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| Title: | Assistant Athletic Director/Media Relations |
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| Email: | mschmitt@scu.edu |
| Phone: | 554-2114 |
| Experience: | 4th Season at SCU; 20th Year in College Athletics |
| College: | Illinois State '90, '91 |
Michelle Schmitt is in her second year as an Assistant Athletic Director at Santa Clara after serving as the Director of Media Relations at Santa Clara her first year and a half with the Broncos. She came to Santa Clara in June, 2008 after working at the University of South Carolina for 15 years, including the last five as an Assistant Director of Athletics.
In addition to working as the men's basketball and volleyball SID, she also oversees track and cross country as well as a total redesign of the department's website. She also works with a number of sports in their marketing and recruiting efforts and assists in enhancing Santa Clara's public relations efforts nationally.
Schmitt successfully coordinated USC's media relations efforts at the 2004 Athens Olympics where USC-affiliated athletes won seven medals, including four gold medals. She worked for Carolina at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, promoting USC with former athletes and volunteer coaches winning five Olympic medals. In addition, she worked for the Atlanta Organizing Committee at the swimming and diving venue at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Most recently, she was the Director of Planning and Special Projects. Prior to that, Schmitt was assistant SID for three years before taking over duties as director of publications and special events.
As the publications coordinator, she won more than 55 CoSIDA publications awards. She came to USC in 1993 from the Big Ten Conference, where she was the publications and special projects assistant.
She is a 1998 graduate of the prestigious Sports Management Institute, a partnership between the Universities of South Carolina, North Carolina and Southern California. She is also a 2002 graduate of Leadership Columbia.
A native of Elmhurst, Ill., and a graduate of Mascoutah High School, Schmitt is a 1990 graduate of Illinois State University, where she received a bachelor's in public relations. She earned her master's in sport administration from ISU in 1991. She worked in the Sports Information Offices at both ISU and Illinois Wesleyan University while working on her master's.
In the military from 1985-88 (Army), Schmitt worked in the White House Telecommunications Center in the White House Communications Agency. She won the White House Service Award, the U.S. Army Commendation Medal and the prestigious Presidential Service Award.
