Retyi Earns Three National CoSIDA Writing Awards
12/8/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Dec. 8, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan assistant director for athletic media relations Richard Retyi earned six writing awards, including three national honors in the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest for the 2008-09 season.
The honors give Retyi 15 CoSIDA writing awards in total, including seven national awards in the last three years.
Retyi's two-part story "On the Road with Michigan Football" was named the nation's top general feature, while his profile of Michigan women's gymnast Maureen Moody and her father's battle with pancreatic cancer entitled "One Final Season" was named the second-best athlete feature. Retyi's personal essay "A (Sentimental) Look Inside the Big Ten Championship Women's Gymnastics Team" earned third-place honors in the historical features category.
Retyi also received second-place all-district recognition for his profile on strength and conditioning coach Parker Whiteman entitled "Parker Whiteman Can't Lose" and for his coverage of Michigan's spring football alumni game "Jon Navarre is Cold Today." He also collected third-place all-district honors for his profile on Michigan offensive lineman Jon Ferrara and his father called "John Ferrara's 9-11."
MGoBlue.com web project manager Jon Ripperger and MGoBlue.com assistants Matt Baumer and Eric Bronson shared in the writing awards as editors on "On the Road with Michigan Football" and each of Retyi's all-district honors, while Athletic Media Relations publications director and managing editor of M Magazine, Barb Cossman, shared in the writing award as an editor on "One Final Season."
Retyi writes the recurring Field Pass column during Michigan football home games as well as regular features for MGoBlue.com, including a recent feature on how Michigan's current offense is as old as the Winged Helmets themselves. [ Complete Story ]
Read Retyi's Award-Winning Stories
• On the Road With Michigan Football: Part One, Part Two
• A (Sentimental) Look Inside the Big Ten Women's Gymnastics Team
Contact: Richard Retyi (734) 763-4423
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