NWMA honors award winners


PHILADELPHIA - The National Wrestling Media Association, the national professional organization for wrestling journalists, has named the recipients of its annual awards. The NWMA has honored the top wrestling journalists


in the following categories: Broadcaster of the Year, Print Journalist of the Year, Photographer of the Year, Publicist/SID of the Year, Publication of the Year and Website of the Year. This year, the NWMA will also present a Special Award for an outstanding achieve- ment in wrestling journalism. Candidates were nomi- nated by the NWMA members. The NWMA awards were presented on Saturday at


the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia. Jim Nelson of the Waterloo Courier was named Print


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Journalist of the Year. Shane Sparks of Badger State Wrestling was named Broadcaster of the Year. Amanda Dahl of the National Association of Collegiate Athletics was named Publicist/SID of the Year. Tony Nordland of The Mat Slap was named Photographer of the Year. Flowrestling.org was named Website of the Year. The Guillotine was named Publication of the Year. USA Wrestling’s Craig Sesker received a Special


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