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More than a year after rejoining his alma mater as the Assistant SID, Chris Yandle was named Assistant Director of Media Relations at Baylor University effective July 2008.
Yandle will serve as the primary media contact for Baylor's nationally ranked men's basketball and men's golf programs. He joined the Baylor staff after spending 13 months as the Assistant SID at his undergraduate alma mater, University of Louisiana, where he was the media contact for the volleyball, men's basketball and baseball programs.
Prior to being named to the Assistant post at UL in May 2007, Yandle was a Graduate Assistant for Athletic Media Relations at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., working directly with the football, women's swimming and diving and softball programs.
In June 2006, he received the Wiley Smith Post-Graduate Scholarship by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
While at Marshall, he also received on "Best in District" and two "Best in Nation" citations for his publications by CoSIDA. He earned his master's degree in athletic administration from Marshall in May 2007.
Yandle spent three years in the UL SID office as a student assistant from August 2002-May 2005, earning his bachelor's degree in public relations in 2004. He was also a two-time recipient LSWA Ace Huggins Award which is given to a student assistant SID in the state of Louisiana for exemplary work both in the classroom and in sports information.
He is married to the former Ashleigh Anthony of Lafayette and the couple is expecting their first child, Addison Elizabeth, the first week of July.
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