University of Houston Athletics
"H" Association to Co-Host USBWA Awards Breakfast
3/21/2011 12:00:00 AM | Cougar Pride
March 21, 2011
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) (sportswriters.net) has announced that its annual basketball awards will be presented at an 8 a.m. breakfast celebration on Friday, April 1, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
The event, to be held the morning before the national semifinals of the NCAA Final Four, will be co-hosted by the University of Houston Lettermen's "H" Association (uhletterwinners.com) and sponsored by Houston-based Champion Energy Services (championenergyservices.com). Topper Media Marketing (toppermediamarketing.com) was instrumental in partnering USBWA and the "H" Association with Champion Energy Services as the event sponsor.
At the breakfast celebration, the USBWA will present the Oscar Robertson Player of the Year Trophy and the Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award. Collegiate player Arsalan Kazemi of Rice University will be presented the Most Courageous Award, and the "Good Guy" Award will honor a media friendly coach, yet to be named, for his contributions to college basketball.
The 2011 College Basketball Awards is expected to draw a crowd of nearly 1,000 players, coaches, sports writers and sports enthusiasts. Also in attendance will be former members of the University of Houston Cougars 1982 to 1984 basketball teams for a special tribute to Phi Slama Jama, nicknamed for being "Texas's Tallest Fraternity" that played a wildly exciting playground-influenced style of hoops.
A sell-out since its inception in 2005, event tickets for the breakfast and awards presentation are $75 each and available on-line at usbwa.com and uhletterwinners.com.
About USBWA
sportswriters.net
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball and has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season.
About the "H" Association
uhletterwinners.com
The "H" Association is a self-endowed, non-profit organization of the varsity letterwinners in the NCAA sanctioned sports sponsored by the University of Houston. The association was established to serve as a primary support group for all intercollegiate athletic endeavors of the university. Its activities including fundraising, regular meetings, socials and special projects, all designed to serve as a welcoming environment for Houston Cougar letterwinners and a vehicle to raise and donate funds to University of Houston Athletics.
About Champion Energy Services
championenergyservices.com
Houston-based Champion Energy Services ranks among the top retail electric providers in the United States. The company also ranks "Highest in Residential Customer Satisfaction with Retail Electric Services," according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Texas Residential Retail Electric Provider Customer Satisfaction StudyTM released August 2010, as detailed at jdpower.com. Champion Energy currently serves residential, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey. The company serves 700,000 residential customer equivalents, with a peak load near 2,000 Megawatts. PUCT No. 10098, PA PUC license A-2009-2124113, Ohio PUC certificate 09-166E(1), Illinois (ICC) docket 10-0168, New Jersey BPU license ESL-0082.
