Bison News

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Edward Hill, Jr., Howard's veteran sports information director, received the 25-year award at the College Sports Information Directors Association's annual workshop in San Antonio, Texas.

Like many of his contemporaries, Hill started out as a journalist before gravitating to sports information, starting his career as an SID in 1983 as an Assistant SID at Howard University. Hill was appointed Sports Information Director in March of 1986.

Before coming to Howard, Hill was a staff writer for the Winston-Salem Chronicle and the Black College Sports Review. He also worked as a news aide and freelance writer for the Washington Post Sports and Weekly sections for two years. Hill has written stories that have appeared in such publications as USA Today, AOL Black Voices and The NCAA News.

At Howard, Hill has participated in several NCAA championships in several sports. A member of CoSIDA since 1983 and he is also a member of the Black College Sports Information Directors of America (BCSIDA) and is active in the Washington, D.C. community where he served as head coach and co-founder and former coach of the DC Warriors youth basketball program. Hill is an adjunct professor at Howard University where he teaches a class, Sports and the Media.

He earned the 2005 Bob Kenworthy Award from CoSIDA for his community service outside the profession.