Anne Abicht (2015) - Hall of Fame - St. Cloud State University Athletics

Anne Abicht

Induction:
2015

Anne Abicht was just the fifth individual and first woman in school history to be named the Director of Athletic Media Relations at St. Cloud State in January of 1985. After 30 years of service to the university and Huskies athletics, Abicht retired in July of 2015. Since her arrival on the SCSU campus, the athletic department moved its hockey program to NCAA Division I status and added three women's sports in ice hockey, soccer and Nordic skiing. She has served as a media host at countless conference championships and NCAA regional tournaments, as well as hundreds of events hosted by St. Cloud State throughout her career. Abicht served as a press officer for the United States Olympic Committee at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France, where she covered the men's hockey team and St. Cloud State alumnus and Olympian, Bret Hedican. A female pioneer in the world of sports information, Abicht was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame and received the CoSIDA Lifetime Achievement Award in June of 2015. She served a three-year term on the CoSIDA Board of Directors from 2008-11 and was a long-time member of the NCAA Division II-SIDA Board of Directors. In July of 2006 she received CoSIDA's 25-Year Award and one year later she earned CoSIDA's Trailblazer Award presented annually to an individual who is a pioneer in the field of sports information who has mentored and helped improve the level of ethnic and gender diversity within CoSIDA.