Our Alumni
Within a year of graduating from the University of Oregon, 87 percent of track class alumni find employment in sports media or another aspect of the journalism, or they enroll in graduate school.
Among the outlets where alumni have worked as interns or employees:
- Writing: ESPN, ESPNW, Sports Illustrated, MLB.com, The Dallas Morning News, The Seattle Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Portland Tribune.
- Multimedia: Pac-12 Network, University of Oregon athletic broadcast department, Turner Sports, FloTrack, Blue Chalk Media.
- Broadcast: Oregon Public Broadcasting, KVAL Eugene, KEZI Eugene, KNDU Tri-Cities/Yakima, KLEW Lewiston; WLKY Louisville.
- Public relations: San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Ducks, Michigan State University, University of California-Berkley, Tracktown USA.
2019 Class
From left: Nate Mann, Alex Castle, Brooklynn Loiselle, Lori Shontz, Brett Taylor.
2018 Class
From row, from left: Alex Castle, Bryce Dole, Jake Willard, Jennifer Sanchez, Julia Lobaina, Mark Wang.
Back row, from left: Nate Mann, August Howell, Collin Catman, Brenten Kelly, Edward Burnette, Allen Johnston, Katie Hansen, Chiann Nobrega, Melissa Ingabire, Lori Shontz.
2017 Class
Front row, from left: Lori Shontz, Maggie Vanoni, Kimberly Holm, Ariel Sax, Morgan Sudduth, Becky Hoag, Emma Childs.
Back row, from left: Gus Morris, Jack Butler, Abbie Winn, RJ Chavez, Linden Moore, Shawn Medow, Maverick Pallack, Sierra Webster.
2016 Olympic Trials Class
From left: Keeler McJunkin, Emma Decker, Dillon Vibes, Isaac Gibson, Zac Neel, Hannah Bonnie, Romaine Soh, Lori Shontz, Kylee O’Connor.
2016 Class
Front row, from left: Stephanie Cusano, Romaine Soh, Hannah Bonnie, Emily Jones, Kylee O’Connor, Dillon Vibes, Joseph Hoyt, Andrew Bet, Madison Layton.
Back row, from left: Lori Shontz, Jonathan Hawthorne, Sam Felton, Zac Neel, Isaac Gibson, Will Denner, Jarrid Denney.
2016 USATF Indoors Class
First row, from left: Savannah Blake, Kara Jenness, Gabriela Urenda, Dillon Vibes, Cameron Schultz, Emma Decker.
Second row, from left: Lori Shontz, Dyuce Woodson, Kylie Stiglbauer, Zac Neel, Andrew Bantly.
2015 Class
Pictured from left: Lori Shontz, Preston Hiefield, Sarah Scrivens, Zac Neel, Evan Arnold-Gordon, Katie
Pietzold, Josh Schlichter, Justin Wise, Beth Maiman, Hayden Kim, Nik Streng, Bryan Holt, Lindsay Rossmiller, Zach Blaine. Not pictured: Paul Marshall, Andrew Bantly.