By definition of the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award we have found the perfect recipient.
Few on the journalism side took a longer and more winding road there, although most of it has at least been based in Baton Rouge, covering LSU’s always-wild sports scene.
Daniels applied all of hise abilities in building a distinguished broadcasting career that earned him posthumous inclusion in this year’s Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction class, as a recipient of the LSWA’s Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism.
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 has expanded to 12 with the announcement Wednesday that retired football coach Nick Saban, who led LSU to a 2003 national championship, will be enshrined this summer.
Visitation is Friday and a funeral service is Saturday afternoon at the Haynesville First Baptist Church for 2004 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Alton “Red” Franklin, one of the state’s most accomplished and impactful high school football coaches.
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is kicking off the second year of its “Join the Team” membership drive supporting ongoing enhancements to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum in Natchitoches.
Nationally acclaimed and impactful statewide, New Orleans sportscaster Ed Daniels and Glenn Guilbeau of Baton Rouge have been selected for the 2025 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
LSU graduate Herb Vincent, associate commissioner of the Southeastern Conference for the past 11 years after more than two impactful decades as an administrator and publicist at his alma mater, is the 2025 winner of the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award presented by the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
The 2025 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration has been set for Thursday, June 26-Saturday night, June 28, featuring eight shining stars in state sports history.
A champion at every level, West Monroe, LSU and NFL standout Andrew Whitworth, is joined by pro basketball All-Stars Danny Granger and Vickie Johnson, the state’s winningest all-time college baseball coach Joe Scheuermann and Danny Broussard, one of the nation’s most successful high school basketball coaches, among a star-studded eight-member group of competitors’ ballot inductees chosen for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
