The Bill Nichols Award was created in 2010 to recognize a sports information professional or a member of the media who has demonstrated an understanding and passion for amateur athletics, while covering the students and programs of NCAA Division III and the OAC. The award is named for longtime Cleveland Plain Dealer sports writer and Baldwin Wallace alum Bill Nichols.
Award Recipients
2024 | Mark Bradley, WMOA Radio (Marietta)
2023 | Kevin Ruple, Baldwin Wallace
2022 | Lenny Reich, Mount Union
2020 | Terry Pluto, The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com
2019 | Mark Znidar, Columbus Dispatch/Press Pro Magazine
2018 | Chris Wenzler, John Carroll
2017 | Tom Usher, Lima News
2016 | Ed Syguda, Otterbein
2015 | Harry Paidas, Mount Union
2014 | Big John Wharff, WMOA Radio
2013 | David Glasier, Lake County News-Herald
2012 | Joe Tait, Mount Union
201 | Bill Robinson, Marietta Times
2010 | Ron Miller, The Daily Jeffersonian
