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Pedersen, Andrew
Andrew Pedersen
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Communications (WSOC, MBB, SB)
- Email:
- Phone:
- 688-4822
Andrew Pedersen joined the South Dakota State University athletic department in the summer of 2022 following six years at Montana State University. At SDSU, he handles communication efforts for the Jacks' men's basketball, soccer and softball programs.Â
Pedersen serves SDSU in a similar role in the communications office that he held in Bozeman. At MSU, Pedersen was responsible for overseeing publicity for the men's basketball, track and field, cross country and women's golf teams. He served as supervisor for all 14 of the Bobcat teams' presences on social media and was the head of digital media for the athletic department. Pedersen spearheaded two website redesigns and was in charge of credential design and production during his time at MSU. He eventually was part of an athletics department that in his final year earned a Men's All-Sport Trophy from the Big Sky Conference, saw its football team advance to a national championship game for the first time in over 35 years, along with both of its basketball teams earning NCAA Tournament berths in the same year for the first time in school history.Â
Pedersen's specific teams he worked for also saw success in a variety of areas. Pedersen took over men's basketball duties in 2020 and over three seasons built its social media accounts to the top Instagram account among the Bobcats' Big Sky peers, second most followers on Twitter and third on Facebook. He helped promote the squad's run to its first Big Sky championship and NCAA Tournament in 2022 which were firsts since 1996, helped push multiple plays to No. 1 on SportsCenter's Top 10 segment, along with individually promoting Big Sky coach of the year and national coach of the year finalist Danny Sprinkle, along with First Team All-Big Sky selections Harald Frey, Xavier Bishop and Jubrile Belo (2022 MVP). The Bobcat men's basketball team saw a 35% follower increase on social media from 2021 to 2022, which ranked third in Division I men's basketball trailing only Providence and Seton Hall. Pedersen's track and field and cross country teams had numerous highlights in his time as well. He helped promote seven Academic All-America selections during his time, with four Bobcats earning First Team All-America accolades. He also helped publicize the program's first top 25 national rankings in nearly two decades along with the exploits of Duncan Hamilton, who was the national runner-up in steeplechase at the 2022 NCAA Championships and was a 2020 Olympic Team finalist.Â
A 2016 graduate from Missouri State, Pedersen earned his master's degree from the university in Springfield in communications with a focus on public relations. During his time at Missouri State, Pedersen worked with field hockey, swimming and diving and women's tennis, which was highlighted by a Missouri Valley and Mid-American Conference titles by the women's and men's swim and dive squads, respectively. Pedersen completed his bachelor's degree in journalism, with a minor in public relations and advertising, from North Dakota State University in 2014. An intern with the athletic department in Fargo all four years of his undergraduate career, Pedersen spent his senior year as communications contact with the Bison golf teams and assisted specifically with wrestling and baseball. The baseball team that year won its first Summit League championship while he helped the department during a stretch that saw NDSU win its first three FCS National Championships.
Pedersen and his wife Erin, a Vermillion native, reside in Brookings with their daughters Tatum and Holland.Â
Pedersen serves SDSU in a similar role in the communications office that he held in Bozeman. At MSU, Pedersen was responsible for overseeing publicity for the men's basketball, track and field, cross country and women's golf teams. He served as supervisor for all 14 of the Bobcat teams' presences on social media and was the head of digital media for the athletic department. Pedersen spearheaded two website redesigns and was in charge of credential design and production during his time at MSU. He eventually was part of an athletics department that in his final year earned a Men's All-Sport Trophy from the Big Sky Conference, saw its football team advance to a national championship game for the first time in over 35 years, along with both of its basketball teams earning NCAA Tournament berths in the same year for the first time in school history.Â
Pedersen's specific teams he worked for also saw success in a variety of areas. Pedersen took over men's basketball duties in 2020 and over three seasons built its social media accounts to the top Instagram account among the Bobcats' Big Sky peers, second most followers on Twitter and third on Facebook. He helped promote the squad's run to its first Big Sky championship and NCAA Tournament in 2022 which were firsts since 1996, helped push multiple plays to No. 1 on SportsCenter's Top 10 segment, along with individually promoting Big Sky coach of the year and national coach of the year finalist Danny Sprinkle, along with First Team All-Big Sky selections Harald Frey, Xavier Bishop and Jubrile Belo (2022 MVP). The Bobcat men's basketball team saw a 35% follower increase on social media from 2021 to 2022, which ranked third in Division I men's basketball trailing only Providence and Seton Hall. Pedersen's track and field and cross country teams had numerous highlights in his time as well. He helped promote seven Academic All-America selections during his time, with four Bobcats earning First Team All-America accolades. He also helped publicize the program's first top 25 national rankings in nearly two decades along with the exploits of Duncan Hamilton, who was the national runner-up in steeplechase at the 2022 NCAA Championships and was a 2020 Olympic Team finalist.Â
A 2016 graduate from Missouri State, Pedersen earned his master's degree from the university in Springfield in communications with a focus on public relations. During his time at Missouri State, Pedersen worked with field hockey, swimming and diving and women's tennis, which was highlighted by a Missouri Valley and Mid-American Conference titles by the women's and men's swim and dive squads, respectively. Pedersen completed his bachelor's degree in journalism, with a minor in public relations and advertising, from North Dakota State University in 2014. An intern with the athletic department in Fargo all four years of his undergraduate career, Pedersen spent his senior year as communications contact with the Bison golf teams and assisted specifically with wrestling and baseball. The baseball team that year won its first Summit League championship while he helped the department during a stretch that saw NDSU win its first three FCS National Championships.
Pedersen and his wife Erin, a Vermillion native, reside in Brookings with their daughters Tatum and Holland.Â
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