Steven Schoon enters his first year as associate sports information director at Marshall and serves as the media contact for the Herd men's basketball team.
He comes to Marshall after having spent two years as assistant media relations director at Louisiana Tech where he was the contact for men's basketball, women's soccer and women's tennis.
Before LA Tech, Schoon spent the 2008-09 school year as an intern at Florida International University. While at FIU, he was the media contact for volleyball, softball and swimming and diving.
In the spring of 2008, Schoon worked as an intern for the National Association of Basketball Coaches and in May 2008, graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in sports and fitness management.
A native of Winfield, Kan., he worked three years as a student assistant in the KU media relations office and was the media contact for the Jayhawk men and women cross country teams in the fall of 2007.
Schoon ran cross country and track at Cowley County Community College from 2003-05.
