Nate Meeds

'''Nathan V Meeds''' (Aug 13, 1976) more commonly known as Nate Meeds, is an Canadian sports writer residing in Arizona. He is most known for his work in founding the critically acclaimed fantasy sports website [http://www.fantasyinfocentral.com Fantasy Information Central]. He worked hand in hand with [[Duke Castiglone]] to get it off the ground in yearly 2002. Meeds worked mainly as a corespondent covering the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]

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== Awards ==
In 2003 Meeds was nominated for the Frey award for excellence in sports journalism. He was not given the award instead it was awarded to [[Bill Simmons]] of [[ESPN]]. In 2003 Meeds was ranked one of the 25 most influential writers of 2003 by the [http://www.sportingnews.com The Sporting News Online]

== Educational writing ==
Nate Meeds has been a Contributor to several sports journalism text books including: Sports Writing: a Beginners Guide (2002), and Sports Journalism: A Practical Introduction(2005).

== Education ==
Nate Meeds was home schooled during High School which enabled him to graduate a year early. He then enrolled at [[Yavapai College]] where he majored in Music and Journalism. He graduated in 1997 and began working for [http://www.redrocknews.com The Red Rock News]. He began a masters program at Arizona State University in 2000 but failed to complete it due to his budding sports writing career

== Other Interests ==
Nate Meeds is also an accomplished guitarist who enjoys playing and performing. Between Meeds writing and performing, he is also great at billiards, and is commonly referred to by friends as a "Pool Shark" and "Billiards Baller" because of his ability to hop the cue ball into the corner pocket like a basketball player would. He is also fond of well placed humor, and finds it nearly impossible to resist an opportunity to state that "that's what she said" when laughter is sure to ensue. Beyond these things, he is also a stunningly good looking man. He has been referred to as a "sexy beast" on occasions too numerous to count.

== References ==

1. [http://www.fantasyinfocentral.com Fantasy Information Central]

2. Sports Writing: A Beginner's Guide ISBN 0965657493 (2002)

3. Sports Joournalism: A Practical Introduction ISBN 1412902711 (2002)

4. [http://www.sportingnews.com Sporting News Archive]
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