Jayson Ameer Lamonte Rasheed has been named to the position of sports information director at Thomas More College.
Rasheed has a bachelor's degree in sports administration and communications from Wilmington College, where he worked in the sports information office covering 19 varsity sports. After graduation from Wilmington College, Rasheed was a sports editor for the Wilmington News Journal and a reporter for the Middletown Journal.
Rasheed brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Thomas More sports information office. He has received various awards in his field including third place in the Special Sports Section (dailies), Brown Publishing Co. (2001), second place for Sports Columnist, Brown Publishing Co. (2001) and honorable mention for the Special Sports Section, Ohio Associated Press (2003).
He serves on various councils and takes part in various organizations including: current member of the Cox Ohio Publishing Diversity Council, chairperson of the Diversity Council¹s Publicity Committee, past member of the Hot Hoops Organization for youth (2000-2003) and executive board member of the Ozzie Armstrong Scholarship Committee.
Ameer Rasheed replaces Jason Eichelberger, who served as the sports information director since 2001. Eichelbnerger accepted a position as sports information director at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.