HEISMAN VOTER
Todd Helmick maintains an Official Heisman Vote (since 2003) and is one of only 870 media members across the nation to obtain such an honor.

BILETNIKOFF AWARD VOTER
Todd Helmick maintains an Official Biltnikoff Award Vote (since 2021) given to the nation's best receiver.

SPORTS TIMELINE
Todd Helmick is a 1989 graduate of Florida State University, majoring in Sports Management. He played football at FSU under Head Coach Bobby Bowden from 1986-88 (yes, that was the Deion Prime era). His segment coach was Chuck Amato. "I was lucky enough to be at FSU when the great run got started while learning from big names in the coaching business such as Amato, Mickey Andrews, Brad Scott, Skip Holtz, and Mark Richt. I think I drove them absolutely nuts with question after question."

Born on June 6, 1967 - Cumberland, MD
A captain for his high school football team (Fort Hill HS)...helped lead the team into the 1984 Maryland State Playoffs before being defeated in the semifinals. After college, Todd resided in Pittsburgh, PA for three years while working for the Pittsburgh Pirates Administration. "The baseball strike of 1994 was my last straw." Moved south towards the College Park, MD area and worked for the Washington Wizards/Washington Capitals Administration. In 2001 he moved to Baltimore. After spending 17 years in the Baltimore/DC metro area he returned to his hometown in Cumberland, MD in 2012.

ONLINE MEDIA EXPERIENCE / NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
Todd Helmick received his Computer Programming Certification from Allegany College in 1992. NationalChamps.net was founded in 1999. Since that time, Todd has developed websites for over 25 different companies in addition to implementing online marketing concepts and search engine placement strategies.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS

The NationalChamps.net Top 25 Preseason Poll and Preseason All-American List has been recognized and/or utilized by several major College Football outlets, including the ACC Official Site, the Mountain West Official Site, and numerous participating Division I-A institutions.
Links to official university websites using NationalChamps.net:
2008 Official University Website Recognition

Site Owner Todd Helmick has appeard on many radio stations through out the country, including award winning talk shows through out the Southeast: The Paul Finebaum Show and the George Lapides Show. Other stations Todd has appeard on:

WNST Baltimore Sports Talk - 1570 AM
The Zone 790 - Atlanta, GA
KCSP 610 AM with Roger Twibell - Kansas City, MO
Sports Radio 540 - Clarksville, TN
WHOO ESPN 1080 - Orlando, FL
WKJK 1080, The Sports Forum - Louisville, KY
WTBC 1230 - Tuscaloosa, AL
WPTF Radio - Raleigh, NC
The Eagle 93.9 FM SportsCall - Auburn, AL
ESPN 840 AM - Charlottesville, VA
WTKA 1050 AM - Ann Arbor, MI
WJOX 690 AM - Birmingham, AL
WLNI 105.9 FM - Lynchburg, VA
Iowa Radio Network
WHAS Clear Channel Radio - Louisville, KY
KWBG AM 1590 - Boone, IA
ESPN AM 1430 The Sports Addict Radio Network - Blacksburg, VA
Fox Sports Radio 810 AM - Virginia
WDWS Sportsnight - Champaign, IL
ESPN 1400 AM - Decatur/Huntsville, AL
Clear Channel Radio - Lima, OH
92.7 The Ticket - East Lansing, MI
WHBQ 560 AM with George Lapides - Memphis, TN
Paul Finebaum Radio Network - finebaum.com

Todd has written numerous college football columns for newspapers through out the east and west coast. His regular beats since 1993 can be found at his hometown newspaper - The Cumberland Times-News.

Being the sole proprietor, web developer and content production manager for NationalChamps.net, Todd wrote the preseason previews for most of the Top 50 teams covered. In addition, he was the editor for numerous freelance writers submitting articles for publication at his website.

ESPN.com has utilized the NationalChamps.net 2003 Preseason Strength of Schedule as part of an unofficial version of Preseason BCS Rankings. The Preseason BCS Calculations were formed using the average team rankings between the preseason Coaches Poll and the major preview magazines along with the 2003 schedule strength ratings from NationalChamps.net.

Sports Illustrated has recognized NationalChamps.net as the best location for locating every major College Football Preseason Top 25 poll. The National Champs Preseason (NCS) System is an average of every major Top 25 poll and is updated daily during the off-season.

The site’s College Football TV Listings (every game, time and channel) has been called a "must print" guide for the serious college football couch potato by the Atlanta Constitution Journal.

In 2010 Todd founded a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called the Queen City Football Foundation that assisted local high school football athletes in obtaining scholarship money for college. Todd has helped place over 40 student-athletes into college.

FORT HILL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Working with his high school alma matte, Todd has assisted Fort Hill High School with their football schedules since 2009, built their football website and established the annual Queen City Quad - a four team high school classic - that benefits local charities for the past 15 years. Fort Hill maintains the nation's No. 1 overall winning percentage for teams that have played over 500 games and has won eight state championships over the course of the past ten seasons.

WESTERN MARYLAND LEMONADE
Todd Helmick is the founder and co-owner of Western Maryland Lemonade, LLC - a lemonade beverage bottling company with over 300 flavors.