Jim Seavey is in his 22nd year in the college sports information profession and second at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where he serves in the dual role of Director of Sports Information and Compliance while performing other administrative duties for all 18 Buccaneer varsity programs. Seavey is also in his second year as the Director of Media Relations for the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC), where he oversees all public relations efforts for the league's eight member institutions.
A 1986 graduate of Marquette University, Seavey has over two decades of experience in college sports information, as he most recently oversaw all athletic public relations efforts for Suffolk University's 13-sport NCAA Division III program in Boston. He spent 17 years working at three NCAA Division II affiliated schools, including a nine-year stint (1998-2007) as the Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs and Communications at Stonehill College (Easton, Mass.) as well as a combined eight years as both the Sports Information Director and Director of Athletic Media Relations at Merrimack College (North Andover, Mass.) and the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 1990 through 1998.
Seavey served one-year stints as the SID at both Loras College (Dubuque, Iowa) and Nichols College (Dudley, Mass.) in the late 1980's in addition to his year of service at Suffolk. In addition, he served as Publicist for the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) during the 2006-07 academic year and also has experience as the Media Relations Director for the Pilgrim Lacrosse League and the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association. Seavey also served as the Interim Director of Media Relations for Hockey East in 1994.
In June 2009, Seavey received the Lester Jordan Award from the College Sports Information Directors of America that is presented annually for "exemplary service to the organization's Academic All-America program and the promotion of the ideals of being a student-athlete". He recently completed a three-year term on CoSIDA's Board of Directors and is in his 19th year as a member of the Academic All-America Committee, as in 2008 he was named as the program's Vice Chair for Marketing & Hall of Fame Operations after serving for 13 years as a national coordinator. Seavey has successfully promoted 17 student-athletes for national Academic All-America honors during his career and received a Citation for Excellence in Publications from CoSIDA in 1991 for his work on Merrimack's women's basketball game program. He is also in his second year as a member of CoSIDA's College Division Management Advisory Committee.
Additionally, Seavey received the Scoop Hudgins Outstanding Sports Information Director Award from the All-America Football Foundation in December 2008 and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Jack Grinold Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation in March 2008. He has been an active member of the New England Football Writers Association since 1989.
Seavey served as President of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA) during its 50th anniversary year of 2004-05 and additionally served as chair and host for a pair of ECAC-SIDA workshops in 2000 (Hyannis, Mass.) and 2005 (North Falmouth, Mass.). He has served on four NCAA Division II Championship regional advisory committees, including a stint as chair of the Men's Basketball Northeast Regional Advisory Committee from 2000-2002, and was recently appointed to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball New England Regional Advisory Committee as the MASCAC's representative.
A former chair of the Northeast-10 Conference Sports Information Directors Council for three years, Seavey has had 11 student-athletes featured in Sports Illustrated's prestigious "Faces In The Crowd" column since 1992, including Buccaneer football standout Nathan Sherr, who became the first-ever Massachusetts Maritime student-athlete to appear in the magazine in the October 5, 2009 edition.
Jim and his wife, Cheryl, (a former basketball standout at
Stonehill), reside in Bridgewater, Mass. with daughters Mikayla
(11) and Lindsey (8).
