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ÿÈÕ´óÈü¹ÙÍø has named James Wallace as its new Sports Information Director, effective Sept. 1, 2016. Previously he served as LETU's head cross country coach and assistant men's basketball coach. He will remain the assistant men's basketball coach.

"We feel very fortunate to have James Wallace as the new Sports Information Director at ÿÈÕ´óÈü¹ÙÍø," said Athletic Director Terri Deike. "James already has experience working with our student-athletes as the former cross country head coach and assistant men's basketball coach. He knows YellowJacket sports and our student-athletes. This new role for him will give him an opportunity to use his marketing, communication and graphic skills to promote LETU athletics. We are confident that James' expertise will help highlight our student-athletes and the department."

As Sports Information Director, Wallace is the primary media contact for all 13 of LETU's varsity sports. He is in charge of administering the school's athletic website as well as the athletic department's Facebook and Twitter pages. Wallace is responsible for coordinating all media activities for home events, as well as producing media guides and game programs for the YellowJackets.

Besides filling the role as SID, Wallace will also begin his third year serving as assistant men's basketball coach, having worked with LETU's head men's basketball coach to lead LETU to the ASC tournament last year. Wallace coached cross country last year as the men's team matched a program-best effort with a 2nd place finish at the 2016 ASC Cross Country Championships.

Prior to coming to LeTourneau in 2014, Wallace worked at Southwest Minnesota State University, spending two seasons as a graduate assistant and a season as a student assistant with the men's basketball program. He spent a year on the SMSU roster before an injury ended his basketball career. Prior to that, he played two seasons at Iowa Western Community College. Wallace is a native of Bellevue, Neb. He earned his undergraduate degree in marketing in 2013 and his MBA in 2015, both from SMSU.

ÿÈÕ´óÈü¹ÙÍø is the premier polytechnic university in the nation where educators engage students to nurture Christian virtue, develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, integrate faith and work, and serve the local and global community. LETU offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a range of disciplines and delivery models at LETU's residential campus in Longview, Texas, and in hybrid and fully online options at centers in Dallas and Houston. For additional information, visit www.letu.edu.