Thursday, February 24, 2022

PORTLAND, Ore. – Blake Timm, the GNAC’s Assistant Commissioner for Communications, has been honored by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) with the organization’s annual Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award, presented to a national member for civic involvement, community service and accomplishments within and/or outside the sports information profession.

Timm adds to a decorated career that includes being honored with CoSIDA’s Warren Berg Award for outstanding contributions to Division II sports information in 2017 and being elected to the organization’s Hall of Fame in 2020.

The Bob Kenworthy Award is one of ten honors announced by CoSIDA as part of their annual weeklong awards announcement.

Timm has served as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s assistant commissioner for communications since July 2015 after spending 16 years as sports information director at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore.

His long list of community service involvement covers a broad range from civic clubs and churches to Habitat for Humanity, the Oregon Road Runners Club, CoSIDA and beyond. He has volunteered for over 200 hours each of the last four years, according to volunteer and charitable work totals tracked through the CoSIDA Volunteer 15 program.

A member of the Rotary Club of Forest Grove, Ore. since 2010, Timm served as club Membership Chair (2012-16), was on the board and foundation Board of Directors (2013-19) and was Club President (2018-19). Timm is currently the club’s social media specialist, webmaster and newsletter editor and has been an active member in many of the club’s service projects.

Timm serves as moderator at the Forest Grove United Church of Christ, a role where he is the top lay leader in the church. He runs executive board meetings and serves as a liaison between the senior minister, church staff and the congregation. He previously served on the church’s Worship Commission.

For 10 of the last 12 years, Timm has served as the master of ceremonies and live auctioneer for the church’s Caring for our Community auction which has raised nearly $100,000 all-time for the church and a number of local non-profit organizations in Washington County. In 2020, he coordinated, produced and hosted a live webcast of the auction to raise funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also volunteered as the master of ceremonies for the West Tuality Habitat for Humanity’s online “Hearts For Habitat” gala in May 2021 which raised over $50,000 for the organization. With the Oregon Road Runners Club, he regularly serves as a volunteer at local running events, mainly as pre-race and awards announcer.

Within CoSIDA, Timm is Vice-Chair of the Special Awards Committee and is in his seventh year on the committee. He previously served two terms on the CoSIDA Board of Directors (2004-10), first as a College Division Representative, (2004-07) and then as an At-Large Representative (2007-10). During that time, he proposed and developed the “Rising Star” award concept, and that honor has been part of CoSIDA’s Special Awards program since 2006. He is also secretary of the Division II Sports Information Directors Association and is a Regional Coordinator for the D2CCA Volleyball All-America Program (2015-present).

Among the highlights of other CoSIDA service, Timm served on the CoSIDA College Division Management Advisory Council (2008 to 2014), was Membership Services Committee chair (2009 to 2013), a district coordinator on the Academic All-America Committee (2003-09) and a member of the CoSIDA Executive Director Search Committee in 2007-08.

Since 2003, Timm has volunteered in various media operations roles with national pro and amateur sports, with most recent work at the MLS Cup (2021), Prefontaine Classic (2021) and IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships (2016). He has also worked at numerous NCAA Championship events in cross country, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, softball and track and field.

Timm earned a 2018 Excellence in Communications award from the U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). At Pacific, Timm received the Jack Sareault Award as the Northwest Conference’s Sports Information Director of the Year in 2007 and 2011.