The Brock University Ancillary Services marketing team was recognized by Ontario University Athletics (OUA) on Wednesday, May 15.<\/p>\n
The fifth annual OUA CHAMP Awards (Celebrating and Honouring Achievements in Marketing and Promotions) were held in Kingston, where Brock University won awards for Best Social Media Account and Photo of the Year.<\/p>\n
Over the past athletic season, the Brock Badgers Instagram account had a 61 per cent increase in followers, which Ancillary Services Marketing Manager Kate Dudley said was a testament to increasing school spirit on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal as it relates to social media is to enhance and elevate the Brock Badgers brand by producing content that engages both students and the greater community,\u201d said Dudley. \u201cWe are inspired daily by the stories and accomplishments of our teams, students-athletes and fans, which makes our job fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
The #WeAreBadgers hashtag was introduced this year and sparked 357 per cent growth in engagements numbers (likes, comments, shares) over the previous year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe owe a big thank you to all of the Badgers fans, alumni, media outlets and community members for their continued support,” Dudley said.<\/p>\n
Also honoured was Stephen Leithwood, Ancillary Services Communications Officer, who received the award for Photo of the Year. It captured the celebratory bronze medal win at the OUA Women\u2019s Fencing Championships that was hosted at Brock University in February.<\/p>\n
Complete list of 2019 OUA Honour Award winners<\/strong><\/p>\n Male Athlete of the Year \u2013 Jace Kotsopoulos, Guelph Gryphons; Kadre Gray, Laurentian Voyageurs<\/p>\n Female Athlete of the Year \u2013 Theanna Vernon, Ryerson Rams<\/p>\n Male Team of the Year \u2013 Carleton Ravens, Basketball<\/p>\n Female Team of the Year \u2013 Guelph Gryphons, Hockey; McMaster Marauders, Basketball<\/p>\n Male Coach of the Year \u2013 Dave Smart, Carleton Ravens<\/p>\n Female Coach of the Year \u2013 Rachel Flanagan, Guelph Gryphons<\/p>\n John McManus Award \u2013 Rick Osborne, Laurier Golden Hawks<\/p>\n J.P. Loosemore Award \u2013 Chuck Mathies, Western Mustangs<\/p>\n Media Member of Distinction \u2013 Rob Massey<\/p>\n Best G1 Championship \u2013 108th Queen\u2019s Cup, Queen\u2019s Gaels<\/p>\n Best G2 Championship \u2013 Forsyth Cup, Queen\u2019s Gaels<\/p>\n Best G3 Championship \u2013 Badminton, Ontario Tech Ridgebacks<\/p>\n Photo of the Year \u2013 Stephen Leithwood, Brock Badgers, Fencing<\/strong><\/p>\n Best Fan Support Group \u2013 #BleedBlue, Toronto Varsity Blues<\/p>\n Best Mascot \u2013 True Blue, Toronto Varsity Blues<\/p>\n Best Social Media Account \u2013 Brock Badgers (Instagram)<\/strong><\/p>\n Best Webcast Production \u2013 Rams Live, Ryerson Rams<\/p>\n Best Video Feature \u2013 The Journey To, Ryerson Rams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Brock University Ancillary Services marketing team was recognized by Ontario University Athletics (OUA) on Wednesday, May 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":58082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,58],"tags":[256,4437,7913,3254,118,7912],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58083,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58080\/revisions\/58083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}