Vermont Athletic Communications

LISA CHAMPAGNE * Director of Athletic Communications

Lisa Champagne was promoted to Director of Athletic Communications at the University of Vermont in May of 2005 after six years as an Assistant Director in the athletic communications office.

She oversees the day-to-day operations of the athletic communications office, which includes three assistants and 15 student assistants. She is the primary media contact for the Vermont men’s and women’s cross country and track and field, women’s soccer, women’s basketball and women’s lacrosse teams.

While at Vermont, Champagne has overseen the redesign of the athletic department website, spearheaded a new design for the media guides, introduced news means of disseminating information to the media, fans, alumni and other interested parties about UVM Athletics, and coordinated the streaming of games over the Internet.

Champagne is an experienced professional in athletic communications having served as Director of Sports Information at Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) for two years before coming to the University of Vermont.

She also spent two years in the sports information office at Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.), serving as assistant director for 16 months before being appointed interim SID.

Prior to her work at Quinnipiac, Champagne was a student assistant in the sports information office at New Hampshire College, now known as Southern New Hampshire University, for three years.

In addition to her collegiate sports information experience, Champagne has also gained valuable experience on the international stage. She worked at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, serving as a media relations staff member at Soldier Hollow for the Nordic, biathlon and Nordic-combined events.

Champagne has also worked the 1999 and 2003 Women's World Cup, the Special Olympics World Games in 1995 and several NCAA Championships in a variety of sports. Most recently, she was a media relations volunteer at the 2004 USGA Women's Open held at the Orchards in South Hadley, Mass. and headed up Vermont's athletic communications contingent at the 2005 NCAA Ski Championship at Stowe.

A native of Tolland, Conn., Champagne earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from New Hampshire College in 1994 and a master's degree in business administration from Saint Michael's College in 2001. She was a two-sport athlete for the Penmen, competing in basketball and softball.

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