Cardinals’ Harrington makes cut for Newsmaker of Year
Published 11:58 pm Wednesday, March 30, 2016
BEAUMONT – Despite the fact the 2015 football season ended more than four months ago, the honors continue to pour in for All-America running back Kade Harrington. The 2015 Southland Conference Player of the Year has been named a finalist for the Press Club of Southeast Texas Newsmaker of the Year Award.
The annual event hosts local dignitaries and also recognizes the top area newsmakers from Southeast Texas. The finalists for the Newsmaker of the Year award were voted on by Press Club membership.
Proceeds from the banquet fund the Press Club Memorial Scholarship at LU dedicated to deceased journalists and awarded annually to students in communications, advertising, public relations or a related field.
The award winners will be named at the 25th Annual Excellence in the Media and Newsmaker of the Year Awards ceremony Friday, June 10, at the MCM Elegante. The ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. and last until 10:30 p.m.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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