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Internships & Scholarships

Since 1990, AWSM has placed more than 200 female college students interested in sports media careers (sports writing, broadcast production, social media and media relations) in paid summer internships. Each winner receives a $1,000 scholarship, complimentary registration and lodging at AWSM’s annual conference and a complimentary one-year membership to the organization.

The application period for AWSM's 2024 Scholars program closed in December. Contact the AWSM board if you have any questions about the program.

special thanks

Host employers

ESPN, Perfect Game and USA Today Sports will return as host employers for the 2024 internship/scholarship class. AWSM welcomes the Los Angeles Times and MassLive as first time internship hosts.

2024 AWSM Scholars

Clara Cahill-Rogers
Boston University
MassLive.com
Mary Garber/APSE Scholarship

Clara Cahill-Rogers, who graduated from Boston University in May, was a correspondent for the Boston Globe and completed international internships with the Daily Telegraph Australia and Irish Daily Mail. Cahill-Rogers also covered Boston area sports for BU Today and the Daily Free Press. She was the Associated Press Sports Editors BU student chapter treasurer her senior year. Cahill-Rogers is a MassLive.com summer intern and the recipient of the Mary Garber APSE Scholarship.

Sarah Camilleri
Susquehanna University
Perfect Game
Joyce-Jenks Family Scholarship

Sarah Camilleri, who graduated from Susquehanna University in May, held a wide range of student media production jobs during her undergraduate career. She also served as a creative intern with the Altoona Curve baseball team, the AA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. During the internship, she designed artwork, created in-house videos and worked as an audio technician assisting with the live broadcast of games. Camilleri is a Perfect Game summer intern and the recipient of the Joyce-Jenks Family Scholarship.

Ira Gorawara
University of California - Los Angeles
Founders Scholarship

Ira Gorawara, who will start her junior year at UCLA in the fall, grew up in Hong Kong and often visited her extended family in India. She's long been an ambitious storyteller, publishing a children's book, "The ABCs of Life," at age 17. She is fluent in four languages and has previously worked for Cricket Hong Kong and New Delhi Television. She will be the sports editor of the Daily Bruin in the fall and is a summer intern with the South China Morning Post. Gorawara is the recipient of the Founders Scholarship.

Savannah Hernandez
University of Georgia
Jim Brennan Scholarship

Savannah Hernandez is poised to start her senior year at the University of Georgia, where she is a UGA Foundation Fellowship Scholar in the Honors College. Hernandez has worked as a reporter, photographer and graphic designer. She has interned with the Marietta Daily Journal and Associated Press during the 2023 Women's World Cup. Hernandez currently is a creative media intern for the University of Georgia athletics program. She is the recipient of the Jim Brennan Scholarship.

Marissa Kraus
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Los Angeles Times
Celeste Williams Memorial Scholarship

Marissa Kraus, who graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May, has worked as a reporter and photographer throughout her undergraduate career. She was a member of the Sports Journalism Institute’s 2022 class and completed an internship with the Denver Post. Kraus also has worked at the Omaha World Herald and the Daily Nebraskan. She is a Los Angeles Times summer intern and the recipient of the Celeste Williams Memorial Scholarship.

Carrie McDonald
Georgetown University
USA Today Sports
Betty Brennan Scholarship

Caroline "Carrie" McDonald, who graduated from Georgetown University in May, completed a mix of sports journalism and public policy internships during her undergraduate career. She was the senior sports editor for The Hoya, Georgetown's student newspaper, and worked for Massive Data Institute, Women's Sports Exchange and D.C. Witness. McDonald is a USA Today Sports summer intern and is the recipient of the Betty Brennan Scholarship.

Chiselwa Sandala
University of Missouri
ESPN
Leah Siegel Memorial Scholarship

Chiselwa Sandala, who graduated from the University of Missouri in May, has extensive on camera and producer experience. Sandala was a sports and news anchor for KOMU 8 News, a digital content producer for 5th Down and did social media work for WIN Columbia and KOMU 8 Friday Night Fever. She also completed a reporting internship with Slam Magazine in 2022. Sandala is an ESPN summer intern and the recipient of the Leah Siegel Memorial Scholarship.

