Listed here are awards given by the Interest Group to its members. Interests Groups are smaller communities within NCA's large membership that provide a range of resources including networking opportunities, Annual Convention programming, leadership opportunities, awards, and specialized information dissemination channels, among others.
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Top Overall Paper Award
| Year |
Award Winner |
|---|
| 2018 |
Dr. Michael Serazio, "The Transformations in American Sports Journalism: Managing Access and Autonomy in the Production of Infotainment" |
| 2017 |
Jacob Justice, "From Communist Nightmare to American Dream: Mythic Rhetoric in Senator Marco Rubio's 2016 Tribute to Jose Fernandez" |
| 2016 |
Kyle King, “The Spirituality of Sport and the Role of the Athlete in the Tennis Essays of David Foster Wallace” |
Top Student Paper Award
| Year |
Award Winner |
|---|
| 2018 |
Jeanette E. Musselwhite, "Gender Perfomativity: Contradictions and Empowerment Through Femal NFL Fandom" |
| 2017 |
Jacob Justice, "From Communist Nightmare to American Dream: Mythic Rhetoric in Senator Marco Rubio's 2016 Tribute to Jose Fernandez" |
| 2016 |
Kyle King, “The Spirituality of Sport and the Role of the Athlete in the Tennis Essays of David Foster Wallace” |
Emerging Scholar Award
| Year |
Award Winner |
|---|
| 2018 |
Dr. Michael Devlin |
| 2017 |
Gregory Cranmer |
Outstanding Book Award
| Year |
Award Winner |
|---|
| 2018 |
Dr. Daniel A. Grano, The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion |
| 2017 |
Robert Kerr, How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism: The Billy Clyde Conundrum |
