SC State's Hamilton Headed for CoSIDA Hall of Fame

(WLTX-CoSIDA) - William "Bill" Hamilton, the longtime Sports Information Director at South Carolina State University, will be inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame on Thursday, June 25, 2009, at the organization's annual workshop to be held in San Antonio, Texas.

Hamilton, a 2009 inductee into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame, is in his 36th year as the sports publicist for S.C. State. Over more than three decades at the Orangeburg, S.C., institution, the veteran publicist and talented writer has provided features articles and game stories for various newspapers and magazines in an effort to bring awareness to the achievements and accomplishments of South Carolina State's athletics program.

Hamilton has promoted numerous athletes who have gone on to distinguish themselves in the National Football League and other professions including Pro Football Hall of Famer Harry Carson (New York Giants) and National Football League standouts Robert Porcher (Detroit Lions), Donnie Shell (Pittsburgh Steelers), Charlie Brown (Washington Redskins), Edwin Bailey (Seattle Seahawks), Dwayne Harper (Seattle Seahawks), William Judson (Miami Dolphins), and Dextor Clinkscale (Dallas Cowboys).

As a CoSIDA member for 35 years, Hamilton has garnered many accolades, including the CoSIDA Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award (1998) and the CoSIDA Trailblazer Award (2005). He also has received several CoSIDA publication and writing awards during his long tenure at SCSU.

Hamilton is also a member of the Black College Sports Information Directors Association (BCSIDA) and received the BCSIDA Cal Jacox-Champ Clark Outstanding SID Award in 1989. In 2005, he received the All-American Football Foundation Scoop Hudgins Outstanding SID Award.

Hamilton was the SC State University Staff Employee of the Year in 1999 and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at his alma mater in 2002. He also earned his school's NAFEO Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2006. He is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Hamilton will be one of five sports information professionals to be inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame at the San Antonio Workshop. He joins Minnesota State Mankato's Paul Allan, McNeese State's Louis Bonnette, Union College's Eric McDowell, and Vanderbilt University's Tammy Boclair in the Class of 2009.