FHSU Athletics
ORLANDO, Fla. - Fort Hays State Sports Information Director Ryan Prickett received more national recognition from College Sports Communicators (CSC) in 2024-25, receiving three Citations of Excellence from the organization in its recent release of yearly Creative and Digital Design Awards. His most recent accolades are for poster design and game notes. After just completing his 20th year as SID at Fort Hays State, Prickett now has a total of 22 Citations of Excellence in his career from CSC for publications, design, and photography.
Prickett designed the 2025 Fort Hays State Football poster, which was honored among the Top 20 poster designs in the College Division nationally. Additionally, he was among the Top 15 of the College Division for his men's basketball game notes, a publication he produces for media and public use before every FHSU basketball game.
His football poster received a "Best of Division II" distinction for 2024-25. The "Best Of" distinctions for the different levels within the College Division, which includes NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA, began in 2023-24. Prickett now has two of these honors after he was named among the Best of Division II for his photography work in 2023-24.
In 2022-23, Prickett was named the CSC Photographer of the Year nationally for the College Division, the first year the organization bestowed an award for the photography and graphic design work of its membership. It was the sixth "Best in Nation" honor during his career at Fort Hays State, given to the top honoree in each category of recognition from the organization.
The bulk of Prickett's national recognition from CSC was for media guides produced within his first 12 years as SID at Fort Hays State. He received 16 citations of excellence for his publication of media guides at FHSU, ranking among the top four honorees nationally all 16 times. Four of his six "Best in Nation" honors were for full-length media guides for volleyball (2011 and 2015), women's basketball (2015-16), and men's basketball (2016-17). His design of the 2017 volleyball media guide cover also received a "Best in Nation" distinction. His former graduate assistants Doug Self and Andrew Sogn helped co-produce two of those four full-length guides. Since the majority of information traditionally found in media guides is now easily accessible online on many athletic websites, there was no longer a need for FHSU to produce or print full-length media guides after 2021. A big shift in how information is digested online in present day has diminished the need for several printed publications in the athletic industry.
Prickett and Assistant Sports Information Director Seth Kincaid lead FHSU's athletic media relations operations and personnel, covering all sports at the university, with the majority of their work seen through releases, stories, recaps, bios, record books, and more on the official athletics website fhsuathletcs.com and social media platforms for FHSU Athletics. They are also responsible for statistical and game operations at FHSU home events, while also working with local and national media to help promote the accomplishments of over 500 active student-athletes at FHSU.