Rodgers Named Associate Director of Communications at the Ivy League
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Scottie Rodgers has been named Associate Director for Communications in the Ivy League beginning July 1, 2008. Rodgers’ appointment was announced today by Jeff Orleans, Executive Director of the Council of Ivy Group Presidents.
Rodgers, who will lead media relations, Web site and other communications efforts for the Ivy League’s 33 men’s and women’s conference sports, succeeds Brett Hoover, who has served as Associate Director since 2000.
"We are very pleased to have Scottie join the Ivy League," said Orleans. "His diverse national experience, his talent and his commitment all will help us build on Brett Hoover’s strong foundation, both in the Ivy Office and in our extensive work with the Ivy athletic departments.”
Rodgers comes to the Ivy League after more than two years as senior director, university relations at CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV) in New York City where he served as the primary marketing, sales and account manager for a number of online clients including two Ivy League members, Brown and Yale.
Prior to joining CBS College Sports, he spent five years at the NCAA national office in Indianapolis with the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship staff, joining the women’s basketball staff in June 2000 as assistant director and being promoted to associate director in September 2004. Rodgers was charged with coordinating the media operations for all rounds of the championship, including serving as the media coordinator for the Women’s Final Four, and also served as the NCAA national office liaison to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Rodgers’ career began at the Southeastern Conference office in Birmingham, Ala., as a media relations assistant working primarily with Olympic sports and assisting with football. He was promoted to assistant director in 1996, overseeing the women's basketball and softball media relations while continuing to assist with football and promoted in 1997 to associate director working with men's basketball as well as men’s and women’s cross country, women's soccer and men's and women's tennis.
Rodgers has been active with CoSIDA since 1996 serving on the workshop social committee. He also worked on the local organizing committee for the 2002 FIBA Men’s World Basketball Championship and the 2004 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), as publicity assistant coordinating celebrity interviews at the Kentucky Derby from 2002-07, and on the media operations staff for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic for the last nine years.
“I am extremely excited to be joining the Ivy Office staff under Jeff’s direction and honored to have the opportunity to promote the Ivy League’s principles and its student-athletes,” Rodgers said.
The 35-year-old native of Atmore, Ala., is a 1995 graduate of the University of Alabama, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication. While at Alabama, Rodgers worked as a student assistant in the athletics media relations department for three years.
Founded in 1954, the Ivy League includes Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton and Yale Universities, Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania, and provides the country’s widest intercollegiate athletic opportunities for both men and women, with over 8,000 athletes competing each year. The Ivy League annually finishes among the top conferences in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics competitive rankings, and Ivy student-athletes annually compile the country’s best records in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Academic Performance Ratings.