Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Brandon Holtz has been named assistant media relations director for soccer and baseball at the University of Kansas.
Holtz was an intern for the Bluejays’ media relations department at Creighton University. He was the main contact for soccer and baseball at the university for the 2004-05 season, which is what he will cover at the University of Kansas.
The position was previously a paid, undergraduate internship and each year a new person was hired to fill the spot. Last year Adam Quisenberry was the sports information director intern for the two sports. This year the media relations department made the decision to make it a full-time position.
“We felt we needed consistency in that department as opposed to a different face each year,” Theisen said.
With the recent success of the soccer and baseball teams, there is a need for a full-time position, said Chris Theisen, assistant athletics director for media relations.
The Kansas soccer team was the Big 12 champion and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in the 2004 season. The baseball team won more than 30 games last season and made it to the Big 12 tournament for the second time in three seasons under head coach Ritch Price.
Since his arrival at Kansas in 2003, Lew Perkins, athletics director, has added more than 10 new positions to the Athletics Department.
Theisen said Perkins is implementing his own system changes.
“Over time you see where you need to do things,” he said. “I think that’s just part of it, part of the way he manages, and you can’t do it instantly, so it’s being done over time.”
Head women’s soccer coach Mark Francis said he was excited about the new face in the athletics departments because it would help bring in new players.
“Brandon is going to help us immensely, especially in recruiting,” Francis said. “He will help get the word out about our program and our accomplishments. Hopefully there will be more media coverage and more interesting feature stories. Right now he is working on expanding the media guide and making it better, which will be good for the recruiting process.”
Francis considers the permanence of his new position an acknowledgement of the success of the soccer and baseball teams.
“It’s a commitment from the Athletics Department and Lew Perkins that they recognize the success we’ve had, and baseball, too,” Francis said.
— Edited by Erin M. Droste
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