Chris Sawyer enters his third year as Sports Communications Director. He is responsible for all media aspects of the athletic department including website management, game day operations, graphics, game recaps, statistics and social media. In addition, he is the host of the Royals Talk Podcast, Royals Spotlight, the OrthoVirginia Walk and Talks and is the author of the monthly Royals Roundup Newsletter. During his first two years with Regent, Sawyer helped promote three National Championship qualifying teams, while promoting the NCCAA South Region Women's Volleyball Coach and Player of the Year, along with numerous All-South Region selections, National Players of the Week, National Scholar Athletes and two Track All-Americans.
Sawyer came Regent after serving as the Sports Information Director at Greensboro College where he was in charge of 18 sports. During his time in North Carolina, Sawyer managed all game day operations, the website, statistics, game recaps and social media. In addition, he was the host of the Heather Macy Coach's Show and helped promote the Pride's 2023 USA South Women's Basketball Regular Season and Tournament Championships, along with their NCAA Tournament berth.
Prior to his time in Greensboro, Sawyer served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations at Hampden-Sydney College. While at H-SC, he was responsible for the promotion of the Tigers' Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis and Swimming programs, while maintaining the athletic website, creating game day graphics, game recaps, and statistics. In addition, Sawyer created and hosted Inside Tigers Lacrosse and On the Court with Tigers Tennis.
Prior to H-SC, Chris was the Sports Information Director for The Apprentice School in Newport News, VA, where he was responsible for the athletics website, as well as managing all media related items, promotion of the athletic department and its student-athletes, graphics, game previews, game recaps, statistics, and served as the creator and host of Apprentice Athletics Coach's Corner Show. During his tenure, Chris increased the exposure of the Builders' programs throughout the Hampton Roads area, while specifically working with local news and radio stations to promote the Builders 2022 USCAA Baseball National Championship.
Sawyer also spent time at Lackawanna College, in Scranton, PA, as their Sports Information Director from 2019-2020. While at Lackawanna, he helped start the LCFAN Network and served as the co-host of the weekly Falcons Corner show. He also served as the color analyst for Lackawanna Football and Basketball live broadcasts. When the Falcons Football team played in the 2019 NJCAA National Championship, Chris worked closely with CBS Sports Network to develop championship game day segments and videos. Additionally, he was involved with the athletic department's website transition from Presto to Sidearm, while increasing the social media following of Lackawanna College Athletics.
While in Scranton, Chris promoted eight Junior College Football All-Americans, twenty NEFC Football All-Conference selections, along with the NEFC Football Coach of the Year and NEFC Player of the Year, Ji'Ayir Brown, who was eventually drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round of the 2023 NFL Draft. He also promoted three wrestling NJCAA National Tournament qualifiers, the EPAC and Region XIX Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year, Men's and Women's Soccer EPAC and Region XIX All-Conference selections, along with the EPAC and Region XIX Volleyball All-Conference selections.
Before becoming the SID at Lackawanna College, Sawyer founded The Small College Sports Report in Virginia Beach, VA and served as its Executive Director. At the SCSR, he covered small colleges that were members of the NJCAA, USCAA and National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association (NCCAA). His coverage area encompassed mainly the southeast, spanning from Virginia down to Georgia and, on occasion, Tennessee. He also served as the host of The Small College Sports Report Radio Show, which aired on Blog Talk Radio and local FM and AM stations in Hampton Roads.
In addition, Chris is currently serving his second term on the Board of The Hampton Roads Sports Media Hall of Fame.
Sawyer earned an Associate's Degree from Bryant & Stratton College, while going on to earn a Bachelor's Degree from Bellevue University and a Master's Degree from The University of Cincinnati. Chris and his wife, Ryan, of Virginia Beach, have been married for 20 years and have two sons Peyton (20) a Government major at Regent, Jaxon (19), who is a Regent student-athlete on the Track & Field team, and a daughter Reagan (17), who is an incoming Freshman at Regent.
