SPOKANE, Wash. - Blake Timm of Pacific University has been
selected by his peers within the Northwest Conference as the
recipient of the 2010-11 Jack Sareault Award as the conference's
Sports Information Director of the Year.
Timm is the first person to win the award, which began in 2005-06,
a second time.
The NWC SID of the Year award is named in honor of Jack
Sareault, who served as the conference's SID for 19 years (1978 -
1997). Following his retirement, Sareault spent countless hours
building detailed histories of NWC sports. Sareault passed away in
the fall of 2008.
"I am very humbled to be the first two-time recipient of the
Sareault Award," Timm said. "It is an honor to work with one of the
best groups of sports information directors in the nation and to be
so honored by colleagues and friends."
Over the course of this academic year Timm promoted the first
year of Pacific football, oversaw the rollout of new GoBoxers.com
website and successfully managed the addition of an assistant SID
to the staff. He won three 2011 CoSIDA Fred Stabley, Sr., Writing
Contest District VIII awards for general feature, athlete feature
& event coverage. And he coordinated the rollout of aa
successful video initiative resulting in 60 highlight videos being
produced for the website and YouTube.
"There is something special about being able to work at one's
alma mater," he said. "Pacific athletics is growing and building in
so many positive ways, and I am fortunate to be part of it."
In addition to his work at Pacific, Timm finished a six-year
term on the CoSIDA Board of Directors in 2010 and spent 2011 as a
member of CoSIDA's College Division Management Advisory
Council. He joined Rotary Club of Forest Grove in March 2011
and serves on the club's scholarship committee.
Timm is going into his fifth year as media relations director
for the Pacific University Legends Golf Classic, which raises funds
for the University's athletics program. In this role, he has
coordinated lead-up tournament publicity, on-site media requests
and media sponsorships. He has worked with tournament host and KISS
lead guitarist Tommy Thayer, Gene Simmons, George Lopez, John Daly,
Lisa Guerrero and others.
Timm recently completed his 12th year as the Pacific University
Director of Sports Information.
NWC Sports Information Director of the Year
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2009-10 - Chris Tompson, University of Puget Sound
2008-09 - Blair Cash, George Fox University
2007-08 - Kelly Bird, Linfield College
2006-07 - Blake Timm, Pacific University
2005-06 - Steve Flegel, Whitworth/Northwest Conference