FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics Communications
BOSTON, Mass. - Amy Barry has joined Suffolk University Athletics as its Sports Information Director, Cary McConnell, the Director of Athletics, announced Tuesday afternoon. In this capacity, she will be the primary media relations contact for the Rams’ 13 varsity sports and oversee the university’s intramural and club sports programs.
No stranger to Boston, Barry returns to Beantown after serving a one-year stint as Assistant Director of Athletic Communications at Columbia University. She brings with her four years of Division I experience in the athletic media relations field.
During her time in the Big Apple, Barry was the media relations contact for several sports teams including the men’s and women’s fencing programs, who not only captured their respective 2015 Ivy League titles, but also combined for the 2015 National Fencing Championship. She was also the media contact for the 2015 Ivy League champion men’s tennis team, women’s basketball, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball teams. Barry led the effort to bring behind the scene footage of select athletic events to Lions fans and was the author and statistician behind each of her sports broadcasts. Atop of her sport-specific responsibilities, she was the key ingredient in enhancing the Lions social media presence on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Barry led the athletic department’s social media drive on the university’s Giving Day in October 2014 to help the department raise over $2 million dollars.
Barry’s roots in the field came way of Columbia’s Ivy League foe, Harvard University where she worked as an Athletic Communications Assistant for the 2013-14 athletic year. While working with the Crimson, she aided the Office of Athletic Communications who produces content for one of the largest Division I athletic departments in the country. Along with assisting in the publicity for basketball, football, ice hockey and lacrosse, she served as the primary contact for men’s and women’s fencing, coed and women’s sailing, women’s tennis and men’s volleyball. Barry also played an intricate role in growing Harvard athletics’ social media platforms.
Prior to her role as an assistant, Barry interned with the Crimson’s Office of Athletic Communications for two years where she contributed to the media relations efforts for a variety of Harvard’s 42 varsity teams. In addition to day-to-day and game-day tasks, Barry played a key role at the 2012 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships hosted by Harvard at Gillette Stadium.
The Manchester, New Hampshire, product worked as Sports Information Director of the Boston Blades, a professional women’s hockey team in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, for the 2012-13 season. As the media liaison she produced various communication materials including media guides, game notes, press releases, while also keeping statistics at all the Blades home contests during their first regular and Clarkson Cup championship season.
A 2012 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Salem State University, Barry earned a Bachelor’s of Science in communication with a minor in business. A four-year letterwinner for the Vikings’ women’s basketball team, Barry served as captain of the squad for two seasons, while also holding titles of President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and Sports Editor of The Log. Her excellence on the court, in the classroom and community was rewarded upon graduation as a Silver Key recipient. Barry furthered her education at Southern New Hampshire University, where she completed her Masters of Arts in communications in December 2014.