Pacific Athletic Media Relations Promotes Glen Sisk and Ben Laskey, Hires Jeremy Fletcher and J.D. Fox

July 14, 2005

STOCKTON, Calif. - University of the Pacific director of athletics Lynn King has announced the promotion of Glen Sisk to the position of Assistant Director for Athletic Media Relations and Ben Laskey to the position of Athletic Media Relations Assistant.

Both Sisk and Laskey were promoted from within the Pacific Athletic Media Relations department as Sisk was the Athletic Media Relations Assistant for the past two seasons, while Laskey has served as a Graduate Assistant over the past two years.

Sisk served as the Athletic Media Relations Assistant at Pacific during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons and also was a Graduate Assistant at Pacific during the 2002-03 year.

Before coming to Pacific, Sisk spent five years as a stringer for the Chicago Tribune. He is a 1998 graduate of Lake Forest College with degrees in philosophy and politics. Sisk will serve as the primary contact for Pacific¹s women¹s volleyball team, baseball, as well as men¹s and women¹s tennis.

A Graduate Assistant for Pacific during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, Laskey will move into the role of Athletic Media Relations Assistant.

Prior to working in the athletic office, Laskey graduated from Pacific with a bachelor¹s degree in political science in 2003. He is currently working to finish his master¹s degree at Pacific in sport science.

Pacific has also hired Jeremy Fletcher and J.D. Fox as Graduate Assistants for the 2005-06 season. Both Fletcher and Fox graduated this summer from Drake University with a bachelor¹s degree in communication.