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Edward Aschoff
Born(1985-12-24)December 24, 1985
DiedDecember 24, 2019(2019-12-24) (aged 34)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationSports reporter

Edward Carmichael Aschoff (December 24, 1984 – December 24, 2019) was an American sports reporter for ESPN and the Gainesville Sun.

Career

Raised in Oxford, Mississippi, Aschoff graduated from the University of Florida in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.[1] From 2007 to 2011 he covered Florida Gators football, basketball and baseball for The Gainesville Sun.[1]

Aschoff joined ESPN in 2011 as an SEC reporter, where he rapidly distinguished himself as a "rising star."[1][2] Aschoff moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to begin an expanded national role for ESPN that included television and radio appearances on SportsCenter, SEC Network, and ESPN Radio, as well as television and radio sideline reporting during college football games.[3][4]

Known for his "lively blog posts and thoughtfully reported features," Aschoff twice won first-place awards from the Football Writers Association of America for his writing: in 2016, for a story about African-American college football players dealing with racism and profiling, and in 2018, for a column about the former Florida football coach Jim McElwain.[1]

Death and legacy

Aschoff died on his thirty-fourth birthday of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a complication of pneumonia and underlying undiagnosed stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.[5][6] He had planned to marry his fiancée, Katy Berteau, in New Orleans in April 2020.[1] Aschoff's untimely passing drew extensive coverage in national media outlets.[7][8][9][2][10][11] Colleagues remembered Aschoff as a dapper dresser, "one of the smartest, brightest reporters I've ever had the pleasure of working with," and a "ray of light" who "brought joy to the job."[12]

In Aschoff's honor, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Oxford, Mississippi proclaimed January 18, 2020 as Edward Aschoff Day.[13] The Football Writers Association of America created the Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award to "recognize one promising journalist no older than 34, who has not only the talent and work ethic it takes to succeed in this business, but also the passion to make it better."[14] The University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications established the Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund to provide support for students involved in sports journalism.[3]

Bibliography (selected)

  • Aschoff, Edward; Rittenberg, Adam (September 16, 2015), "The racial impact of Eric Striker", ESPN.com, retrieved April 3, 2020. Winner of the 2016 Football Writers Association of America award for best enterprise story.[15]
  • Aschoff, Edward; Schlabach, Mark (November 7, 2017), "Inside Jim McElwain's final days at Florida", ESPN.com, retrieved April 3, 2020. Winner of the 2018 Football Writers Association of America award for best column.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Zaveri, Mihir (December 25, 2019), "Edward Aschoff, ESPN College Football Reporter, Dies at 34", New York Times, retrieved April 3, 2020
  2. ^ a b Markazi, Arash (December 25, 2019), "Unexpected death of ESPN's Edward Aschoff hit home", Los Angeles Times, retrieved April 3, 2020
  3. ^ a b Dinich, Heather (February 13, 2020), "FWAA creates award in memory of former ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff", ESPN.com, retrieved April 3, 2020
  4. ^ https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2019/12/24/oxford-native-espn-reporter-edward-aschoff-dies-at-age-34/
  5. ^ "Obituary: Edward Carmichael Aschoff", Oxford Eagle, January 16, 2020, retrieved April 3, 2020
  6. ^ Owens, Jason (2020-01-15), "Fiancee: Tests reveal that ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma", Yahoo Sports, retrieved April 3, 2020
  7. ^ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/12/24/espn-reporter-edward-aschoff-dies-34/2745539001/
  8. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/12/25/edward-aschoff-espn-reporter-dies-pneumonia-th-birthday/
  9. ^ https://nypost.com/2019/12/26/fiancee-of-late-espn-reporter-edward-aschoff-thankful-for-outpouring-of-love/
  10. ^ https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/24/media/espn-reporter-dies-trnd/index.html
  11. ^ https://www.si.com/college/2019/12/27/edward-aschoff-fiancee-shares-tribute
  12. ^ https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/28367265/edward-aschoff-espn-college-football-reporter-dies-age-34
  13. ^ Schnugg, Alyssa (January 8, 2020), "Aldermen Proclaim Jan. 18 as Edward Aschoff Day", Hotty Toddy News, retrieved April 3, 2020
  14. ^ "FWAA Creates New Award In Memory of Edward Aschoff", Football Writers Association of America, February 13, 2020, retrieved April 3, 2020
  15. ^ http://sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/writing/2016/index.html
  16. ^ https://the5thdown.com/2018/08/28/2018-best-column-mark-schlabach-and-edward-aschoff-espn-com/
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