Softball
Jacob Sanders
- Title:
- Sports Information Director
Jacob Sanders joined the St. Cloud State Athletics External Operations staff in August 2023 as the Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant and was named the interim Assistant Director of Athletics Communications in March 2024, before having his interim tag removed in January 2025. Sanders is the primary contact for women's hockey, volleyball, softball, cross country and track & field and has worked with eight Husky teams, including men's soccer, men's basketball and women's basketball in addition to his current duties.
In Sanders' time at St. Cloud State, he has covered three straight NCAA Tournament appearances for the volleyball team, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Central Regional Final (Sweet 16) in 2024 and 2025. The program has also won three NSIC Championships during that time, winning the 2024 regular season title and the 2024 and 2025 tournament titles. He also led the publicity for Kenzie Foley's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II National Player of the Year and the Division-II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Ron Lenz National Player of the Year campaign in 2023. Additionally, the Huskies Softball team made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2019 in 2026.
Prior to coming to SCSU, Sanders served as an Athletics Communications Student Worker/Summer Intern for two years under the guidance of College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Hall of Famer, Larry Happel, and Joe Flaherty at his alma mater, Central College, in Pella, Iowa.
An active member of College Sports Communicators since 2021, Sanders is responsible for nominating Husky student-athletes in his sports for the CSC Academic All-America® program. In his three years, St. Cloud State athletes have received Academic All-America® honors five times. He attended his first CSC Unite Convention in June 2025 in Orlando, Florida.
A native of Nevada, Iowa, Sanders graduated from Nevada High School in May 2019 where he was a four-sport athlete (cross country, basketball, soccer and track & field). He went on to earn his B.A. in business management with an emphasis in marketing from Central in May 2023. Sanders was a four-year letter winner and captain on the cross country and track & field teams and served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as one of Central's representatives on the American Rivers Conference (ARC) committee. He earned his M.S. in sports management from St. Cloud State in May 2025.
Sanders and his wife, Lauren, reside in Sartell with their golden retriever, Millie.
In Sanders' time at St. Cloud State, he has covered three straight NCAA Tournament appearances for the volleyball team, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Central Regional Final (Sweet 16) in 2024 and 2025. The program has also won three NSIC Championships during that time, winning the 2024 regular season title and the 2024 and 2025 tournament titles. He also led the publicity for Kenzie Foley's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II National Player of the Year and the Division-II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Ron Lenz National Player of the Year campaign in 2023. Additionally, the Huskies Softball team made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2019 in 2026.
Prior to coming to SCSU, Sanders served as an Athletics Communications Student Worker/Summer Intern for two years under the guidance of College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Hall of Famer, Larry Happel, and Joe Flaherty at his alma mater, Central College, in Pella, Iowa.
An active member of College Sports Communicators since 2021, Sanders is responsible for nominating Husky student-athletes in his sports for the CSC Academic All-America® program. In his three years, St. Cloud State athletes have received Academic All-America® honors five times. He attended his first CSC Unite Convention in June 2025 in Orlando, Florida.
A native of Nevada, Iowa, Sanders graduated from Nevada High School in May 2019 where he was a four-sport athlete (cross country, basketball, soccer and track & field). He went on to earn his B.A. in business management with an emphasis in marketing from Central in May 2023. Sanders was a four-year letter winner and captain on the cross country and track & field teams and served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as one of Central's representatives on the American Rivers Conference (ARC) committee. He earned his M.S. in sports management from St. Cloud State in May 2025.
Sanders and his wife, Lauren, reside in Sartell with their golden retriever, Millie.
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