ATLANTA, Ga. – The Sports Video Group (SVG) and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has selected App State Athletics' video "The Journey Back: The Matt Brill Story" as a finalist for the 2018 SVG College Sports Media Awards.
"The Journey Back: The Matt Brill Story," which was released in June 2017, has been nominated for Outstanding Special Feature in the Collegiate Athletics category along with nine other nominees from Duke, Michigan State, Princeton, St. John's, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, San Francisco, Wyoming and Virginia Tech.
The feature tells the story of the return of former App State baseball pitcher Matt Brill, who recovered from Tommy John surgery in 2015 and went on to be drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 12th round of the 2017 MLB Draft.