NEW YORK, May 14, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2010 nominees for the College Sports Media Awards (CSMA), a competition recognizing excellence in video production at all levels of college sports, have been announced by event sponsors the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the Sports Video Group (SVG). Out of more than 130 entries in three categories, the nominees represent outstanding college sports video productions from campuses across the country as well as commercial college sports videos produced by major television networks and advertising agencies.
The winners of the 2010 College Sports Media Awards will be announced at the College Sports Video Summit (CSVS) on June 8 in Atlanta. To register to attend the event visit: www.CSVSummit.com.
"NACDA is extremely pleased with the diversity of member institutions and conferences that submitted videos this year," said Bob Vecchione, Deputy Executive Director of NACDA. "It is obvious by the quantity and quality of the nominations that the video content created and managed by our member institutions is becoming a value-added resource for athletic departments as they continually strive to serve their constituencies."
A complete list of nominees is available at: www.CSVSummit.com/awards
Collegiate nominees include: Appalachian State University, Austin Peay State University, Baylor University, Fairfield University, Florida State University, Lehigh University, National Junior College Athletic Association, New Mexico State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Seton Hall University, Texas A&M, Texas Tech University, Stanford University, Quinnipiac University, St. Cloud State University, The Mountain West Conference, The Southland Conference, University of Arkansas, University of Central Florida, University of Dayton, University of Georgia, University of Massachusetts, University of Miami, University of Oregon, University of Tennessee.
Corporate/media nominees include CBS College Sports Network, CBS Sports, Cox Sports Rhode Island, ESPN, MELT, Raycom Sports.
About the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
NACDA, now in its 45th year, is the professional and educational association for more than 6,500 college athletics administrators at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. More than 2,300 athletics administrators annually attend the NACDA Convention. Additionally, NACDA administers 11 professional associations that come under the umbrella of the Athletics Director. For more information, visit www.nacda.com.
About Sports Video Group (SVG)
The Sports Video Group was formed in 2006 to support the professional community that relies on video, audio, and broadband technologies to produce and distribute sports content. Leagues, owners, teams, players, broadcasters, webcasters, and consumer technology providers have joined the SVG to learn from each other, turn vision into reality, implement new innovations, while sharing experiences that will lead to advancements in the sports production/distribution process and the overall consumer sports experience.