Shelby Swanson
University of North Carolina
Betty Jolly Scholarship

Shelby Swanson, who is entering her senior year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is sports editor of the Daily Tar Heel after holding a variety of jobs at the student publication. Swanson previously was a The Chatham News+Record. She is a member of the Sports Journalism Institute 2024 class and is interning this summer with The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. She is the recipient of the Betty Jolly Scholarship.

scholarships

AWSM thanks our generous donors for their continued support and the Sports Journalism Institute for their ongoing partnership. This program would not be possible without their backing. The application period opens each fall.

Betty Brennan Scholarship
Endowed by
Christine Brennan
Betty Jolly Scholarship
Endowed by
Tom Jolly
Celeste Williams Memorial Scholarship
Endowed by
Jim Jenks & Jorge Rojas
Founders Scholarship
Endowed by
Martin Doerfler & Kristin Huckshorn
Jim Brennan Scholarship
Endowed by
Christine Brennan
Joyce-Jenks Family Scholarship
Endowed by
Jim Jenks
Leah Siegel Memorial Scholarship
Endowed by
Myra MacPherson
Mary Garber/APSE Scholarship
Endowed by
APSE

AWSM Interns

2022

Candice Hatch (ETSU)
Sporting News
Claire Kuwana (Northwestern)
Dallas Morning News
Mallory Schnell (Arizona State)
NCAA Digital
Amna Subhan (Arizona State)
Sports Illustrated
Payton Titus (Florida)
Yahoo Sports
Emma Trainor (Oklahoma State)
USA Softball
DonA Traylor-Askew (Georgia)
ESPN

2021

Natalie Bode (North Carolina)
NCAA Digital
Emily Leiker (Missouri)
USA Today
Stormi Leonard (Arkansas Tech)
USA Softball
Christina Long (Missouri)
Star Tribune
Augusta Stone (Georgia)
Sports Illustrated
Arianna Vedia (Texas-Arlington)
Dallas Morning News

2020

Mari Faiello (Florida)
Orlando Sentinel
Aria Gerson (Michigan)
USA Today
Anna Glenn Grove (Georgia)
ESPN
Kennedi Landry (LSU)
MLB.com
Paige Leckie (Maryland)
MLB.com
Ally Lutter (Penn State)
CNN Sports
Chelsea Roemer (Missouri)
USA Softball
Riley Trujillo (Arizona State)
Sporting News

2019

Tess DeMeyer (Brown)
USA Today
Torrey Hart (Claremont McKenna)
Sports Illustrated
Ashley Hodge (Clemson)
ESPN
Devin Kane (Missouri)
USA Softball
Meghan Kelly (Notre Dame)
CNN Sports
Stephanie Sheehan (Connecticut)
MLB.com
Jamila St. Ann (Missouri)
Sporting News

2018

Paige Bird (Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne)
Golf Channel
Rachel Brittain (North Carolina)
Fox Sports
Amanda Christovich (Georgetown)
USA Today
Madeline Heaps (California)
USA Softball
Isabel Miller (Texas)
CNN Sports
Julia Poe (USC)
Sports Illustrated
Blake Richardson (North Carolina)
MLB.com
Anne Rogers (Missouri)
MLB.com
Melissa Rule (Syracuse)
ESPN

2017

Kaitlin Alexander (Florida)
CNN Sports
Amanda Capritto (LSU)
PRO Sports Communications
Courtney Day (Drake)
USA Softball
Erin Dolan (Penn State)
ESPN
Katherine Fitzgerald (ASU)
USA Today
Alaina Getzenberg (Cal-Berkeley)
MLB.com
Eden Laase (Gonzaga)
Sports Illustrated
Victoria Rutigliano (Quinnipiac)
Golf Channel

2016

Hannah Burton (Maryland)
CNN Soprts
Callie Caplan (Maryland)
USA Today
Madeline Lee (Northwestern)
MLB.com
Chloe Pavlech (Maryland)
MLB Network
Emily Roth (Missouri)
ESPN
Shannon Scovel (American)
Sports Illustrated
Hanna Sprague (Michigan State)
PRO Sports Communications
Terrin Waack (Alabama)
Sporting News

