INDIANAPOLIS – In recognition of her long service to the game of women’s basketball, Rose DiPaula, Director of Strategic Communications and Content Development at the University of Maryland, has been named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s Mary Jo Haverbeck Award winner for 2025.
The award is presented annually to recognize those in women’s college basketball who have rendered a special service to the USBWA and sportswriters who cover college basketball. It is named after the late Mary Jo Haverbeck, the longtime women’s sports communications director at Penn State who passed away in January 2014. The award pays tribute to Haverbeck for her pioneering and visionary work as one of the first women to work in the sports communication profession.
DiPaula has served at Maryland, her alma mater, since January 2011. She currently oversees daily media operations for the nationally-recognized women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf teams and the department’s academics and Maryland Made career development units. In her role with these Terrapin teams, DiPaula oversees all communications strategy, social media, messaging and publicity for these respective programs.
DiPaula will be presented the Haverbeck Award at the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Final Four in Tampa during the USBWA awards brunch on Friday, April 4.
Early on, DiPaula established social media accounts (started the Instagram and X/Twitter accounts) for the national championship women’s basketball and field hockey teams, and they are among the top in their respective sports with engagements.
“During my time covering women’s college basketball, Rose has been amongst the most accommodating sports communications folks I’ve ever worked with. She was incredibly helpful to me during one of my book projects about high school basketball on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and she makes covering the Terps smooth and uncomplicated for reporters like me,” noted Mitchell Northam, USBWA Women’s Board member and SB Nation Senior Writer. “When it comes to storytelling about Brenda Frese and the Maryland players, Rose is responsive and always willing to lend a hand. Her professionalism is unmatched.”
In addition to her sports communications and athletic administrative duties, DiPaula became an adjunct professor in Maryland’s Phillip Merrill…
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