Scott Harris

Assistant Sports Information Director
Hampden-Sydney
August 2010 - Present

  • Contact for lacrosse, soccer, tennis, cross country and swimming. Secondary contact for basketball.
  • Named Honorable Mention Sports Information Director of the Year in January 2013 by Lacrosse Magazine.
  • Wrote features stories, press releases, previews, and game recaps along with media guides, game programs, and game notes for assigned sports.
  • Landed the Hampden-Sydney Basketball team on ESPN’s SportsCenter on two occasions.
  • Oversaw a student employment staff annually over 10 students.
  • Assisted in the implementation of a new athletics website from PrestoSports that provided an improved interface, new features, and enhanced social media integration.
  • Invented a method to provide live stats via cloud storage program Dropbox, a method now used by numerous schools and at the 2011 Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl.
  • Designed and developed print and digital media guides and brochures, newspaper and digital advertisements, and promotional graphics for the athletics website.
  • Increased the role of social media by creating Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube pages and expanding the usage of Twitter. The Facebook and Twitter accounts had the most followers per student in the conference.

Assistant Sports Information Director
Lynchburg College
August 2007 - May 2010
Sports Information Internship
August 2007 - May 2007

  • Sports information contact for baseball, men’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track & field, softball, and volleyball
  • Wrote features stories, press releases, previews, and game recaps for assigned sports.
  • Sports Information Publications Coordinator - Designed brochures, game programs, media guides, and recruiting brochures to promote, publicize, and market the athletic department and teams.
  • Assistant Project Manager, Athletics Website - Researched athletics website companies to determine the best company for the athletics department.
  • Increased media coverage of Lynchburg College, landing news items and features on ESPN and Sports Illustrated.
  • Increased exposure of Lynchburg athletics