TJ Shelton Named Ohio State Assistant Athletics Director for Sport Administration – Ohio State Buckeyes
7/11/2007 12:00:00 AM | General
COLUMBUS, Ohio TJ Shelton has been named an assistant athletics director for sport administration at Ohio State, Miechelle Willis, senior associate athletics director for student services and sport administration, announced Wednesday. Shelton will oversee a number of sports at Ohio State, including field hockey, synchronized swimming and men’s and women’s swimming and diving, cross country, track and field and lacrosse.
Shelton was previously at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., where he was the assistant director of athletics/director of facilities and operations and special events. There he coordinated event management for 18 varsity teams, was responsible for operations and maintenance oversight of indoor and outdoor athletic facilities and also for administrative oversight of the baseball, softball, swimming, diving and crew programs.
He also served on a variety of NCAA committees, including the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interest Committee, NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee and was also a facilitator at the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Conference in 2006. He was actively involved with several university committees as well, including the Homecoming and Parents Weekend Committee, the Commencement Committee and the Student Leadership Selection Committee.
Prior to his appointment at Washington, Shelton served as an intern and graduate assistant at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan. He graduated from Wichita State in 1989 with a bachelors of arts degree in sports business management and in 1992 he received a masters of science degree in sports administration from Wichita State.
A native of Independence, Kan., Shelton and his wife Stacia have one son, Jordan (7), and one daughter, Micaela (3).
