Kutztown, Pa. - Chuck Seese of WVPO/WSBG radio in Stroudsburg, Pa. has been named as the 2009 recipient of the George Heaslip Media Award from the PSAC, it was announced on Monday at PSAC East Football Media Day held at Kutztown.
Seese, who is entering his 21st year as the radio play-by-play voice of East Stroudsburg football, is the 21st recipient of the Heaslip Award, which is presented annually by the sports information directors of the PSAC to a media professional for meritorious service in covering the conference's student-athletes, coaches and teams. The award is named after former Cheyney sports information director George Heaslip, an admirable ambassador of his institution and the PSAC.
Now entering his 25th year at WVPO/WSBG, Seese is a graduate of East Stroudsburg and has been a tireless promoter of Warrior athletics over the course of his career, which has now spanned three decades as both a radio professional and as a student at ESU, when he worked for the campus radio station.
He is also the public address announcer for the Warriors men's basketball team and has served as Master of Ceremonies for pep rallies, Midnight Madness and many other events on campus. Seese has broadcast postseason football games in 1991, 2004 and 2005, when the Warriors won the Northeast Region championship and advanced to the national semifinals. He has also witnessed PSAC East titles in 1991, 2002 and 2003 and called record-setting performances by quarterbacks Damian Poalucci and Jimmy Terwilliger, wide receiver Evan Prall and running back Anthony Carfagno during his time with the Warriors.
(East Stroudsburg sports information contributed to this story)
Previous Heaslip Media Award Recipients
2009-Chuck Seese, WVPO/WSBG Radio/Stroudsburg
2008-Tony Coccagna, Indiana Gazette
2007-Phil Axelrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2006-Bob Black, Harrisburg Patriot News
2005-Ron Bracken, Centre Daily Times
2004-Liz Sullivan, West Chester Daily Local News
2003-Dave Mackall, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
2002-Goose Goslin, KDKA Radio
2001-By Kintzer, WGAL/WLPA Radio
2000-Jeff Schuler, (Allentown) Morning Call
1999-Bob Hafer, Harrisburg Patriot-News
1998-Tom Coccagna, Chambersburg Public Opinion
1997-Bill Albright, Williamsport Sun Gazette
1996-Jim Camp, Erie Morning News
1995-Jack Benedict, WCCS/Radio Homer City
1994-Tom Rose, Washington Observer-Reporter
1993-Jim Doyle, WJMW Radio, Bloomsburg
1992-Pete Zapadka, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1991-Ray “Skip” Hutter, Harrisburg Patriot-News
1990-Ross Nevel, The Lock Haven Express
1989-Ray Kienzl, The Pittsburgh Press