2015

Kristen Gowdy (Ithaca)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Elpin Keshishzadeh (San Diego St.)
PRO Sports Communications
Beth Maiman (Oregon)
MLB.com
Ashley Scoby (Kentucky)
Sports Illustrated
Sarah Scrivens (Oregon)
CNN Sports
Alex Tekip (Michigan State)
ESPN

2014

Nicole Comparato (North Carolina)
CNN Sports
Erin Flynn (Richmond)
Sports Illustrated
Kelli Grashel (Oklahoma State)
USA Softball
Brooke Healey (Emory)
ESPN
Kalyn Kahler (Northwestern)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Grace Raynor (North Carolina)
MLB.com
Alexandria Valdez (Montana)
Denver Post

2013

Sarah Barshop (Marquette)
ESPN
Kelly Erickson (Wisconsin)
MLB.com
Maria Guardado (Yale)
Sports Illustrated
Brooke Pryor (North Carolina)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Caitlin Swieca (Missouri)
Denver Post
Megan Stewart (Arizona State)
Scholarship winner only

2012

Kimie Bunyasaranand (Penn)
Sports Illustrated
Paige Curtis (Virginia)
USA Swimming
Ros Dumlao (Illinois)
Denver Post
Chelsea Janes (Yale)
MLB.com
Kelly Parsons (North Carolina)
Washington Times
Tori Petry (Florida)
ESPN

2011

Emily Bayci (Illinois)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Christina De Nicola (Miami-FL)
MLB.com
Jamie Erdahl (American)
ESPN
Sarah Kuta (Northwestern)
Denver Post
Joan Niesen (Missouri)
Sports Illustrated
Audrey Snyder (Penn State)
MLB.com

2010

Mary Albl (Boise State)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Amanda Anderson (Maryland)
ESPN
Abbey Doran (North Carolina)
USA Track & Field
Marlowe Hereford (Marshall)
Salt Lake Tribune
Laken Litman (Texas)
Sports Illustrated
Gina Mizell (Arizona State)
MLB.com
Jocelyn Syrstad (Penn State)
MLB.com

2009

Lauren Blackwell (Oklahoma State)
ESPN
Amy Brittain (LSU)
MLB.com
Anne Larimer Hart (Virginia)
Sports Illustrated
Cecile Nguyen (Santa Clara)
USA Track & Field
Rachel Ullrich (North Carolina)
Raleigh News & Observer

2008

Lana Altman (NYU)
ESPN
Christine Amorose (Cal State Chico)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Lauren Bernheim (Ohio)
Sports Illustrated
Britt Braudo (Emerson)
Detroit News
Amber Kuehn Kremple (Montana)
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Sam Newman (North Carolina)
MLB.com
April Prior (Ohio)
MLB.com
Elizabeth Rauf (Montana)
Miami Herald
Gabriella Remington (North Carolina)
MLB.com

2007

Janiece Gatson (Kansas)
St. Petersburg Times
Jen Iso (Pepperdine)
ESPN
Lauren Kobylarz (Duke)
MLB.com
Elizabeth McCue (Texas)
Sports Illustrated
Krysten Powers (LSU)
Detroit News
Chelsea Thornton (Cal State Chico)
Salt Lake Tribune
Jenny Vrentas (Columbia)
Newark Star-Ledger
Kelcey Zutavern (Doane)
USA Track & Field

2006

DaShawn Brown (North Carolina)
ESPN
Briana Gorman (North Carolina)
Detroit News
Lisa Kennelly (Harvard)
Newark Star-Ledger
Jill McCormick (Colorado State)
USA Track & Field
Rebecca Plevin (Northwestern)
Sports Illustrated
Becky Regan (Cal State Chico)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Allison Tiberia (South Florida)
St. Petersburg Times

2005

Tania Ganguli (Northwestern)
Sports Illustrated
Jamie Hancock (North Carolina)
Detroit News
Erin Kendrick (Maryland)
Newark Star-Ledger
Dawn Klemish (Michigan State)
St. Petersburg Times
Megan Kolodgy (Michigan)
Cleveland Plain Dealer

