 Shortly after graduation, he created the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards ("CARAs"), a cappella's equivalent of the Grammy Awards.He formed the Contemporary A Cappella League, a new national network of adult "post-collegiate" a cappella groups.Biographical Information about Deke Sharon can be found in Mickey Rapkin's "Pitch Perfect" (2008), Joshua Duchan's "Powerful Voices" (2012) and Alysia Abbott's "Fairyland" (2013).