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RICHARDSON, Texas –– Texas Lutheran University was voted by its peers as the inaugural winner of the American Southwest Conference Sports Information Department of the Year award for the 2008-09 academic season. TLU was honored on Monday (Aug. 4) during the annual ASC SID meeting in Dallas.

Texas Lutheran’s Sports Information Director is Tim Clark and he is assisted by Patrick Zarate. Clark and Zarate received assistance from student workers A.J. Costa, Jenna Davisson, Aimee Donner, Andrew Femath, Andrew Fernandez, Brian Lewis, Brad Newman, Mac Nwosu, Alison Organ, Rachel Schafer, Sarah Skains, Jessica Stetler, Natalie Suciu, Krystal Valencia and Sunny Valencia during the 2008-09 year.

Clark, a 1994 TLU graduate, has served as SID for the past 11 years. He works with all of TLU’s 14 sports, assisting in game-day operations and management of press boxes at all home sporting events. Clark also handles the TLU athletic website, www.tlu.edu/athletics, and coordinates the production of the university’s award-winning media guides and produces all game programs. Clark served as the chair of the ASC Sports Information Directors for the 2005-06 academic year.

Zarate, a 2003 TLU graduate who is also the head coach for women’s cross country and women’s track and field, has been on the TLU SID staff for six years. He assists in photography, game-day operations, media guide preparation and website updates.

In 2008-09, Clark and Zarate teamed together to handle the media duties for the ASC Cross Country Championships, the NCAA Division III Cross Country South/Southeast Regional Championships, the ASC Volleyball Championship Tournament and a first round series of the ASC Baseball Championship Tournament.

The ASC Sports Information Department of the Year award is presented by the Conference following voting by the membership’s SID’s. All departments are eligible for the honor. The 2008-09 award is the first in the history of the ASC.

ALL-TIME ASC SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR WINNERS