Lauren Cooper

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE--Announced the resignation of Lauren Cooper, coordinator of creative services.
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BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE--Announced the resignation of Lauren Cooper, coordinator of creative services.

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE,Announced the resignation of Lauren Cooper, coordinator of creative services.

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE-Announced the resignation of Lauren Cooper, coordinator of creative services.

Lauren Cooper resigned as the Big South's coordinator of creative services … The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference hired Ben Brownlee to be administrative assistant for compliance.

Lauren Cooper, a 2002 grad, is a media relations assistant for Wake Forest University Athletics, handling publicity and statistics for Wake Forest's NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports.She serves as the primary media contact for women's soccer, men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track and field.She also assists with football and men's and women's basketball.Her duties include producing, designing and editing media guides and game programs, as well as Web site maintenance and statistical updating."I love what I am doing," she says."I get to be involved in college athletics at the best level of competition, the ACC.Working at Wake Forest gives me the opportunity to network with colleagues all over the nation and will allow many chances for me to become established quickly in the sports industry."Her e-mail address is cooperml@wfu.edu.

Longwood - Named Lauren Cooper assistant sports information director.

Pacific - Named Rob Selna volunteer assistant baseball coach.

San Diego State - Named Jennifer Zebroski crew coach; dismissed Evans Burns from the men's basketball team.

Toledo - Named Kevin Hadsell women's track and field coach.

Hoffman replaces Lauren Cooper, who accepted a full-time position at Longwood University.

Lauren Cooper, Assistant Director of Public Relations

Lauren Cooper is in her first year as the Big South's Assistant Director of Public Relations after beginning her duties with the League office on January 1, 2004.

Cooper is responsible for assisting with the day-to-day operations of the Big South's Public Relations program.She also serves as the League's primary contact for football, women's basketball, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, while assisting with day-to-day duties in men's basketball.Cooper will also be responsible for helping to oversee and maintain the Conference's website, www.BigSouthSports.com.

Most recently, Cooper was on the media relations staff at the Raleigh site of the 2004 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament first and second rounds.

Cooper is no stranger to the Big South, serving as a student assistant in Elon's sports information office from October 2000 until her graduation in May 2002.

Cooper previously worked as the Assistant Sports Information Director at Longwood University.At Longwood, Cooper was responsible for assisting with daily operation of the sports information office with direct responsibility for the sports of women's basketball, field hockey, men's soccer, women's golf, women's lacrosse and softball.She also assisted in the administration of the institution's Internet athletics website, game operations and management activities, and with the supervision of the student assistants' staff.

Prior to working at Longwood, Cooper served as a media relations assistant at Wake Forest University from July 2002 to May 2003.While at Wake Forest, Cooper served as the primary contact for women's soccer, cross country, and track & field while being a secondary contact for men's and women's tennis.She also assisted in all aspects of media relations for football along with men's and women's basketball.Additionally, Cooper was an assistant editor for Wake Forest Football's Kickoff game-day program; maintained statistics for Demon Deacon football, men's and women's basketball, and women's soccer; and was a member of the statistics crew for the 2003 ACC men's basketball tournament.

A native of Southern Pines, N.C., Cooper now resides in Charlotte.

Longwood University has announced the appointment of Lauren Cooper as assistant sports information director.

A 1998 graduate of Pinecrest High School, Cooper previously worked at Wake Forest University during the past year as a media relations assistant with the Division I member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

At Longwood, Cooper will assist in the daily operation of the sports information office with direct responsibility for the sports of women's basketball, field hockey, men's soccer, women's golf, women's lacrosse and softball.

She will also assist in the administration of the institution's Internet athletics Web site, game operations and management activities, and with the supervision of the student assistants' staff.

"Lauren brings excellent communication skills and experience, along with a solid background in Division I athletics, to this position at Longwood," said Greg Prouty, the school's sports information director.
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At Wake Forest, Cooper served as the primary contact for women's soccer, cross country, and track and field, while being a secondary contact for men's and women's tennis.She also assisted in all aspects of media relations for football along with men's and women's basketball.

Additionally, Cooper was an assistant editor for Wake Forest Football's Kickoff game-day program; maintained statistics for Demon Deacon football, men's and women's basketball, and women's soccer; and was a member of the statistics crew for the 2003 ACC men's basketball tournament.

"I am very excited about joining the staff at Longwood University during its reclassification period to Division I," Cooper said."This is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the sports information office while assisting the athletic department in meeting the challenge of Division I athletics certification."

A native of Southern Pines, Cooper earned a bachelor's degree in corporate communications from Elon University where she was an assistant in the institution's sports information office for two years.

Cooper Joins Big South's Public Relations Office

The Big South Conference announced recently that Lauren Cooper has been named assistant director of public relations.

"I am eager and excited to start my new position with the Big South," Cooper said."I'm ready to take on the challenges that come with working in the Conference office and look forward to promoting the Big South and its member institutions."

Cooper will be responsible for assisting with the day-to-day operations of the Big South's public relations program.She will serve as the league's primary contact for women's basketball, as well as other selected sports.Cooper will also be responsible for helping to oversee and maintain the Conference's Web site, BigSouthSports.com.

Cooper is no stranger to the Big South, serving as a student assistant in Elon's sports information office from October 2000 until her graduation in May 2002.

"Lauren brings a great deal of ability and experience with the Big South to this position," said Big South Commissioner Kyle B. Kallander.
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Cooper previously worked as an assistant sports information director at Longwood University after she completed a 10-month internship with the Wake Forest University media relations office.

At Longwood, Cooper was responsible for assisting with daily operation of the sports information office with direct responsibility for the sports of women's basketball, field hockey, men's soccer, women's golf, women's lacrosse, and softball.She also assisted in the administration of the institution's Internet athletics Web site, game operations and management activities, and with the supervision of the student assistants' staff.