The Bellarmine Athletics Department has hired Wes Liles as assistant sports information director. Current Bellarmine sports information director Nels Popp made the announcement.
We are very excited to have Wes aboard, said Popp. He comes to us with some great experience already under his belt and is very eager to learn about the sports information field. He will enable us to really move ahead with coverage of all our sports and student-athletes. His efforts will go a long way towards increasing our exposure and keeping our fans and boosters up to date on all of our sports.
Liles worked this past summer as an intern in the media relations office with the Louisville Bats baseball team, the triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. He has also spent time working with the University of Louisvilles womens soccer team and with the Lexington Area Sports Authority. Liles earned his bachelors degree in communications from the University of Kentucky and will complete his masters degree in sports administration from the University of Louisville this winter.
I am extremely excited to be joining the Bellarmine athletics staff, said Liles. Bellarmine athletics is a program that continues to grow and Im looking forward to meeting and working with the staff, coaches, and student-athletes there. This will be a great learning experience for me.
The Bellarmine sports information office was the only department in the nation to receive a grant from the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) for 2006-07 to fund an assistant sports information director position. The Bellarmine athletics department sponsors 18 NCAA Division II sports as well as Division I mens lacrosse.