Complete Publications Contest Results

Kansas City, Mo. - The NAIA-Sports Information Directors Association (NAIA-SIDA) recently announced their annual publications and media contest results and the Bushnell athletic communications office and marketing office were honored for work across multiple disciplines.

Each year, NAIA-SIDA recognizes excellence in athletic communications, publications, digital media, video production and creative content across the association. Bushnell led the Cascade Collegiate Conference, honored a total of 13 times. 

The headliner for 2026 was a top-ten finish in the NAIA Website Contest. BushnellBeacons.com came in with a No. 8 national ranking, making it the top-rated website in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. Bushnell had the only recognized website anywhere west of Tennessee. 

Kelsey Segren, Coordinator for Athletic Marketing and Communications, tied a record set last year with five awards. She placed three season highlight videos in the top six with the Women's Volleyball Season Highlights taking second place. The Men's Soccer Season Highlights followed in fourth and the Women's Basketball Season Highlights took sixth. Segren also earned two awards in the Game Highlights category, taking seventh place for men's soccer and ninth place for volleyball. A five-year veteran of the Bushnell athletic communications office, Segren has now earned 16 awards with the Beacons including one first-place finish in 2025. 

Nick Askew, who recently celebrated 25 years as a member of NAIA-SIDA and College Sports Communicators (CSC), earned three awards in the Dr. Jack Bell Writing Contest for Season Preview stories. His Women's Soccer Season Preview took fifth place, followed by the Cross Country Season Preview and Men's Soccer Season Preview which tied for sixth. During his career, Askew has earned 71 contest awards, including five first-place honors. 

Three partners of the athletic communications office were also honored this year, with all three earning awards for the first time. Bushnell Coordinator for Marketing and video specialist Nick Rodriguez was honored for two Feature Videos. His video tour of the Golf Player Development Center took fourth place while his Iggy Awards Hype Video took tenth. Also in the Feature Video category, Matt Geronimo, Coordinator for Campus Ministry, produced a Baseball Chaplain Captains Spotlight video which took seventh. 

The final award was earned by Men's Track & Field junior and a student-intern with the Bushnell Marketing office, Kaleo Wellman. His Indoor Track & Field Highlight Video took third-place in the Game Highlights category.