College Sports Information Directors of America

Chris Mitchell has been named the new sports information director for the Office of University Communications at Washington University in St. Louis. Mitchell, who has served the last two years as the assistant sports information director, replaces Keith Jenkins, who left the University to pursue graduate studies. Mitchell, a 1999 graduate of McKendree College in Lebanon, Ill., will oversee the promotion and publicity of Washington’s highly successful NCAA Division III athletics department. The Bears matched a conference record by winning nine UAA titles in 2002-03 and finished fifth out of 424 Division III schools in the USA Today Directors’ Cup rankings of the top athletic programs in the country. Mitchell’s media guides and publications have won numerous national awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), including five in 2002-03 that were judged seventh or better. He assisted with the football media guide that was judged best in the nation for all non-Division I schools and his volleyball, soccer and women’s basketball media guides all finished in the top four.