VaSID Distinguished Service Award     The Virginia Sports Information Directors organization sponsors a Distinguished Service Award.  The award is given bi- annually to individuals who have promoted college athletics and the concept of the student-athlete.  To be eligible, a person should have been a part of the athletic community as a coach, administration or media member for a minimum of 20 years.    The first year of the award was 1987, when Bob McLelland of the Roanoke Times and Marshall Johnson of the Associated Press shared the honor.   The most recent recipients are former Liberty University and West Virginia University Sports Information Director Kevin Keys and former Ferrum College Tennis Coach Col. Earl "Bud" Skeens, both of whom earned the award in 2002.

	VaSID Distinguished Service Award Recipients
1987	Bob McLelland, Roanoke Times Marshall Johnson, Associated Press
1989	Bill Snellenberger, Lynchburg College Bob Moorman, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Paul Webb, Old Dominion University Bill Deekens, Richmond News Leader
1991	Bill Brill, Roanoke Times Charles Christian, Norfolk State University Dallas Shirley, Southern Conference
1993	Weenie Miller, Hampden-Sydney College Dr. Leotus Morrison, James Madison University
1994	Millie West, College of William & Mary Dean Ehlers, James Madison University Vic Fulp, Richmond Times-Dispatch
1996	Wayne Block, Christopher Newport University
1998	Jack Williams, Virginia Tech
2000	Doyle Smith, University of Virginia
2002	Kevin Keys, Liberty University & West Virginia University Col. Earl "Bud" Skeens, Ferrum College