GREENWOOD, Ind. – Washington & Jefferson College student sports information assistant and lead broadcaster Jack Sacco has been named the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators District 2 Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest Student Submission College Division award winner, announced by the organization on Tuesday (May 12).
 
The Stabley Writing Contest recognizes the top writing and storytelling content in seven different categories (plus a category for undergraduate student writing entries) from current 2025-26 CSC members.
 
More than 100 articles written by College Sports Communicators members have been honored as district winners in the 2025-26 Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest. CSC members in all eight districts submitted nearly 500 articles in seven categories. For the third straight year, the contest was split into University and College divisions, allowing the recognition of the work done by members from smaller offices and those who work on NCAA Division I staffs.
 
The District 2 College Division encapsulates six states including Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and District of Columbia from NCAA Division II, III, the NAIA, two-year organizations, Canadian organizations and any other organization unaffiliated with these aforementioned divisions.
 
Sacco was named the CSC District 2 Student Submission honoree for his feature story on the career of W&J quarterback Kellan Stahl (Johnstown, Pa./Richland). The feature story titled 'Kellan Stahl: Seizing the Moment', takes a deep dive into the path Stahl took to earning the starting quarterback position for the Presidents. Sacco highlighted the ups and downs of waiting for the opportunity to command a prestigious NCAA Division III program under Head Coach Mike Sirianni.
 
"It's an honor to receive the Fred Stabley Sr. Award in our district for the second straight year," stated Sacco. "I was excited to write about someone who I believed deserved recognition for sticking around where many others would leave for other opportunities. Kellan did all the hard work, I just wrote about it."
 
Sacco maintained the production of football game notes for the 2025 season, detailing the ebbs and flows of another storied season for W&J. He and fellow student-worker Anthony Pass also were responsible for the implementation of game-by-game notes for the W&J men's and women's basketball teams during their 2025-26 campaigns. Sacco primarily focused on the men's team as they worked towards their first NCAA Tournament victory since 1994.
 
Sacco was an integral piece in the day-to-day coverage of W&J's 26 athletics programs in the sports information office through his four years. He primarily served as the lead broadcaster on the W&J Sports Network. Sacco also aided in the maintenance and upkeep of W&J Athletics' schedules and record books.
 
The 2026 graduate also was a catalyst in the implementation of the first multi-camera setup for W&J's home broadcasts. The improved camera setup debuted during the 2025 baseball season under the direction of Sacco and the sports information office. The setup featured a home plate and center field camera to grant viewers a dual view of W&J's baseball program. The modernized setup was also picked up by the PAC Sports Network in their production for the PAC Tournament hosted at W&J's Ross Memorial Park.
 
"Jack was nothing less than a pivotal piece to our operations on a day-to-day basis in sports information at W&J," stated Sports Information Director Shea Stanton. "Jack is a one of the hardest working students I have had the opportunity to work with in my career, and we are ecstatic that he is receiving recognition for it at the national level for a second year. He is the heartbeat of our office, a leader and role model to all of our student-workers."
 
Outside of his work for the sports information office, Sacco generates advanced analytics for the W&J baseball and football programs. The first of its kind for each program grants a deeper look into the analytical side of their team's performance and tendencies that are not typically accessible.
 
Sacco's feature story advances to the national ballot in competition with all eight districts. The national award winner will be named later this month.