The NSMA started its Student Chapter initiative in 2011 as part of our dual mission to "develop educational opportunities for those interested in pursuing a career in sports media, through networking, interning, mentoring, and scholarship programs."
The objectives of the Student Chapters shall be to encourage the understanding of current theories and procedures in the practice of journalism/sports media, to provide and promote a better understanding of the functions of sports media and its values, to stimulate and encourage sports media professionalism through sports media education, to apply the skills, creativity, and energy of sports media to help become better communicators, to develop the individual abilities of its members, to provide students of sports media with the opportunity to become acquainted not only with their peers but with professional practitioners as well and to encourage students to adhere to the highest ideals and principles of the practice of sports media and to instill in them a professional attitude.
Below are the NSMA Student Chapters, in order of their chartering:
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications – Syracuse, NY
Chartered February 2011
FACULTY ADVISOR: Olivia Stomski okstomsk@syr.edu
Priyanka Vohra (left) and Brenna Wilson, Syracuse University student chapter co-presidents, attended the 2011 NSMA Awards Weekend.
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
Nido R. Qubein School of Communication – High Point, NC
Chartered December 2012
FACULTY ADVISOR: TBD
2014 High Point University student chapter members (from left) Taylor Renwick, Austin Ford, Joel Wilson, advisor Dr. Bobby Hayes and Danielle Garland
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Communication – Clarksville, TN
Chartered September 2015
FACULTY ADVISOR: Barry Gresham greshamb@apsu.edu
Barry Gresham, front row far right, with Bob Costas and four Austin Peay students at 2014 NSMA Awards Banquet (Photo: Sean Meyers Photography)
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
School of Journalism and Strategic Media - Murfreesboro, TN
Chartered - April 2020
Faculty Advisors - Dr. Chris Bacon, Dr. Matthew Taylor
MTSU student chapter with guest speaker Jonathan Hutton (front, center) of 104.5 the Zone in Nashville
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES - Tuscaloosa, AL
Chartered - January 2023
Faculty Advisors - Dr. Sean Sadri
Student Officers:
President: Alex Chasen
Vice-President: Will Mauro
Treasurer: Jake Reichert
Secretary: Summer Saunders
Membership Director: Grace Elliott
