Dave Parsons, MVNU’s sports information director, received a pair of plaques as the top winner in the organization’s two writing contests. His story about MVNU cross country runner Amanda Watkins entitled "Watkins Overcomes Obstacles to Run for MVNU” won first place in the feature story category, while his preview for the 2007 baseball season entitled "Cougars Look to Continue Winning Tradition in 2007” also won first place in the season preview/review category. He also took second place in the preview/review category with his recap of the MVNU women’s soccer team’s season entitled "Lady Cougars Cap Exciting Season with NCCAA National Title”, and he took ninth place in the feature story category with his story about MVNU women’s basketball player Katie Keller entitled "MVNU’s Keller Closing in on School Scoring Record”.

Parsons and MVNU webmaster Carlos Serrao were honored with a seventh-place finish in the annual NAIA website contest. "I am very pleased that we moved back into the top 10 after not being in there for a couple of years,” said Parsons. "I really appreciate all the work that Carlos and his student workers have done in creating a great, new look for the MVNU athletic website over the past year.”

MVNU was very well represented in the various media guide contests including winning best cover in women’s soccer and men’s golf as there was a category for each sport. The women’s soccer media guide finished second overall in its category, men’s soccer was fourth overall, men’s golf was fifth overall, baseball was sixth overall, softball was seventh overall, volleyball and women’s basketball were ninth overall in their respective categories, and men’s basketball was tenth overall. Parsons was responsible for the oversight of all the media guides, with Steve Gregory coordinating the efforts for women’s soccer, women’s basketball, and men’s golf. Tricia Grose, along with her staff of student workers, was in charge of the cover design for each media guide.

"I am very pleased to have our media guides do so well in the publication contests,” said Parsons. "These guides are very important promotion piece for our coaches as they sell their program to potential recruits. We spend a lot of time, energy and resources to put together what we feel is a quality product, and it is great to get feedback from my peers through these contests. I especially want to thank Tricia and her staff of student workers for their work on the cover designs.”

As part of the annual NAIA-SIDA workshop, Parsons also began what will be a two-year term as the president of NAIA-SIDA after serving the past two years as the First Vice President.