Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 SportsTravel Awards. The winners are:

Sports Event of the Year
2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship, La Jolla, CA

Best New Sports Event
2008 Ultimate Boarder, Lake Tahoe, CA & Ventura, CA

Best Professional Sports Event Series or Circuit
2007 NFL NFC Championship Playoff Series, Multiple Host Cities

Best Professional Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event
2008 ESPN Winter X Games, Aspen, CO

Best Professional Single-Sport Event
2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship, La Jolla, CA

Best Collegiate Sports Event Series or Circuit
2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships, San Antonio, TX

Best Collegiate Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event
2008 NCAA Division I Women’s Gymnastics Championships, Athens, GA

Best Collegiate Single-Sport Event
2008 BCS National Championship Game (LSU vs. Ohio State), New Orleans, LA

Best Amateur Sports Event Series or Circuit
2008 USA Softball KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour, Multiple Host Cities

Best Amateur Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, Omaha, NE

Best Amateur Single-Sport Event
2008 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, Oklahoma City, OK

Seated, Left to Right: Chris Stiepock of ESPN X Games, Chuck Wielgus of USA Swimming, Bill McCarthy of the United States Golf Association, D’Ann Keller of the NCAA and Ron Radigonda of the Amateur Softball Association of America.

Standing, Left to Right: Timothy Schneider of SportsTravel Magazine, Tim Hoover of Ultimate Boarder, Stacey Weddington of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, Wayne Burrow of the NCAA and Lisa Furfine of SportsTravel Magazine.