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NEWMAC, Seven Sisters, MAIAW and New England championships. In her time at Smith, her teams and athletes have made 26 NCAA national appearances, had three individual national champions and over 60 of Smith student-athletes have received All-America honors. Grills has had two state winners in the national NCAA Woman of the Year program and she also celebrated with eight athletes as they hit their 1,000th career point in basketball. Grills also received numerous accolades for committee work over the years. She served on the 90th Anniversary of Women’s Basketball Committee in 1993 and coordinated the festivities at Smith that received national coverage, including the reenactment of the first game played at Smith in 1893. She served on this committee again in 2003 when Smith celebrated the 100th anniversary. As Smith College was a founding member of the Seven Sisters Championships and the NEW 6 (now NEWMAC) conference, Grills was a representative who attended the inaugural meetings. During the first three years of the NEW 6, she served as the conference’s official basketball statistician. She compiled the minutes from the first four years of all the NEW 6 meetings, wrote the first policies and procedures handbook for the conference and also served as the NEW 6 treasurer. Grills also volunteered for many years in the media room during the Basketball Hall of Fame’s Tip-Off games. “Carole was also a trailblazer,” Crosley noted. “She was one of the first female sports information directors in New England, and was a constant proponent for the advancement of women in college athletics. Many of her former students have gone on to very successful athletic administrative careers, and all of them have given Carole much of the credit for their success.” Ann King, SID at The Sage Colleges said of Grills that “In her retirement announcement to her colleagues, the underlying concern expressed by Carole was not that of concern for herself but that of others, such as what the cutbacks in the sports information profession at Smith would do to the students and coaches she has worked so hard to promote and advance through her tireless dedication. She also expressed a concern for her fellow sports information professionals as to how this would affect them in their work.” “Having known Carole since the late 1980’s, she became a mentor, a colleague, and a dear friend, added King. “I cannot think of a more worthy candidate for this unique honor as she will become the first female from Division III to be the recipient of CoSIDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award!” Grills is the mother of two daughters and has one grandson and three granddaughters. Both of her daughters are graduates of Smith who went on to pursue graduate degrees. Jennifer received a law degree from Villanova and Amie a doctorate in clinical child psychology from Virginia Tech. Daughter Amie commented that “it wasn’t easy sharing my mom with her ‘needy other family’ - the coaches, not the athletes - but what I realized as an adult is what an important role model she was for my sister and me. She was one of only a few working moms among our friends’ families and she often had to find creative ways to manage her professional and personal lives. We saw flexibility, dedication, and most important her ability to have work and family life balance. She also pushed us to strive for excellence, which is what she modeled through her own work.” CoSIDA E-Digest April 2013 • 62
y Jack Neumann, University of Calgary CoSIDA Special Awards Committee member After 40 years of dedicated service, one of the most honored and esteemed Sports Information Directors is retiring. Bill Hamilton, one of the most respected Sports Information Directors to serve the profession began his career at South Carolina State in 1973. Since joining the department, he has had four decades of uninterrupted service to the university community. Hamilton will receive a 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual CoSIDA Convention, taking place this June at the Orlando Marriott World Center. The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to CoSIDA members who have served at least 25 years in the profession (as of June 2013) who are retiring or leaving the profession. A native of Baltimore, MD., but who grew up in Chesterfield, South Carolina, Hamilton graduated from South Carolina State in 1973. He was interviewed for the job by then public relations director Marlverse Nicholson. Eventually late SC State President Maceo Nance created a sports information position and Hamilton was placed in charge on the campus located in Orangeburg, S.C. During his tenure Hamilton has witnessed numerous technological changes in the business both internally and externally. Hamilton got it done by sending press releases, game stories and features on his coaches and athletes all over the country. When he started in the business, he used a typewriter, telecopier and mimeograph. To his credit and professionalism, Hamilton embraced these changes. Hamilton has seen over 400 S.C. State football games, five NCAA men’s basketball tournaments LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD bill Hamilton, South Carolina State involving the Bulldogs, and was present when South Carolina State were AIAW Division II women’s basketball champions in 1979. Hamilton’s work has earned him induction into three Halls of Fame (S.C. State Athletics, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and College Sports Information of America) and the prestigious Herman Helms Media Excellence Award this past May. He was the second recipient of the award named after the long time sports editor for The State newspaper credited with reviving interest in the S.C. Athletics Hall of Fame and its first media inductee. Bill has mentored numerous aspiring Sports Information Directors and has been active in CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America). He has served CoSIDA being a part of numerous committees, serving on the CoSIDA Board and has been active with the Black College Sports Information Directors of America (BCSID). In addition to be inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame (2009) Hamilton has received the Bob Kenworthy Award (1998) for service to his community, and the Arch Ward Award CoSIDA E-Digest April 2013 • 63 (2009) for the Division I SID who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of college sports information, and by his or her activities, who has brought dignity to the profession.
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