Cardinal Hall of Honor
The 2013 Louis Bonnette Sports Media Award recipient … Bonnette Award is presented annually to an individual that has made an outstanding contribution in the field of sports information, print journalism, broadcasting or other media focused on the Southland Conference or its member institutions … Wood began his journalism career in 1967 with stops at the Houston Post and El Paso Times before a seven-year stop at the Orange Leader … Wood joined LU as sports information director in 1979, beginning a 12-year run of publicizing Lamar athletics … Following his retirement, Wood returned to the newspaper industry to serve nine years as assistant sports editor at the Port Arthur News, followed by nine years at the Beaumont Enterprise … Wood came out of retirement in 2009 to join the Lamar media relations office for a second time … Wood took on the role of Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations to oversee the return of Lamar football to Beaumont.
