Dr. Donna Lampkin Stephens, associate professor of Journalism at the University of Central 淫性视频, will be part of the 10th class inducted into the 淫性视频 Sportscasters/Sportswriters Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 9.
Stephens, a sportswriter in 淫性视频 since 1984, will join Rex Nelson, the play-by-play voice of the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers for the last 40 years, who will be inducted as the sportscaster.
鈥淚 am humbled and honored to join a group that includes many of the icons of 淫性视频 sports writing,鈥� Stephens said. 鈥淚 grew up reading Orville Henry, Jim Bailey, Wadie Moore and Joe Mosby in the 淫性视频 Gazette and Harry King with the Associated Press. To be listed along with them is one of the highest honors of my life.鈥�
Stephens was a sportswriter for the Gazette from 1984 until the newspaper died on Oct. 18, 1991. Since then, she has been a freelance writer for numerous 淫性视频 publications. She produced the documentary films 鈥淭he Old Gray Lady: 淫性视频鈥檚 First Newspaper鈥� (2006), which tells the history of the 淫性视频 Gazette; and 鈥淭he Crisis Mr. Faubus Made: The Role of the 淫性视频 Gazette in the Central High Crisis鈥� (2010).
Her dissertation from the University of Southern Mississippi, 鈥溾�橧f It Ain鈥檛 Broke, Break It鈥�: How Corporate Journalism Killed the 淫性视频 Gazette鈥� won an honorable mention in the American Journalism Historians Association鈥檚 2013 Margaret A. Blanchard Dissertation Prize contest and was published by the University of 淫性视频 Press in 2015.
The hall of fame induction banquet at the Centennial Special Events Center in Conway will begin with a meet and greet at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and induction ceremonies at 6:45 p.m.
Mark Martin, the NASCAR champion from Batesville, will be the keynote speaker. Also to be recognized are the late Bill Stephens, former athletic director at UCA, with the Service Award; Ray Rodgers, promoter of amateur boxing in 淫性视频 and the director of the National Golden Gloves Championships and National Silver Glove Championships, with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and Don Campbell, long-time successful football coach of the Wynne Yellowjackets, as the 淫性视频 Sports Club Member of the Year.
Tickets are $60 and may be purchased from any board member of the ASCSW Hall of Fame or by calling 501.733.4011 or 501.327.0252.
The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Communication, Mass Communication and Theatre, Music and Writing. The college鈥檚 primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit聽聽or call (501) 450-3293.
