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What is Sports Information?
Sports Information, or Athletic Communications as it is known at some colleges, typically describes the office or department within a college's athletic department or collegiate athletic conference that handles the media relations, statistical record-keeping, publicity, and other related aspects of the given athletic department or conference.  These days, most Sports Information professionals are expected to be excellent writers, proficient in publication and web design, familiar with several statistical software programs, and have a variety of other skills.  At many smaller non-scholarship schools, including where I work at Washington College, there is only one or two full-time member of the Sports Information Office.   At the other end of the spectrum, the largest NCAA Division I institutions may employ around one dozen Sports Information employees, including Assistant S.I.D.s, interns, graduate assistants, publication specialists, and/or web editors.  Most Sports Information professionals are members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

My Sports Information Background
I began working in the field of Sports Information in September of 1997 during my first semester as a student at Goucher College.  Over my four years at Goucher, I served under three separate S.I.D.'s and saw my responsibilities increase each year.  By my senior year, I was serving as a de facto Assistant S.I.D., writing about 40 % of the releases generated by our office, aiding in the design and maintenance of our web site and our publications, and serving in various other capacities.   During my junior year, I also completed a brief internship with the Department of Athletic Communications at nearby Loyola College, a Division I institution.  My experiences as a student helped me acquire my present job of Sports Information Director at Washington College right out of college.  For examples of my Sports Information press releases and other work, please browse WashingtonCollegeSports.com, which I designed. The Washington College Atheltics web site receives between 800-2,000 unique visitors a day.