MY MENTOR - SHANE O'DONNELL
Shane O’Donnell has been handling the role of Sports Information Director at Tiffin University for 25 years. Shane also serves as the Assistant Athletic Director overseeing Sports Information and Game Management Coordination.
Amongst O'Donnell's primary responsibilities are handling media relations and statistical game management, maintaining the athletic website, and historical archive maintenance. He also works with WTUD Director Russ Snyder in overseeing athletic television productions, handling the maintenance of all television activity on Time Warner Local Access. O’Donnell previously served as chair of the Information and Technology Committee for three years. He currently has the chair at the Hall of Fame Committee, and introduced the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. O'Donnell is a graduate of Tiffin University, majoring in Organizational Management. Where he would move on and work as a sports reporter for the Advertiser-Tribune for 8 years. During this time, he was awarded First place in Sports News Competition by the Great Lakes Interscholastic Press Association in 1987 conducted by School of Mass Communication at Bowling Green State University. Title: Asst. Ath. Dir., Sports Information Phone: 419-448-3288 Email: [email protected] |
Russ Snyder
Russell Snyder joined the Tiffin University staff full time August 1, 2015 as the Director of Broadcast Operations. Prior to joining TU full time Russell served as the play-by-play voice of the Dragons since 2011 while working for the local radio station. Russell operates WTUD the Internet radio home of Tiffin University.
Title: Director of Broadcast Operations
Phone: 419-448-5149
Email: [email protected]
Title: Director of Broadcast Operations
Phone: 419-448-5149
Email: [email protected]
Matt KiblerMatt Kibler enters his second year as Assistant Sports Information Director at Tiffin University. Matt is also a member of the WTUD broadcast crew, which covers TU athletics both at home and on the road. Matt and Russ have been broadcast partners for 4 years now.
Matt is a 2014 graduate of Tiffin University, majoring in Communications. While a student at Tiffin, Kibler broadcasted Dragon athletic events through the America One Network, and was the public address announcer for basketball and football games. Combining his four years as a student, Kibler has broadcasted games for 14 different athletic teams on campus. Title: Asst. SID Phone: 419-448-3023 Email: [email protected] |