August 6, 2008
Media Contact:
Mike Donlin
301.841.7327
mike@prestosports.com
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WITH PRESTOSPORTS FOR NEW ATHLETICS WEB SITE LANDMARK CONFERENCE MEMBER BEGINS SITE REDESIGN
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Susquehanna University, an NCAA Division III member of the Landmark Conference, has partnered with PrestoSports to create an innovative new web site for its athletics program. The new home of the Crusaders will launch with a unique design and complete integration into the PrestoSports Network later this year.
"We are looking forward to working with Susquehanna University on this important project," PrestoSports Vice President Patrick Summers says. "Members of the Landmark Conference are focused on their mission of creating positive experiences for student-athletes. We're pleased Susquehanna has chosen PrestoSports to highlight its athletics department with a new site."
By partnering with PrestoSports, Susquehanna's athletics site will receive a unique new design, access to a content management system built specifically for college athletics, and access to continuous technology upgrades. Susquehanna administrators will be able to update scores, add stories, photos, statistics, video, and more, via custom PrestoSports tools.
PrestoSports also hosts the athletics web sites for the Landmark Conference and
members Catholic
University and Goucher
College.
"We couldn't be more excited to be making the switch to
PrestoSports," says Pam Samuelson, Susquehanna University director
of athletics. "We look forward to working with Mike and Greg and
the whole PrestoSports team to build an exciting web site that our
students, alumni, fans, faculty, and staff, can be proud of. This
is an exciting time to be following Susquehanna University
Athletics."
Susquehanna University is located in Selinsgrove, Penn., a town of about 5,000 that is situated on the banks of the Susquehanna River just 50 miles north of the state capital, Harrisburg.
Founded in 1858, the university enrolls approximately 2,000 students. It is recognized in several guidebooks to selective colleges including The Fiske Guide to Colleges and Peterson's Competitive Colleges. Since 2002, U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" has included Susquehanna in its list of National Liberal Arts Colleges, which represents the best 217 undergraduate institutions in the country. The 1995-2001 editions of U.S. News' rankings slated SU as the number one regional liberal arts college in the North.
Susquehanna's athletics program features 23 varsity sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball and varsity cheerleading.
Founded in 2002, PrestoSports is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices, providing market solutions for web site design and hosting, live stats, award management, merchandising, officiating and photo hosting.
PrestoSports features a full-time staff with more than 40 years of combined experience in collegiate athletics and collegiate marketing solutions. From former sports information directors and conference administrators to staff experienced in collegiate marketing solutions, PrestoSports is focused on creating innovative web solutions as unique as each of its clients.
For more information, please contact Mike Donlin at (301) 841-7327 or via e-mail at mike@prestosports.com.
