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We welcome all members of the Louisiana sports media and friends of the association.

Please use your FULL NAME and the name of your affiliation when joining this site. This is not the place for pseudonymns, message board handles or nicknames (unless you're a crusty old sports writer with a crusty old nickname).

Joining this site does not make you a member of The LSWA. Please send your name, your affiliation and your contact information, along with $20 (per year) to:

The LSWA

C/O C. Kent Lowe, Treasurer

6254 Belle Grove

Baton Rouge, LA 70820

Annual dues entitles members to:
Receive news updates on All-State and All-Louisiana teams,
Voting privileges for the Annual Headliner of the Year
Input and/or voting privileges for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame,
Opportunity to enter the annual LSWA writing contest
Opportunity to attend the annual LSWA Convention in Natchitoches
Free Bourre lessons

*We are working on a way to pay dues through PayPal. Please stay tuned for more information on that

Email us at lasportswriters@gmail.com
Twitter @thelswa

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Derek K Alleman
Member
Male
32 years old

About Me

I have been following high school basketball in Louisiana since well before I graduated high school. If there is a Louisiana team playing or event going on, you will find me in the building. For Prep Hoops Louisiana, I am the lead writer and decision maker on team rankings, prospect rankings, event coverage, and recruiting profiles. I provide coverage in all areas of Louisiana prep basketball which includes both high school and grassroots basketball. Finally, I've been an assistant coach and head coach at varying levels of basketball in the state. From helping run local middle school programs to assisting at different high school programs across the state.

Affiliation

Prep Hoops Louisiana

Location

Denham Springs, LA

Dixon Wallace McMakin
Member
Male
34 years old

About Me

Voice of the Catholic High School Bears

Affiliation

Catholic High School

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Dylan Brossette
Member
Male
29 years old

About Me

Sports Editor at the Jennings Daily News

Affiliation

Editor

Location

Jennings, LA

EArdoin
Member
Male

About Me

Lacassine HS Softball Coach

Affiliation

coach

Location

Lacassine

Ed Cassiere
Member
Male
62 years old

About Me

Sports information director at Xavier University in New Orleans since July 2006

Call me at (504) 520-5707 (office) or (504) 256-5380 (cell) or send an e-mail to ecassiere@yahoo.com

Online: www.xula.edu/athletics and edcassiere.tripod.com

Freelance journalist, 2000-06

Sports information director, University of New Orleans, 1987-2000

Assistant sports information director, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (known then as the University of Southwestern Louisiana), 1986-87

Sportswriter, Shreveport Journal, 1981-87

Sports intern, Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), 1980

Sportswriter, Columbia Missourian, 1979-80

Sports correspondent, Shreveport Times, 1974-79

Former Louisiana Sports Writers Association officer, including president from 1994-96

Erik Lumetta
Member
Male

About Me

Affiliation

Tammany West/Slidell Independent

Location

Slidell

Fletcher Jonson
Member
Male
33 years old

About Me

I graduated from Northwestern State University with a broadcast journalism degree, minor in English. I plan on graduating with my master's from NSU in Sports Administration in May 2011.

I work at the Natchitoches Times as the Sports Editor and I host Sports on Call three days a week, which is an hour-long sports talk show. I also do Public Address announcing for the NSU basketball teams and volleyball and did baseball for four years, softball for one and soccer for one.

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