Dick Knapinski was presented with the Bob Wurdinger Athletic Service Award as part of the Lawrence University basketball senior night celebration on Wednesday.
Knapinski, a Neenah resident, was presented the award by Bob Wurdinger. The award is given each year to someone who has shown great support for Lawrence athletics.
Knapinski has been involved with Lawrence athletics for two decades. He started working with the Vikings in 1990 as part of the football broadcast team for WLFM Radio. As a sportswriter for the Appleton Post-Crescent for nearly 20 years, Knapinski covered hundred of Lawrence events.
Knapinski returned to Lawrence broadcasts in 2009 as serves as the voice of the Vikings for football and men’s and women’s basketball video webcasts.
Knapinski also involved his two sons, Dan and Patrick, in Lawrence football. Both have served as ballboys for the Vikings in recent seasons.
The award was established to honor Wurdinger, a Kaukauna native, and long-time Lawrence assistant football coach. Wurdinger, who has been a tireless advocate for Lawrence athletics for more than four decades, received the first award in 2006.
Other winners of the Wurdinger Award are: Chuck and Cinny Reff, Ken and Carole Ebert, Joe, Clyde and Jeanne Kieffer and Don Strutz.