Monday, August 1, 2005

KELLY HARRISON HIRED AS TUSCULUM ASSISTANT SID

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Kelly Harrison has been hired as Assistant Sports Information Director at Tusculum College, announced Dom Donnelly, TC Director of Sports Information. Harrison replaces Matt Horne, who resigned his position in July to become Assistant SID at Georgia Southern University.

A native of Greeneville and a graduate of South Greene High School, Harrison returns to her hometown after working four years in Orlando, Fla., most recently with the NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference. In her new position at TC, Harrison will serve as the primary contact for men's and women's soccer, women's basketball, and softball. She will also assist with media relations for the college's 14 intercollegiate sports.

"I'm excited to have the opportunity to return home and assume this position working in a field that I've greatly enjoyed for the past four years," Harrison said. "Tusculum takes pride in its athletics department, and the facilities that have been built in the short time I've lived in Florida are absolutely amazing. I look forward to settling onto the campus and working with the coaches and administrators."

During her three-year tenure as Sunshine State Conference Information Coordinator, Harrison's duties included media relations for the league's 14 intercollegiate sports, web site maintenance, statistics, and NCAA compliance. Prior to assuming her position at the SSC, she served as an assistant in the sports information department at Rollins College, an SSC member institution.

"I'm looking forward to the opportunity to work with Kelly," said Donnelly. "She has outstanding credentials working at the Sunshine State Conference, Rollins and Tennessee. Kelly will be a wonderful addition to our athletic staff at Tusculum."

Harrison graduated from the University of Tennessee in May 2001 with a BS in Communications and a sport management minor. As a senior at UT, she worked in the men's sports information department, assisting with game-day duties for football and men's basketball, as well as performing general office duties on a daily basis.

Tusculum College is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference, which is comprised of eight colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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