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Sports Information Director: Phil Ticknor has been the Sports Information Director at Washington College since June 2001. Upon his hire, he completed a total redesign of the Washington College Athletics web site. During the summer of 2006, he again redesigned the site and moved it to its current home at WashingtonCollegeSports.com. Thanks to Ticknor's efforts, Washington College was the first institution in the Centennial Conference to offer live Internet statistics and play-by-play text for any sport. WC continues to be at the forefront of live stats in the Centennial Conference and in all of Division III, offering live stats for all men's and women's soccer, field hockey, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, and men's and women's lacrosse home games. Live stats are also provided for selected home tennis matches. Ticknor also established the production of a Washington College Athletics recruiting CD-ROM, which he produces each summer. The CD-ROM contains information on all 17 varsity sports at WC as well as admissions information and short video clips. Washington College is the first school in the Centennial Conference to move its recruiting materials from print to multimedia. Ticknor played a large role in the creation of the Charles B. Clark Cup, awarded annually to the winner of the Washington College/Salisbury University regular season men's lacrosse game, and became a member of the College's Hall of Fame Committee in 2005. A member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA), Ticknor has served on CoSIDA's Technology Committee since 2003. In August 2006, he launched The SID Board, the first online discussion forum for sports information professionals. The following summer he conducted a table topic on healthy living for SIDs at the ECAC-SIDA Workshop. In addition to his work at the college, Ticknor has performed various freelance duties as a publications designer and web editor. He worked as a photographer for Champ Camp, a premier summer showcase tournament for high school boys lacrosse players, for five summers, before taking over the camp's web editor duties in 2007. He also volunteered as a media relations assistant for the Baltimore Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse during the summer of 2004. Ticknor earned a B.A. in Communication from Goucher College with honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 2001. While at Goucher, Ticknor served as a student assistant to three different Sports Information Directors. E-mail Phil Ticknor. |
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Assistant Sports Information Director: Jason Bryden was named the Assistant Sports Information Director at Washington College in July 2006. Bryden, who most recently worked as a contributing writer for The Oneonta (NY) Daily Star, held previous sports information positions at University at Albany and Southern Connecticut State University. Bryden got his start in sports information as a student assistant at SUNY New Paltz. At New Paltz, he won the 2001 Athletic Director's Award, given to a person or persons who, in the estimation of the Director, has provided dedicated service to the department. After earning a B.A. in Public Relations from New Paltz in 2001, Bryden spent two years working in finance administration for NBT Bancorp in Norwich, NY. In August 2003, Bryden returned to sports information when he began a one-year tenure as an intern at Southern Connecticut State. At Southern Connecticut State, he performed a wide variety of duties, including serving as a statistician for field hockey, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, baseball, and softball, and working at four conference and regional championship events. From Southern Connecticut State, Bryden moved on to Albany, where he spent two years in the athletic media relations office. He spent his first year at Albany as a media relations assistant and his second as the head statistician. While at Albany, he served as the primary media contact for softball and men's and women's soccer, served as the statistician for soccer, basketball, and softball, and assisted with several other facets of the athletic media relations office. Bryden worked at four America East and NCAA Division I Tournament events while at Albany. Bryden is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA). He worked at the 2007 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships as an on-field spotter and was part of the 2007 ECAC-SIDA Workshop Local Organizing Committee. E-mail Jason Bryden. |
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