Geremy Bass, a Diamondback sports reporter, won 10th place in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program for his personality profile of Terrapin basketball player Bambale Osby. Bass will receive a $500 scholarship for the story, which was selected from 101 entries submitted by 60 schools nationwide. The personality profile writing award is part of the annual program sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation among the nation’s accredited journalism schools. The awards are often considered the Pulitzer Prizes of collegiate journalism.

Read the award winning story, “Story Behind Boom” on The Diamondback Web site.