Ottawa University

Katie Tooley is in her 19th year as Sports Information Director at Ottawa University. Tooley covers all 33 OU athletic teams. She regularly updates the athletics website (www.ottawabraves.com), writes and distributes press releases to media outlets, compiles stats and archives team information, and is in charge of live streaming for the athletic department.

Tooley is a member of NAIA-SIDA and CSC. She has had 20 publications earn NAIA-SIDA honors with two being named the best in the NAIA. Tooley has earned two Citations for Excellence in Publications in Division C for her combined men’s and women’s basketball media guides. Four-times she has been named KCAC SID of the Year (2009-10, 2013-14, 2016-17, 2021-22).

Before taking the full-time position at OU, she spent the first five months of the 2006-2007 athletic year as an intern in the sports information department at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. At CU she was responsible for women’s soccer and baseball along with covering other CU sporting events such as men’s soccer and men’s and women’s basketball.

Tooley is a former All-KCAC performer in basketball and track at OU and worked in the sports information department for three years during her time at Ottawa. She earned her Masters in Sports Administration from the University of Kansas in 2010.