College Sports Information Directors of America

The University of Texas at San Antonio Athletic Department announced the hiring of Kyle Stephens as assistant sports information director. Stephens replaces Bill Petitt, who left in August to become the sports information director at Texas-Arlington. Stephens will serve as the primary contact for men’s and women’s cross country, men’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s track and field and as the editor for UTSA’s official athletics web site, www.goUTSA.com. Stephens comes to UTSA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he spent two years as an athletics media relations assistant. There he was primarily responsible for the men’s and women’s cross country and track and field programs in addition to assisting with men’s and women’s basketball, football and men’s and women’s golf. Prior to his stint at Texas, Stephens worked as a student and graduate assistant in the sports information office at Texas A&M University, serving as the primary contact for cross country and track and field for two years and contributing to the daily and game day operations for a variety of sports, including baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, football and women’s soccer. Originally, from Kountze, Texas, Stephens earned a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in sport management from Texas A&M in May 1998.