Wally Johnson

Now in  his 37^th year at St. Lawrence, Wally Johnson was named director of athletic media relations in 1999 and has been the University's sports information contact since 1975.

A native of St. Albans, VT and a 1971 graduate of the University of Vermont, he was the assistant sports editor of The Burlington Free Press prior to joining the staff at St. Lawrence. He was also a sportswriter and columnist for The Vermont Sunday News and St. Albans Messenger and worked as a commentator on University of Vermont basketball broadcasts. He currently does the color commentary on Saint hockey games on the radio in addition to providing home and away articles for various North Country newspapers.

. The 2001 recipient of CoSIDA's Warren Berg Award and the 1995 winner of the ECAC's Irving T. Marsh Award for contributions to field of sports information and the 1971 Vermont Sportswriter of the Year, Wally is currently active as both a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America and the ECAC Sports Information Directors Association. He served 25 years on the ECAC-SIDA board and  also completed a long tenure as chairman of the CoSIDA Workshop Exhibits Committee.
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He has served on the University's Athletic Hall of Fame committee since its inception and was St. Lawrence's NCAA Compliance Officer until the start of the 2000-2001 academic year.

Sports Information Contact for: M/W Soccer, M/W Golf, Men's Ice Hockey, M/W Track and Field, M/W Squash, Baseball, Riding.