Coastal Carolina Adds Two Staffers

Coastal Carolina University's Athletic Media Relations office has hired Kent Reichert as assistant director and Sarah Barbee as athletic media relations intern, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations John Martin announced. "I am thrilled to have these two as part of the Athletic Media Relations staff at Coastal," Martin said. "These are two quality people who have the drive and dedication to make the AMR office one of the top ones in the league, the region and the country. I feel very fortunate to have two people of this caliber on the staff, as they will make a difference for our student-athletes, coaches and administrators." Reichert joins the staff from Kent State University, where he served as the assistant sports information Director since November 2000. There, he served as the primary media contact for KSU's nationally-ranked field hockey and men's golf programs, as well as women's basketball, wrestling and softball. He also assisted with gameday duties for football and men's basketball. Reichert earned his bachelor's in public relations in 1999 and master's in sports administration in 2001 from Kent State, during which time he served as a student assistant and graduate assistant in the sports information office. He was the media relations coordinator for the 2001 NCAA Field Hockey Championships and assisted the men's basketball SID at the 2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament when the Golden Flashes made their run to the Elite Eight. He also has worked as the official scorer for five years with Akron Aeros, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Barbee comes to Coastal from Embry-Riddle University, where she served on the sports information staff during the 2002-03 school year. There she assisted with all sports information aspects of serving 11 NAIA sports, including working as the primary media contact for women's soccer and men's and women's tennis. She served as the media relations director for the 2003 NAIA Men's and Women's Golf Championships, while also acting as the sports information assistant for the Florida Sun Conference. A 2002 graduate of Duke University, she was a student athletic trainer during her collegiate career. The Coastal Carolina Athletic Media Relations office oversees the media operations for CCU's 17 NCAA Division I sports that compete in the Big South Conference.