Staff Directory
Andrew Drennen
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Sports Communication, Digital and Emerging Media (MSO, WBB, BSB, MTE, WTE)
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Andrew joined the UC Riverside's Athletic Department in November of 2024. He is the primary media contact for men's soccer, women's basketball, men's and women's tennis and baseball.
He began his career working for Student Sports where he covered high school baseball and oversaw player operations for Area Code Baseball. Andrew spent time at ESPN where he served as an editor helping launch ESPNRISE, a site dedicated to covering high school sports nationwide. He was responsible for developing and launching ESPN's high school baseball database. He also worked in event operations for the NIKE Football Training Camps, NIKE SPARQ Combines and Boost Mobile Elite 24 properties.
From there he moved to Vistamar School where he spent two years in the school's development office before becoming the Assistant Director of Athletics where he oversaw communication efforts, scheduling and budgets.
He earned is B.A. in History from UC Davis and his M.A. in Sports Management from Long Beach State.
He began his career working for Student Sports where he covered high school baseball and oversaw player operations for Area Code Baseball. Andrew spent time at ESPN where he served as an editor helping launch ESPNRISE, a site dedicated to covering high school sports nationwide. He was responsible for developing and launching ESPN's high school baseball database. He also worked in event operations for the NIKE Football Training Camps, NIKE SPARQ Combines and Boost Mobile Elite 24 properties.
From there he moved to Vistamar School where he spent two years in the school's development office before becoming the Assistant Director of Athletics where he oversaw communication efforts, scheduling and budgets.
He earned is B.A. in History from UC Davis and his M.A. in Sports Management from Long Beach State.
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