Patch Editor Elected to 3rd Term As CSWA President

ENFIELD, CT — Tim Jensen, Connecticut sports editor for Patch Media Corp., was re-elected Thursday to a third term as president of the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance (CSWA), one of the nation's oldest sports journalism associations.

A veteran of more than three decades in the media industry, Jensen, a 1983 graduate of Enrico Fermi High School in Enfield, was founding editor of Enfield Patch in 2010, and is currently news editor of six Patch sites in north-central Connecticut in addition to his sports duties.

He has chaired the annual Gold Key Dinner, one of Connecticut's most prestigious sports honors, since 2015. Among recent Gold Key recipients are ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen, hockey star Craig Janney, former world boxing champion Marlon Starling, Super Bowl champion Dwight Freeney and distance running legend Amby Burfoot.

The Gold Key Dinner was inaugurated by the CSWA in 1940, with baseball legend Connie Mack and golf superstar Bobby Jones among the initial honorees. A roster of stellar names have received the award since then, including Gordie Howe, Willie Pep, Joe Cronin, Ron Francis, Geno Auriemma, Julius Boros, Andy Robustelli, Joan Joyce, Bill Rodgers, Rebecca Lobo, Brian Leetch, Kristine Lilly and Calvin Murphy.

Jensen's great-uncle, the late Earl Yost, was sports editor of the now-defunct Manchester Herald for nearly 40 years, and served as Alliance president in 1959.

Jensen served for 21 years on the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame board of directors, including 16 as vice chairman. He is the proud dad of two children: Alex, a senior at Castleton University in Vermont, and Mia, a senior at Enfield High School.

John Holt, a longtime television sports anchorman and currently a producer for the CIAC, was elected vice president. Peter Vander Veer of Shore Publishing and retired sportswriter Ken Lipshez were re-elected secretary and treasurer, respectively.