HUTCHINSON, Kan. — It was late last year when Visit Hutch announced that the 2018 NJCAA DI Men’s Basketball Championship had won the SportsTravel Award for the Best Single-Sport Event in the collegiate division.

The award was presented at the SportsTravel Awards Ceremony at the national TEAMS Conference put on by Northstar Travel Group. During the NJCAA National Tournament on Tuesday, LeAnn Cox with Visit Hutch presented all of the veterans and volunteers from the American Legion the award. The American Legion and the Sons of the American Legion have been a major part of the tournament for many years and use the event to raise money for veterans programs and youth activities.

Other events nominated in the single-sport event category were the Big Ten Football Championship in Indianapolis; the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship in Orange Beach, Alabama; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California; and the Tucson Invitational Games in Tucson, Arizona.