Central College came away with three more awards in the College Sports Communicators’ Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest, including a pair of national honors.

Central, which also had three entries cited last year, was awarded first place in the CSC College Division for Coach/Administrator Profile with a Civitas magazine feature “Teachers of the Game.” The feature was written about faculty members Keith Jones and Russ Goodman, who also serve as assistant coaches in softball and women’s soccer respectively. Taking second place in the nation and first place in District 7 for Event Coverage was “Believe it! Terrell shot seals Central men’s basketball crown,” about an American Rivers title-clinching win at Simpson College. A profile of former Central defensive back Adam Gregg, who now serves as Iowa’s lieutenant governor, called “Schipper Stadium path leads to Iowa Capitol for Gregg,” took second place in District 7 in the General Feature/Blog category.

The entries were judged in the College Division that included NCAA Division II and III institutions as well as NAIA schools and two-year colleges. District 7 includes colleges and universities in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

All three stories were written by athletics communications director Larry Happel, who has served in that role at Central for more than 45 years. He previously won the CSC Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest National Story of the Year Award in 2017 and has now received 18 CSC writing awards overall, as well as two from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He’s also received 22 CSC publication awards and was inducted into the CSC Hall of Fame in 2010. He’s a former CSC board member and past D3SIDA president.