FWAA Recognizes Iowa Athletic Strategic Communications with Super 11 Award

DALLAS – The University of Iowa Athletic Strategic Communications Office has been honored with the Football Writers Association of America Super 11 Award for the 2025 season, it was announced Thursday by the FWAA.

It is the second straight year and the fourth time in the last seven years that Iowa has been recognized as having one of the best sports information departments in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The department was previously recognized in 2019, 2021 and 2024.

Iowa is joined on the 2025 Super 11 list by Clemson, Kansas, Navy, Nebraska, Ohio State, San Jose State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Tech and West Virginia.

This year’s winners were deemed to have had excellent accessibility during the week of their games and after the game with a program’s players, coaches and coordinators/assistant coaches. Other criteria regarding beat reporter access, interview requests and decorum and protocols in the press box and locker room are listed in the 2025-26 FWAA Directory.

"We once again honor some programs who have provided great assistance to writers for many years and have demonstrated a culture of excellence in what they do in their pressbox and in terms of accessibility to players and coaches," said FWAA Executive Director Steve Richardson. "We applaud those programs as well as the newcomer program. These are the best of the best of several communications staff we honor."

The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,300 men and women across North America who cover college football for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include game-day operations, major awards, a national poll and its annual All-America teams.