PSWA names new officers, board members for 2024-25

November 1, 2024|

CHERRY HILL, NJ — During the summer of 2024, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association held its annual organizational elections.

Three seats on the PSWA Board of Governors were open with Chris Murray, Rich Pagano and Glenn Papazian getting chosen by their peers to the three open posts on the board, replacing Jack McCaffrey, John Weber and Marie Wozniak, whose three-year terms had expired on June 1, 2024.

Murray, Pagano and Papazian will have three-year terms and join the following members on the PSWA Board of Governors: Jeff Asch, Sam Carchidi, Mike DeNardo, Mel Greenberg, Mike Kern, Jon Marks and Rich Westcott.

PHOTO: Current president Mike Luongo (left) and former Philadelphia Sports Writers Association presidents (L-R) Larry Litwin, Mike DeNardo, John Weber, Sam Carchidi, Jon Marks, Rich Wescott and Jeff Asch were among those in attendance at a PSWA meeting held at what was the newly dedicate Philadelphia Flyers Zach Hill Media Center at the Wells Fargo Center in November 2023.

Also, up for election in the summer of 2024 were the positions of secretary and treasurer. Each position carries a two-year term. Terry Small, the commissioner of the New Jersey Athletic Conference, was elected to the post of secretary while KYW retiree and an adjunct professor at multiple local colleges, Larry Litwin, was elected to the post of treasurer.

Michael Luongo took over the post of PSWA President in the summer of 2023. His term ends in the summer of 2025. He was chosen as the organization’s President Elect at the PSWA’s 2021 elections and spent the ensuing two years in that role in preparation to assume the role of president in 2023.

Mike Shute, a multimedia sports freelancer, was elected as the President Elect in 2023, which means he will take over as PSWA President, succeeding Luongo, in 2025. And Dave Uram, sports reporter at KYW NewsRadio, was elected to the role of Vice-President in 2023.

On January 16, 2025, the PSWA will hold its 120th Awards Banquet and Dinner at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Cherry Hill, NJ. The organization is the oldest of its kind in the nation. For more info and tickets visit the our ticket-purchase page by clicking here.