Hamline University sports information director Troy Mallat resigned from his position, university officials announced on Tuesday.
Mallat started at Hamline in September 2002, serving as the university's first full-time sports information director in the school's history. He was responsible for all publications, Web site development, and statistics as well as handled all media relations for Hamline's 19 athletic programs. He leaves Hamline to take the position of web communications specialist for Dakota County.
"I'd like to thank Hamline for the opportunity to build their sports information department," Mallat said. "I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Hamline over the last five years."
During his tenure, Hamline became the first school in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to offer live video webcasts for football, volleyball, and mens basketball.
Prior to Hamline, Mallat served four years as student sports information director at UW-River Falls. He also worked for two seasons as River Falls' editor of the Kansas City Chiefs Summer Training Camp Web site and two years as sports editor of the Student Voice, the student-run newspaper.
Mallat, a native of Boscobel, Wis., is a 2001 graduate of UW-River Falls with a B.A. in journalism and history.
A nation-wide search to find Mallat's replacement will begin immediately.
Hamline University belongs to the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, one of the most competitive conferences in the nation. Hamline supports 19 intercollegiate athletic teams for men and women. Find out more about Hamline athletics at www.hamline.edu/hamline_info/athletics.
Rigorous academics and innovative programs attract and challenge a diverse and talented student body in Hamline University's undergraduate college, graduate school, and law school. Guided by faculty who are leaders in their fields, Hamline's nearly 4,400 students experience an intimate environment of small classes and personal attention along with the opportunities of a comprehensive university.
Ranked first in Minnesota in quality and value among comprehensive universities by U.S. News and World Report, Hamline is also Minnesota's first university, founded in 1854.