Andrea James - Assistant Sports Information Director

Andrea James started working in the Carnegie Mellon Department of Athletics in August of 2005. As the assistant sports information director, James keeps statistics, reports scores and writes press articles for all of the intercollegiate teams at Carnegie Mellon.

James was the primary contact for football during the NCAA playoff run in 2006 and currently serves as the main contact for soccer, women's basketball, and swimming and diving. James splits coverage for volleyball, cross country and track, and tennis.

While entering her third year on staff, James has helped redesign the athletics web site twice and is the liason for web development and technology.

Prior to Carnegie Mellon, James worked at Allegheny College for the 2004-2005 school year in which she covered the men's soccer and softball NCAA playoff teams.

James is a 2002 graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College where she earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and played shortstop and second base for the softball team. She was all-conference her junior season and won two conference championships while advancing to the NCAA Regionals twice. James also earned her MBA at Wesleyan while working as a graduate assistant in the sports information office. One of her first media relations opportunities came in August of 2002 when she traveled to Williamsport, Pa., to cover a California baseball team playing in the Little League World Series.

Outside of Carnegie Mellon, James was fortunate to work at the 2006 NCAA Division II Softball Championship in which she submitted press releases to ncaasports.com following each game. She also volunteered at the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball First and Second Round site at the University of Pittsburgh and is a statistician for the Pittsburgh Xplosion CBA basketball team and sports production team for Comcast Cable during football and basketball seasons.

James is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as well as a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA).

James' husband, Anthony, is the head women's soccer coach at Youngstown State University.