Columnist of the Year
Results of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's annual writing contest:
1984
Class I John Adams, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II George Morris, Baton Rouge State-Times
1985
Class I Yale Youngblood, Shreveport Times
Class II Teddy Allen, Monroe News-Star
1986
Class I Keith Woods, Times-Picayune
Class II Bill Smith, Ouachita Citizen
1987
Class I Lee Feinswog, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Bobby Dower, Lake Charles American Press
1988
Class I Tim Ellerbee, Times-Picayune
Class II Bob Tompkins, Alexandria Town Talk
1989
Class I Dave Lagarde, Times-Picayune
Class II Ronnie Virgets, Gambit magazine
1990
Class I Peter Finney, Times-Picayune
Class II Bill Campbell, Monroe News-Star
1991
Class I Dave Lagarde, Times-Picayune
Class II Ronnie Virgets, Gambit Magazine
1992
Class I Joe Planas, Catholic Commentator
Class II Mike Lough, Alexandria Town Talk
1993
Class I Sheldon Mickles, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Scott Beder, Monroe News-Star
1994
Class I Sam King, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Allan Crow, The Tiger Rag
1995
Class I Lee Feinswog, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Sam Muffaletto, Denham Springs News
1996
Class I Peter Finney, Times-Picayune
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
1997
Class I Peter Finney, Times-Picayune
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
1998
Class I Darrell Williams, Times-Picayune
Class II Karl Thibodeaux, Thibodaux Daily Comet
1999
Class I Sheldon Mickles, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2000
Class I Peter Finney, Times-Picayune
Class II Eric Branch, Alexandria Town Talk
2001
Class I Bob Marshall, Times-Picayune
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2002
Class I Brian McCallum, Shreveport Times
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2003
Class I Glenn Guilbeau, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Nick Deriso, Monroe News-Star
2004
Class I Scott Rabalais, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Brian Guilbeau, Lake Charles American Press
2005
Class I Carl Dubois, Baton Rouge Advocate
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2006
Class I Tammy Nunez, Times-Picayune
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2007
Class I Glenn Guilbeau, Gannett Louisiana
Class II Kevin Foote, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
2008
Class I Roy Lang III, Shreveport Times
Class II Jeff Matthews, Alexandria Town Talk
2009
Class I Scott Ferrell, Shreveport Times
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2010
Class I Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune
Class II John Marcase, Alexandria Daily Town Talk
2011
Class I Teddy Allen, The Shreveport Times
Class II O.K. "Buddy" Davis, The Ruston Daily Leader
2012
Class I Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2013
Class I Jeff Duncan, Times-Picayune/NOLA.com
Class II Brent St. Germain, Houma Daily Courier
2014
Class I Ted Lewis, The Advocate
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2015
Class I Jeff Duncan, Times-Picayune, NOLA.com
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press
2016
Class I Jeff Duncan, Times-Picayune
Class II, Randy Rosetta, Livingston Parish News
2017
Class I Scott Rabalais, The Advocate
Class II Scooter Hobbs, Lake Charles American Press