Monday, October 25, 2004

For Immediate Release

   CRACOLICI NAMED SPORTS INFORMATION ASSISTANT AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE

	GORHAM, Maine  --  Christina Cracolici, formerly the Sports Information 
Director at Wellesley College (Wellesley, Mass.) has been named Sports Information 
Assistant at the University of Southern Maine.

	Cracolici served as the Sports Information Director at Wellesley College for 
two years, overseeing media relations for Wellesley's 12 intercollegiate sports.  
Prior to her appointment at Wellesley, Cracolici served as an Athletic 
Communications Assistant at Colgate University (Hamilton, N.Y.), working primarily 
with women's basketball, men's soccer, men's and women's tennis and women's 
lacrosse.

	While obtaining her master's degree at East Stroudsburg University (East 
Stroudsburg, Pa.), Cracolici was the graduate assistant in the sports information 
department.  She developed media guides for men's and women's basketball, men's 
soccer and women's field hockey while assisting with press releases, web-page 
maintenance and statistics for basketball, soccer, and football.  Also, she was 
active in the Sport Management Club, serving as the public relations chair, and 
contributing to the club's newsletter while organizing the game day staffing of 
the Alumni Golf Tournament. 

	Cracolici earned her bachelor's degree in Sports Management in 1999 from 
Thomas College (Waterville, Maine).  A three-sport athlete, Cracolici played 
soccer, basketball and softball for the Terriers, captaining the soccer and 
softball teams and earning all-conference honors in soccer.  Cracolici went on to 
earn her Master's of Education with a Concentration in Sports Management in 2002 
from East Stroudsburg.