Housenick Honored with PSAC Heaslip Media Award Monday, August 12, 2013 12:25 PM Tom Housenick of the Allentown Morning Call has been chosen as the winner of the 2013 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference George Heaslip Media Award. Housenick received his award Monday among peers and colleagues at the PSAC East Football Media Luncheon hosted by Kutztown University. Housenick has covered the PSAC, its member institutions and student-athletes for four newspapers over the last 25 years, most recently for the Morning Call, where he is a senior writer. He joined the staff in 2009 and covers East Stroudsburg University and Kutztown University on the college basketball beat, along with local student-athletes across multiple sports. Housenick began his career in Wilkes-Barre in 1988, starting with the Citizens Voice and later working for the Times Leader. He moved to the Sunbury Daily Item in 2000, where he covered Bloomsburg University football and basketball. He has received numerous awards for his writing throughout his career, including recognition for college basketball and high school football. He also has a strong online presence, contributing to the Varsity blog on the Morning Call’s website, and providing frequent updates on Twitter @TomHousenick. His wife, Mandy, is a sports writer at the Morning Call and his son, Jordan, is a Communications major at Bloomsburg. Housenick becomes the 25th winner of the Heaslip Award which is chosen annually by the league’s sports information directors. Named in honor of the late Cheyney University Sports Information Director George Heaslip, the award recognizes a media professional for his or her meritorious service while covering the conference's student-athletes, coaches and teams. The list of the previous Heaslip Award winners: 2012 - John Dudley, Erie Times-News 2011 - Matt Burglund, Indiana Gazette 2010 - Kevin Freeman, Lancaster Intelligencer-Journal 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