Bonnicksen Joins UNCP Athletic Staff

PEMBROKE – Having served an integral part of the sports information staffs at both Northern State and Minnesota State-Mankato over the last 3-1/2 years, Colin Bonnicksen joined the UNCP athletic media relations department as assistant director on Monday, media relations director Todd Anderson announced.

Bonnicksen makes the long trek to Pembroke after serving as a graduate assistant at Northern State the last two years. While in Aberdeen, S.D., he was charged with the primary media relations duties of eight sports, including football, volleyball, women’s basketball, golf, wrestling, swimming & diving and baseball. He also served 1-1/2 years as a student intern in the athletic communications office at MSU-Mankato where he was the primary media contact for the Mavericks’ cross country and track & field programs.

At UNCP, Bonnicksen will serve as the primary media contact for volleyball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s basketball and softball. In addition, he will oversee the audio/video streaming efforts of the athletic department, while also assuming production responsibilities of the Black and Gold Report – a weekly television show aired during the fall and spring semesters on WFXB in Myrtle Beach.

“I am very excited to welcome Colin to the UNCP athletic staff,” Anderson said. “He was extremely impressive throughout the selection process with both his competency and his intelligence and I feel he will be a tremendous addition to our staff. With his work ethic and experience, I have no reservations in saying that he will help take the athletic media relations department at UNCP to a higher level of excellence.”

In addition to his primary duties at Northern State, Bonnicksen also served as the co-tournament director of the 2010 NCAA Super Region 3 Wrestling Tournament and has also served stints on the media relations staffs at the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional in Minneapolis, Minn., and the 2007 Minnesota State High School League Girls’ Softball Tournament.

A 2008 graduate of Minnesota State-Mankato with a bachelor’s degree in sports management, the Ringsted, Iowa, native received his master’s degree in education, teaching and learning from Northern State in May. He currently resides in Lumberton.