Boclair Joins CoSIDA Officer Rotation
Will Become President in 2003

Tammy Boclair, assistant media relations director at Vanderbilt since 1996, has been elected Third Vice-President of the College Sports Information Directors of America, putting her in line for the presidency of the national organization.

In the academic year 2003-2004, Boclair will assume the presidency of the 2,000-member organization of college publicists.

She will become only the second woman in the group's history to become president. Ironically, the first was also a Vanderbilt representative. June Stewart, who retired from Vanderbilt, was CoSIDA's President in 1991.

As Third Vice President this year, Boclair will be responsible for the comprehensive awards program. Each year as she advances to the presidency, she will assume new duties. The election marked a tremendous month for Boclair.

The 1999-2000 Vanderbilt women's basketball media guide, produced by Boclair and former assistant media relations director Kristi Strang, was named "Best in the Nation" by two organizations earlier in June. The guide was voted "Best in the Nation" by an independent collection of judges representing the sports and publication design worlds as well as the Printing Industry Association of the South. It was the first national championship athletic publication for Vanderbilt.

Boclair has primarily served Vanderbilt as its women's basketball media contact since coming to Nashville four years ago from Dallas.

She had previously been Associate Commissioner of the Southland Conference and had spent eight years in sports information capacities at LSU and Stephen F. Austin, her alma mater.

Boclair has served as a member of the NCAA Media Coordination Committee for the Women's Basketball Final Four since 1992. In that capacity she supervises credential distribution, helps coordinate press conferences and maintains working press facilities throughout the championship weekend.

She also was the media relations coordinator of the 1998 NCAA Mideast Regional.

"We are tremendously proud of Tammy and how brilliantly she represents Vanderbilt," says Vanderbilt Associate Athletic Director Rod Williamson. "Not only does she do an outstanding job with the Commodore program day in and day out, she puts the national spotlight on our institution.

"Our department vision statement, created under the leadership of Todd Turner, talks about Vanderbilt's desired role as a national leader in athletics and Tammy is helping show the way."

Tammy is married to David Boclair, who regularly covers the Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators after having been a sports editor in Texas.