SIUE Alum Plaschke Named AP Sports Columnist of 2019
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times has been chosen the 2019 top national large-publication sports columnist by the Associated Press sports editors. It is the eighth time Plaschke has received the award.
Plaschke earned a bachelor’s in mass communications in 1980 from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences. He was inducted to the SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame in 2009.
Plaschke has been an L.A. Times columnist since 1996. He also has twice been named national sports columnist of the year by the Society of Professional Journalists and National Headliner Awards.
For his community service, Plaschke has been named Man of the Year by the Los Angeles Big Brothers/Big Sisters and has received a Pursuit of Justice Award from the California Women’s Law Center.
Photo: SIUE alumnus and L.A. Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke (courtesy Los Angeles Times).
