University of Minnesota Athletics
Geller and Kurtt Named Assistant Media Relations Directors
7/31/2002 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Geller, 26, has spent the last two years as an assistant director of media relations at the University of the Pacific where he was the primary media contact for the nationally-ranked women's volleyball team, women's basketball and baseball teams. He also served as the assistant media coordinator for the 2002 NCAA Men's Basketball First and Second Rounds at Arco Arena in Sacramento. Prior to Pacific, Geller spent a year at the University of Georgia and a year at the University of Delaware as a sports information assistant. A 1998 graduate of Towson State University, Geller began his career as a public relations intern for the Baltimore Orioles in 1997.
Kurtt, 26, has been a media relations intern at the University of Minnesota for the last two years, coordinating the media relations efforts for the two-time defending national champion wrestling team and the men's gymnastics squad. He directed the media and promotional efforts for Border Brawl I between Minnesota and Iowa at the Target Center last February. The meet set an NCAA attendance record of 15,646. Kurtt's last two wrestling media guides have been named second-best in the nation and he was awarded Wrestling Sports Information Director of the Year honors in 2002 by the National Wrestling Media Association. Prior to arriving at the U of M, Kurtt was the media relations director for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in 1999-2000. He is a 1999 U of M graduate.
