Chris Yandle Hometown: Houma, La. Position: Assistant Director of Media Relations Alma Mater: Louisiana-Lafayette, 2004

Chris Yandle begins his second year as assistant director of media relations at Baylor, serving as the primary contact for men's basketball as well as men's and women's golf.

Yandle joined the Baylor staff in July 2008 after spending 13 months as the assistant sports information director at his undergraduate alma mater, Louisiana-Lafayette, where he was the media contact for the volleyball, men's basketball and baseball programs. In addition to his three-sport duties, Yandle also oversaw the production of the department's media publications as well as the SID student staff.

Prior to being named to the assistant post at ULL in May 2007, Yandle was a graduate sssistant for athletic media relations at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., working directly with the football, women's swimming and diving and softball programs.

In June 2006, he received the Wiley Smith Post-Graduate Scholarship by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). While at Marshall, he also received one "Best in District" and two "Best in Nation" citations for his publications by CoSIDA.

Yandle began his collegiate career as a student assistant in the Southern Miss Athletic Media Relations Office in 2000. He later transferred to Louisiana-Lafayette in August 2002 where he served as a student assistant in charge of all media publications until May 2005. During his first stint at ULL, Yandle served as media contact for women's soccer, men's golf, men's and women's tennis and the nationally ranked Ragin' Cajuns baseball team during their Sun Belt Conference championship season in 2005. He was also a two-time recipient LSWA Ace Huggins Award which is given to a student assistant SID in the state of Louisiana for exemplary work both in the classroom and in sports information.

He graduated cum laude with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations from Louisiana-Lafayette in 2004 and was also honored as the Department of Communication's Outstanding Graduate. He earned his Master of Science degree in Athletic Administration from Marshall University in 2007. He is married to the former Ashleigh Anthony of Lafayette, La., and the couple has a one-year old daughter, Addison.