Duck and Welsh Promoted in Pittsburgh Athletic Media Relations; Will Added to Staff
The Pitt Athletic Media Relations office has announced the promotion of two staff members and the addition of another. Current staffers Sophia Duck and Celeste Welsh have been promoted to the roles of media relations coordinators, while Tim Will has joined the office as a graduate assistant.
“Celeste and Sophia have been highly valuable contributors to our media relations efforts and these promotions are very deserved,” Pitt athletic director Jeff Long said. “We are also pleased to have Tim Will joining the staff as a graduate assistant. I know each person is going to be a great asset as we begin a new year of competition.”
Duck, a media relations assistant the past two years, has been promoted to Media Relations Coordinator for Olympic Sports. In this capacity, she will have a lead role in the publicity of the Panthers’ Olympic teams with an emphasis on volleyball, softball, tennis and swimming and diving. Duck also is the chief editor of Pitt’s varsity sports media guides.
Duck is a 2003 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in communications and rhetoric. Following her graduation, she served in the sports information offices at the University of Richmond and Princeton University before returning to Pitt in 2005.
Welsh, Pitt’s administrative assistant for media relations since 2004, has been named media relations coordinator. In this capacity she will continue to have an influential role in the overall functions of Pitt’s media relations office, including the coordination of Pitt’s press box and press row operations for football and basketball and oversight of the credentialing process for those sports. Welsh is additionally an editor of the 2007 Pitt football program.
Welsh previously served in the athletic department at Duquesne University and as a public relations officer with the Montour School District.
Will earned his bachelor’s degree from Pitt this past May with a dual major in business and communication and rhetoric. He was an intern in the media relations office as a senior. In Will’s new capacity he will have a focus on the Panthers’ baseball, cross country, gymnastics, wrestling and track and field teams.