Award-winning educator and nationally recognized sports journalist Donald Staffo (PhD ’78) received the Archie M. Griffin Professional Achievement Award as a part of the 2023 Alumni Award honorees.

Staffo is one of only two people ever to receive the three top awards from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and to be inducted into the National Association for Sport and Physical Education Hall of Fame. He has also been honored as part of Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology Hall of Fame awards.

As a journalist, Staffo authored 11 books, covered sports for the Associated Press and published articles in national publications such as The Sporting News, USA Today and Baseball Digest.