Steven is an award-winning sportswriter and the Sports Editor for The Daily Journal / Daily Messenger. He won first place for Spot Sports Story in all daily papers with circulations of less than 26,000 at the 2007 South Carolina Press Association awards and second place in the same category in 2008. Steven has worked for The Daily Journal/Messenger since the fall of 2004, after graduating from Clemson University with a BA in English that summer.

Steven paginates the sports section, edits copy and coordinates the sports department. He also writes a weekly column, 'On The Beat,' and helps with the reporting duties. In his spare time, Steven enjoys watching and playing sports and spending time with his beautiful wife, Melissa.

Recent Stories

• Spotlight on Spiller in Tigers' showdown with FSU
  Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
  In the winter of 2005, C.J. Spiller was the top football recruit in the state of Florida and a lifelong fan of Florida State, which had won or shared 12 of the last 14 Atlantic Coast Conference championships. | Read more

• Tigers turn focus to FSU's high-flying attack
  Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
  Clemson leads the ACC by a wide margin in both pass defense (146.2 yards per game) and interceptions (15) and allowed just 27 yards through the air in its 49-3 win over Coastal Carolina on Saturday. | Read more

• Tigers insist focus is fully on Coastal Carolina
  Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
  Coming off the biggest win of his tenure and with his team set to host struggling FCS foe Coastal Carolina, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has repeatedly proclaimed today’s contest as “the most important game of the year.” | Read more

• Heisman hype for Clemson's Spiller picking up steam
  Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
  When Clemson launched a campaign touting C.J. Spiller for the Heisman Trophy prior to the season, some scoffed at the notion and most considered it a long shot at best. | Read more

• Swinney: Clutch plays key to Tigers’ big win
  Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
  Clemson coach Dabo Swinney spent much of the first half of the season preaching the need for his Tigers to “learn how to win,” particularly in close games against tough opponents.
  
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• Spiller, Tigers feel need for speed at Miami
  Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
  When C.J. Spiller hopped in his vehicle on Tuesday morning en route to meet with the media ahead of Clemson’s game at No. 8 Miami on Saturday, he quickly realized one of his tires was flat. | Read more

• Tigers' Ford anxious to face hometown team
  Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
  Hailing from Royal Palm Beach, Fla., about an hour north of Miami, it was only natural that Jacoby Ford dreamed of one day playing football for “The U.” | Read more

• Tigers' confidence high after Wake rout
  Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
  After Clemson coach Dabo Swinney admittedly “chewed out” quarterback Kyle Parker during a bye-week practice, leading to a highly publicized dust-up between Swinney and offensive coordinator Billy Napier, it would have been easy for the redshirt freshman to pout or take the incident personally. | Read more

• Tigers taking playoff mentality against Wake
  Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
  Talk around town might lead one to believe Clemson should cease fielding a team and give up on the sport of football altogether. | Read more

• Tigers' Parker aims to abate rookie mistakes
  Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
  Since he was just 2 when the sitcom “Growing Pains” was canceled in 1992, Kyle Parker probably doesn’t remember much, if anything, about the show. | Read more