July 3, 2007
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State assistant media relations director Dave Kuhn received the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) 25-Year Award at the organization's awards luncheon at the San Diego Marriott Marina Hotel Tuesday afternoon.
Kuhn, who has been in the sports information profession at SDSU for the last 25 years, works as the media contact for baseball, women's volleyball and women's swimming and diving. In addition to his primary duties, Kuhn also assists at football and basketball games and coordinates the production of the football and basketball game programs.
Kuhn has been a member of the athletic media relations office at San Diego State since January 1980, joining the department while taking graduate courses at the school and became a permanent member of the staff the next semester.
A San Diego native, Kuhn is a 1973 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy where he majored in English. After graduating with a B.S. degree and a commission as an ensign, he served five years in the Navy aboard combat ships located in Newport, R.I. and Norfolk, Va.
Upon his discharge from the Navy in 1978, he returned to his home town and took the position of athletic equipment manager at Palomar College in nearby San Marcos. After six months at Palomar, he was accepted into the sports administration program at Ohio University where he earned a masters of education degree in 1980.
An internship with the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League as part of the Ohio University curriculum turned into a position as a ticket and marketing representative with that organization, a job he held from June to November of 1980. He then enrolled at San Diego State to complete the required academic courses for his master's degree and began working in the sports information office.
In his early days at SDSU, he also worked with the Sockers as a press box assistant on game days and was also a freelance high school football and basketball reporter for the Daily Californian in El Cajon.
Kuhn earned his first CoSIDA publication award as co-editor of the 1981-82 San Diego State men's basketball media guide that was named best in the district. Most recently, his 2006 baseball media guide took top district honors.