FHSU Athletics
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Ryan Prickett, Fort Hays State University Sports Information Director, was named among the Best of NCAA Division II for the annual College Sports Communicators (CSC) Photographer of the Year honor, announced in June. This is the second-straight year Prickett has been honored by CSC for his photography work after being named the CSC College Division Photographer of the Year in 2023.
This was just the second year CSC bestowed honors for the photography work of its membership as part of its annual Creative and Digital Design Awards. Prickett was the first to receive CSC Photographer of the Year honors in the College Division when the inaugural edition of the honor was awarded in 2023. The College Division combines NCAA Divisions II and III, the NAIA, Canadian institutions, and the NJCAA (the levels combined consist of about 1,500 colleges nationwide), while the University Division is all NCAA Division I schools. This year' s CSC Photographer of the Year award in the College Division went to Hannah Robb of St. Olaf College, an NCAA Division III member institution in Minnesota. The Photographer of the Year honor in the University Division went to Malloreigh Yingling from the University of Richmond.
A change to the award this year was CSC creating a "Best Of" list for three of the levels in the College Division, since the division includes all colleges that are not NCAA Division I members. Listed first in NCAA Division II this year was Brittany Iamele of Eckerd College (Fla.). Prickett was tabbed No. 2 and fellow MIAA athletic communications professional Gene Cassell, Assistant AD for Communications at Washburn University, was listed No. 3.
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With this honor, Prickett now has 19 total Citations of Excellence from CSC for his work on publications, design, and photography. Prickett has received six "Best in the Nation" honors from CSC (formerly CoSIDA), which includes five for publications and one for photography last year. He is entering his 20th year as Sports Information Director at Fort Hays State in 2024-25.Only photos from the 2023-24 athletic calendar year were eligible for review. Prickett is limited in the amount of gameday/event photography he does during a year, since his primary responsibilities involve media relations, official stats, writing, and various other operations covering and promoting FHSU's 17 sports. He has also done all studio photography for each sport each of the last two years. Prickett has assembled a talented group of assistants, student workers, and volunteers who often photograph events for FHSU, but he enjoys getting behind the camera as well when having the chance to do so.