College Sports Information Directors of America

ARCATA, Calif. — Lindsay Pritzker, who has spent the past three years working in the Athletics Media Services office at Western Illinois University, has been hired to serve as assistant sports information director at Humboldt State University.

Pritzker, a native of the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills, will officially assume her duties on Jan. 3. She fills the position previously held by Sarah Finney, who left HSU Athletics Department on Oct. 1 to take over as assistant sports information director at Cal State University Bakersfield.

At Western Illinois Univesity, Pritzker was the primary media contact for the men's and women's tennis programs. Her duties included producing news releases, designing media guides and conducting historical research projects.

Pritzker also has experience assisting with game day press box operations for football, volleyball, soccer, basketball and baseball. In the summer of 2007, she served as community outreach intern for the Chicago Blackhawks professional hockey team.

Pritzker earned a Bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Western Illinois, with an emphasis in sports management.