University of Minnesota’s Megan Ryan
Named 2013 William R. Reed Award Winner

Park Ridge, Ill. – Megan Ryan from the University of Minnesota has been named this year’s recipient of the Big Ten Conference William R. Reed Memorial Award. The award is named in honor of former Big Ten Commissioner William R. Reed who served the conference for more than 20 years.
 
The conference annually honors the former commissioner by presenting this award to a student journalist from one of the Big Ten campuses who, through his or her coverage during the previous academic term, best exemplifies the spirit, ideals and dedication to the Big Ten and intercollegiate athletics, which marked the life of William R. Reed.
 
A junior majoring in journalism with minors in global studies and management, Ryan is a sports reporter for the Minnesota Daily. She covered volleyball and women’s ice hockey, among other assignments, this past season and was honored by the Society of Professional Journalists and Associated Collegiate Press for her writing prowess. During the past academic year, she also served as a sports clerk for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and assisted with the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s coverage of winter and spring prep sports. Ryan will further her experiences this summer, serving as a Dow Jones News Fund sports copy editor intern for The Journal News in White Plains, N.Y. Carrying a 3.87 grade-point average within the honors program, she is a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Honors Society, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Association for Women in Sports Media and the Asian American Journalists Association. Having received numerous scholarships, Ryan aspires to work as a beat reporter at a major newspaper, eventually leading to a supervisory position of a successful sports department.
 
The Mankato, Minn., native is the daughter of Karen and Tom Ryan.
 
Reed began his tenure with the Big Ten in the service bureau in 1939. Promoted to assistant commissioner in 1951, he served in that capacity until being named the third Big Ten Conference commissioner in 1961. His term as commissioner lasted until 1971.