2008-09 ECAC-SIDA Executive Board

David Alexander At-Large Representative College of St. Rose alexandd@mail.strose.edu

David Alexander is in his 17th year as the Sports Information Director at The College of Saint Rose, which honored him with a 2007 Service Excellence Award. He had Assistant Athletics Director added to his title following the 2001-02 academic year.

Alexander directs all aspects of the Saint Rose sports information office including media relations, website maintenance, publications and game-day management. He directs the information flow of Saint Rose athletics to media on a local, regional and national level and oversees the production of media guides, game-day programs, and athletics marketing material. Furthermore, he coordinates all coaches and student-athlete media interviews, compiles statistics, maintains team records, coordinates the department’s photography requirements and directs all press table/press box operations at Saint Rose home events.

Alexander, the only full-time SID Saint Rose has known, also assumes several other roles aside from his regular duties within the Saint Rose sports information office. He produces the Saint Rose men’s and women’s basketball webcasts and is part of the Saint Rose Magazine editorial board. He has also acted as the Northeast Regional Coordinator for the Daktronics, Inc. men’s basketball All-America team for the past nine years and is chair of the ECAC II men’s basketball committee.

Alexander also served as the men's basketball and baseball publicist for the East Coast Conference, formerly the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference, from 1993-00. He has worked as the Media Relations Director for six NCAA II regional basketball championships along with the 1997 NCAA II Northeast Regional Baseball Championship and the 1995 NCAA II East Regional Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships that were hosted by Saint Rose.

Additionally, Alexander acted as the Media Relations Director for the annual Capital Key Classic men’s and women’s basketball tournament from 1995-01. The tournament was the nation’s largest NCAA II in-season basketball festival during its run.

Alexander is an active member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the Public Relations Society of America. Alexander serves on the Executive Board of the ECAC Sports Information Directors of America (ECAC-SIDA), serves on the NCAA II Northeast Region Baseball Championship Committee and does volunteer work locally with the New York State Special Olympics.

Alexander worked as a media liaison at the 2001 NCAA Frozen Four in Albany and the 2006 and 2007 NCAA II men’s basketball “Elite Eight” national championships in Springfield, MA. Furthermore, CoSIDA cited him with a regional award for publication excellence in recognition of his 2001-02 men’s basketball media guide.

A 1986 graduate of the University of Rhode Island where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, Alexander has worked as a sportswriter for The Westerly Sun in his native Rhode Island and for The Capital in Annapolis, MD. He has also served as an assistant in the sports information offices at Rhode Island and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.