
June 15, 2017 — Best of GateHouse
2016 Sports Writer of the Year: Division B
First place: Dan D’Addona, The Holland Sentinel, Holland, Michigan
Read online: Allison Schmitt fights through depression to third Olympics
Significant range, depth of emotion and variety of writing styles makes Dan’s work stand out in a set of magnificent entries in this category. He writes in a way that allows the reader to see things through the eyes of his subjects and sense what they are feeling. Exceptional work.
Second place: Ron Moshier, The Observer-Dispatch, Utica, New York
Third place: Kevin Brockway, The Gainesville Sun, Gainesville, Florida