Harrison Named Alfred University Sports Information Director
ALFRED, NY – After almost two years of working in New York, NY and Towson, MD,
Brandon Harrison returns to Alfred University as the Sports Information Director.
Harrison has spent the past year as the Director of Athletic Communications at Goucher College in Maryland. Goucher has 20 varsity, intercollegiate teams as well as co-ed, equestrian, in which Harrison oversaw from his position. In one year, Harrison has seen the overhaul of the athletics website as well as the unveiling of a newly designed mascot.
Harrison graduated from St. John Fisher College with his bachelor's in sport management in 2013 while also working as a student for the athletics department. After Fisher, he was the Sports Information Graduate Assistant here at Alfred University from the fall of 2014 until graduating with his Master of Business Administration in the spring of 2016. During that time, he was the primary sport contact for men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball and men's and women's lacrosse alongside working with football, volleyball and softball. Harrison was also the Director of the Saxon Pride Board, a platform to promote student-athlete community involvement and school pride.
He also has professional experience from neighboring Alfred State College as the Athletic Department Staff Assistant, specializing in event management and student-athlete compliance. Harrison also interned with the Saxon Athletic Department in the summer of 2013 while finishing his Sports Management degree at St. John Fisher College, playing a key role in creating a new website for the athletic department among a number of other projects.
"I am delighted to have Brandon Harrison return home to Alfred University to direct our communication efforts,"
Paul Vecchio, the Director of Athletics said. "From the first time I met Brandon after my first year here at AU I knew he had an uncommon work ethic, great love of athletics and how it fits into higher education, and a passion to always improve. Our Sports Information Office is in terrific hands with Brandon joining
Chris Boswell, our assistant director, and I look forward to their efforts in keeping our external publics aware of the many accomplishments of Saxon student-athletes."
Harrison is a native of nearby Canisteo, NY and attended high school there where he was a soccer and baseball player.
During his stay as the Sports Information Graduate Assistant at Alfred University, he worked with long-time Sports Information Director,
Mark Whitehouse and the school's first full-time Assistant Sports Information Director,
Chris Boswell with whom he will continue to work with in his new role. "When I first started working at Alfred University and started to get to know Brandon [Harrison], I knew that he had an amazing drive, deep passion and strong love for working in athletic communication," Boswell said. "In the time I worked with him, he was constantly improving his skills in writing, stat-keeping, graphic design, social media and even beginning to learn how to edit video. The efforts that he put into growing and his successes he has found, only make me more excited for the future of the Alfred University Sports Information Office and the future for Alfred University Athletics as a whole."
Harrison's official start date is Monday, October 9. Until then, any sports information or media request can be directed to Boswell at boswell@alfred.edu or by his office phone number, (607) 871-2528.