ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Trine's Haleigh Daniels has been named the recipient of the MIAA's Renner Associate SID Award, the conference announced Friday.
A native of Hamilton, Ohio and graduate of Hamilton High School, Daniels worked in Trine University's sports information office for the past two years. She fulfilled numerous responsibilities during her tenure, including writing game recaps, fulfilling official scorer duties, taking photos, posting updates on social media and managing the schedules of student workers assigned to Trine athletic events.
For a short period of time last fall, Daniels functioned as Trine's sports information director during a transition when the school's previous SID resigned to take a position at a nearby school. She also played an invaluable role when the university hired a new sports information director, assisting in that transition.
"I doubt most student-workers could take on the tasks Haleigh did and excel at them the way she did," Trine SID Matthew Vader said. "She ensured that the office kept functioning when there wasn't an SID - a tough situation to be thrown into in the height of the fall sports season."
In addition to her SID duties and carrying a full load of classes, Daniels was also a key player for Trine's MIAA champion softball team this season, hitting .409 with four home runs and 35 RBIs. A shortstop, she was a second team All-MIAA selection and was an All-Central Region selection by the NFCA. She was also recently named the recipient of Trine's Cheryl L. Cooms Award, presented to the school's outstanding senior female student-athlete who best embodies the values of citizenship, leadership, academic achievement and athletic accomplishment.
Daniels graduated from Trine in May with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and psychology, and plans to work as a graduate assistant at the university in the fall while she pursues her master's degree in forensic psychology.
She is the daughter of John and Lori Daniels of Hamilton, Ohio.
The awards honorsTom Renner of Hope College, who served as SID at the college for 47 years and as MIAA publicist for 41 years, and still serves the league as its historian.