
Title: | Assistant Director of Athletic Communications |
Phone: | (617) 495-2206 |
Email: | jselesn@fas.harvard.edu |
Previous College: | Wheaton 2006 |
Jeff Selesnick joined the Harvard Office of Athletic Communications in February of 2010 and currently serves as the primary media contact for Men's Ice Hockey, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Softball, Men's and Women's Track and Field, Men's and Women's Tennis and Multimedia efforts.
Selesnick came to Harvard from Boston University where he served
as Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. Selesnick was the
primary media contact for the Terriers' women's hockey, women's
lacrosse, cross country and track and field programs, as well as a
secondary contact for the men's hockey team.
Prior to his arrival at BU, Selesnick spent a year as the Public
Relations intern for the Cleveland Browns. Aside from being a
contributing columnist for the team's official website, Selesnick
assisted in coordinating coach and player press conferences and
coordinating the press box during gameday.
Before his stint in Cleveland, Selesnick served as a staff
assistant in the Harvard Office of Athletic Communications, working
with a number of Crimson athletic programs. In the spring of 2008,
Selesnick accompanied the women's hockey team to the Frozen Four in
Duluth, Minn. and covered the men's tennis team during their NCAA
tournament run in Ann Arbor, Mich. Selesnick also assisted the
communications staff in hosting the 2008 and 2009 men's lacrosse
national championships at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.
Selesnick graduated from Wheaton College (Mass.) in 2006 with a
degree in English and completed his Master of Arts degree a year
later at Emerson College. During his schooling, Selesnick held a
number of positions in the sports world, including an internship in
the sports department at WPRI television in East Providence, R.I.,
an internship with the Concord Quarry Dogs baseball team formerly
of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, and as a columnist
for the rugby website RugbyDirt.com. Selesnick was also a four-year
member of the Wheaton men's tennis team and a staff member in the
Wheaton Athletics Communications office throughout his
undergraduate career.
A native of Concord, N.H., Selesnick now resides in Somerville,
Mass.
ACADEMIC INTEGRATION & COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE
IN DIVISION I ATHLETICS