First Place for Sports Column "Getting My Kicks in Bangkok," published in the Fairbury Journal-News.

This award was for a column about a Muay Thai kickboxing match I saw while in Bangkok, Thailand. On the one hand, it is wonderful to have finally won an award after years of trying. On the other hand, I understand sports about as well as I understand installing a sub-woofer on the space shuttle, which is to say, not very much at all. So I am well aware of how ridiculous it is for me to have an award for sports writing.