The University of Rochester's Department of Athletic Communications scored a pair of Creative & Digital Design Contest honors from the College Sports Communicators (CSC), as its 2024 Football and 2024-25 Women's Basketball Media Guides were named the Best in NCAA Division III for the second-consecutive year.
 
The department's 2024 football and 2024-25 women's basketball media guides earned the top two spots, respectively, in the contest's Media Guides, Best of Division III category. Both media guides were edited by Director of Athletic Communications Scott Sabocheck and Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Ari Ross, while graduate student Hannah Keiper '24/'25 designed the two covers.
 
The 2024-25 CSC Creative & Digital Design Contest set records for the second year in a row with a 33.5% participation increase from the previous year and tallying 2,160 total entries, including 930 entries from the University Division and 1,230 entries from the College Division. A total of nine contest categories saw increased participation year over year, while the Portfolio Contests saw an enormous increase, with 173 total entries, along with the addition of two more contests. Over the last two editions of the contest, participation has skyrocketed more than 125 percent overall from 957 entries in 2023-24.
 
More than 250 institutions and conference offices were among the participants this year, with more than 650 total individuals having been named on an entry. A total of 435 places were recognized in the overall contest results, while 307 entries garnered "Best Of" honors for each level in the College Division. 930 entries made up the 17 contests in the University Division, composed exclusively of Division I institutions. The College Division was headlined by Division II with 571 total entries, followed by Division III with 447, the NAIA with 170, Canadian Institutions with 17, two-year colleges with 16 and high schools with nine.
 
A total of 123 different institutions and league offices were among those recognized, along with 229 individuals who either submitted solo entries or collaborations from their communications and creative staff.
 
The Athletic Communications Department will be hiring Creative Assistants this Fall. For more information, check out the job posting on JobLink, or reach out to the Athletic Communications staff.