relations graduate assistants Aaron Johnston, Mike Krizman and Lyndsey Stevenson all received recognition by CoSIDA for their work on the program.

"Even though the Illinois State athletics media relations department has won many publication honors over the years, this is only the second time the office has won consecutive first-place honors," said Todd Kober, assistant athletics director for media relations. "Like in anything, it is difficult to repeat, and this is truly a testament to the amount of pride, passion and dedication that Aaron, Mike and Lyndsey have brought to their graduate assistantship and to this office."

The contest rankings were decided upon by three judges, coordinated by Tim Stried of Ohio State. Illinois State earned scores of 291, 279 and 268 out of a possible 300 points awarded by each judge. Criteria for grading included team information, change pages, feature material, graphics and design, and editorial content.

In addition to the first-place finishes in football, Illinois State's publications have earned other high marks from CoSIDA, with15 top-three finishes in the last 10 years, including back-to-back honors for the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 men's basketball game programs.

[Todd Kober, assistant athletics director for media relations, Illinois State University]

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