Texas Tech University Athletics
Athletics Names Associate Media Relations Director
June 21, 1999 | General
July 17, 1998
LUBBOCK, Texas - Claire Faculjak has been appointed to the position of Associate Director of Athletic Media Relations, Athletic Director Gerald Myers announced today.
Faculjak, who for the past three years served as an assistant sports information director at Southern Methodist University, will handle all media relations and publicity for the sports of women's basketball, women's soccer and fastpitch softball. Effective August 4, she will also have a variety of day-to-day duties within the athletic media relations office. Faculjak replaces Michelle Borland, who recently left Texas Tech to attend graduate school at Baylor University.
"We are looking forward to adding Claire to our media relations staff," said Myers. "I feel confident that her experience in sports information at SMU, in addition to her background in athletic public relations will provide a good fit to our athletic department."
A 1979 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Faculjak received her master's degree in sports administration from St. Thomas University in 1992. She served as a graduate assistant in the St. Thomas sports information office before spending two years as an intern in the women's sports information office at the University of Wisconsin. While at Wisconsin, Faculjak served as the primary contact for the USTA/ITA National Indoor Team Tennis Championships and coordinated national soccer statistics for NCAA Division I. She also worked the 1993 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships, held at UW.
While at SMU, Faculjak served as the primary media contact for women's basketball, men's and women's golf and men's and women's soccer. She served as the managing editor of the gameday football program and was the sports information office manager. She is an active member of College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and is a former vice president of the Wisconsin Sports Federation.
