Shaina Blakesley entered her first year at Albertus Magnus College in January 2024 as the Assistant Sports Information Director and will assist in overseeing the College's 17 varsity sports.
Prior to becoming a Falcon, Blakesley served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communication at nearby Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. since August of 2022. At Trinity, she aided the College's 30 varsity sports, including all the media relations and marketing for the the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Semifinals Tournament hosted in Trinity's Ray Oosting Gymnasium in March 2023. As a Bantam, Blakesley handled all social media branding, graphics, videos and marketing materials for the athletic communications department, while also handling in-game stats, writing features and game recaps, website updates and gameday operations.
Blakesley graduated with her Master's in Athletic Communication and Promotion from Sacred Heart University in August 2022 after serving two years as the graduate assistant for the Athletic Communication and Marketing department. At SHU, Blakesley was the primary contact for men and women's cross country/track & field, men and women's fencing, field hockey, women's ice hockey and baseball, along with handling the teams individual social media accounts.
Blakesley transferred into Central Connecticut State University in 2017 from Palomar Community College in San Marcos, Calif after earning three associate's including one in journalism. As an undergrad at CCSU, Blakesley was an integral part in the marketing, communications and public relations clubs, along with the programming board Central Acitivities Network and worked her way through the ranks of the newspaper, The Recorder, to become the managing editor. After graduating from Central in 2019 with her Bachelor's in Communications, emphasis in sports public relations and media studues minor, she worked for the Student Activities/Leadership Development department at her alma mater as the University Assistant for the Media Board for three years, while advising the newspaper, radio station and literary magazine.
