Every SID at every level, and in most sports, has an opportunity to receive recognition for his or her work. And it is no small honor to win an award since the judging is done by news media and magazine personnel who utilize those brochures and publications in their work. There is also an annual writing contest that recognizes this important area of the sports information profession. Ten of CoSIDA's major projects are Academic All-America teams. This program recognizes the achievements of outstanding student athletes on both the university and college division levels.
Members nominate performers in each sport.
There are more than 20 active CoSIDA committees which are working throughout the year and seek input from the membership on how things should be done. These range from workshop social and program units to ethics and gambling awareness committees. CoSIDA calls this immediate involvement. The recipient receives a scholarship to the school of his or her choice. That branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.