June 25, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. - Longtime San Jose State Sports Information Director Lawrence Fan was honored Friday afternoon with the Trailblazer Award at the annual College Sports Information Directors of America convention.
The Trailblazer Award is presented annually to an individual who is a pioneer in the profession and who has mentored and helped improve the level of ethnic and gender diversity within CoSIDA.
Fan is the first award winner of Chinese descent and made organizational history as the first member of Chinese descent enshrined to the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 2012.
Since 1994, Fan has coordinated the Job Seekers Committee at the CoSIDA workshop as he organizes and manages job fair activities. He started and managed what is now the CoSIDA Career Center email blast that keeps the membership informed about job vacancies and movement within the profession.
Completing his 33rd year at San Jose State, Fan is well known throughout the Bay Area as a man with a tremendous work ethic and dedication to doing the best he can for San Jose State student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans.