Ericson Joins Georgia State Sports Communications Staff
Steven Ericson has been named the assistant sports information director at Georgia State University as announced by Allison George, associate athletics director for communications. Ericson began his new duties effective Sept. 17 and will serve as the primary contact for volleyball and baseball while assisting with men’s basketball and the entire 16-sport program.
Ericson comes to Georgia State after serving as the assistant sports information director at Mercer University for over two years. With the Bears, he served as the primary media liaison for women’s soccer, women’s basketball and golf. During his tenure at Mercer, Ericson worked at the 2005 Atlantic Sun Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament and served as the host SID for the 2007 Atlantic Sun Men’s Golf Championship.
Prior to his time at Mercer, he worked with the Atlanta Hawks media relations department following a two-year stint as a graduate assistant in the Georgia State Sports Communications Office. While at Georgia State, Ericson served as the primary contact for baseball and men’s soccer and assisted with game-day duties for basketball.
“It is exciting to be returning to a place I consider ‘home.’ There are a lot of new faces at Georgia State, but also a lot of familiar faces that I remember from my previous tenure. I look forward to helping Georgia State grow in stature and publicize its athletics accomplishments,” said Ericson. “I look forward to the challenges ahead of me and I am very pleased to say that I am proud to be part of the Panther family.”
In addition to his role at Georgia State, Ericson served as an intern for the Huntsville Stars baseball team during the summer of 2003. He helped promote a Stars team, a AA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, which featured current major leaguers Corey Hart and 2007 National League All-Star J.J. Hardy.
Ericson, a resident of Marietta, Ga., received his master’s degree from Georgia State in sports administration in 2003 while earning his bachelor’s degree in journalism from GSU in 2001.