2004

Stacy Bauman (Wisconsin)
Arizona Republic
Rosanna Chea (UCLA)
St. Petersburg Times
Maureen Fulton (Missouri)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brenda Lee (Harvard)
Sports Illustrated
Larra Overton (Indiana)
ESPN
Sarah Rothschild (Northwestern)
Newark Star-Ledger

2003

Andrea Cohen (Northwestern)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kellie Dixon (North Carolina)
Arizona Republic
Tara Hernandez (Michigan State)
ESPN
Jessica Garrison (Virginia)
Sports Illustrated
Julia Wood (Georgetown)
St. Petersburg Times

2002

Lindsay Augustyn (Nebraska)
St. Petersburg Times
Emily Badger (Northwestern)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Abby Bultmeier (Purdue)
US Olympic Committee
Janny Hu (Cal-Berkeley)
Dallas Morning News
Jill Inkrott (Miami-OH)
Sports Illustrated
Krista Jahnke (Michigan State)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Nicole Ling (Northern Kentucky)
Nike
Kelly Lusk (North Carolina)
ESPN

2001

Rachel Carter Beard (North Carolina)
Newsday
Alexandra Berwitz (Syracuse)
Nike
Robyn Disney (South Florida)
St. Petersburg Times
Sarah Henning (Kansas)
Colorado Springs Gazette
Jessica Hopp (Missouri)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kathleen O'Brien (Notre Dame)
Dallas Morning News
Melissa Segura (Santa Clara)
Sports Illustrated
Lauryn Taubman (Syracuse)
ESPN
LaKesha Whitaker (Memphis)
US Olympic Committee

2000

Stacy Covitz (Missouri)
ESPN
Megan Decicco (Cal State Chico)
Scholarship only
Carmen Drumgoole (Louisiana Tech)
Scholarship only
Carrie Garzich (Kent State)
Cincinnati Enquirer
Leslie Horna (Florida)
US Olympic Committee
Traci Johnson (Troy State)
St. Petersburg Times
Megan Manfull Ortiz (Iowa)
Newsday
Kristen Porter (Illinois)
Sports Illustrated
Dawn Reiss (Indiana)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Aimee Santos (San Jose State)
NHL
Andrea Woo (Northwestern)
Sports Illustrated

1999

Rachel Cohen (Duke)
Gannett
Jamie Meerpohl (Florida State)
WFNZ (Charlotte)
Kerry Murray (Cal State Fullerton)
Sports Illustrated
Hillary Smith (Michigan State)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jennifer Starks (Fresno State)
St. Petersburg Times
Carla Swinehart (Wisconsin)
Nike
Michelle Tuckner (Kansas)
ESPN

1998

Courtney Crowley (James Madison)
Gannett
Danielle Rumore Lundquist (Michigan)
Detroit Free Press
Laura Nemec (Wisconsin)
St. Petersburg Times
Elizabeth Newman (Colorado)
Sports Illustrated
Katie-Daryl Sotak (Arizona State)
Sports Fan Radio Network
Sarah Taylor (Indiana)
Nike

1997

Pam Greenfield (Ohio)
Minnesota Vikings
Jennifer Harter (Indiana)
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mary Ann Lawrence (E. Kentucky)
St. Petersburg Times
Robbi Pickeral (North Carolina)
Sports Illustrated
Shira Springer (Northern Kentucky)
Rochester Democrat-Chronicle

1996

Joanna Chadwick (Missouri)
Sports Illustrated
Sheri Drucker (Northwestern)
ESPN
Valerie Panou (Wisconsin)
St. Petersburg Times
Jodie Valade (Northwestern)
San Bernardino Sun
Ayanna Wakefield (Oklahoma)
Minnesota Vikings

1995

Erin Flynn (LaSalle)
ESPN
Beth Neefjes (North Carolina)
Sports Illustrated
Penny Rogers (North Carolina)
Minnesota Vikings

1994

Rachel Nichols (Northwestern)
Washington Post

1993

Josie Karp (Harvard)
Boston Globe

1992

Lori Nickel (Indiana)
Sports Illustrated
Liz Robbins (Cornell)
Washington Post

1991

Amy Shipley (Princeton)
Washington Post

1990

Vicki Friedman (George Washington)
Philadelphia Inquirer

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