ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Dax Larson

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Email: dlarson@bemidjistate.edu

Tel: (218) 755-2763

Dax Larson is in his first year as the Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations at Bemidji State University.

Larson, a 2007 graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, was announced as assistant director in July of 2009 after serving two years as a graduate assistant in the Athletic Communications office at Minnesota State. At MSU, Larson served as the primary contact for women’s soccer, NCAA Division I women’s hockey, baseball and men’s and women’s golf, while assisting with all of Minnesota State’s 23 sports.

During his tenure as a graduate assistant, MSU hosted multiple NCAA events, including the national indoor track and field championships, regional women’s basketball, soccer and wrestling tournaments and multiple conference tournament games. Larson served as the wrestling contact for the MSU wrestling team at the 2009 NCAA Championships in Houston, Tex., where the Mavericks finished third in the nation and crowned a national champion at 149-pounds. He traveled with the women’s hockey team during both seasons, which included a trip to Minneapolis, Minn. for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Face-Off.

In the Summer of 2008, Larson served as a Minnesota Vikings Training Camp intern in Mankato, Minn. His duties included daily clips, responding to media requests, transcribing quotes and setting-up the post-practice press conference site. Larson has also volunteered at the 2007 and 2008 WCHA men’s hockey Final Five and the 2007 NCAA softball regional. He has been a statistician at the Minnesota State High School League softball state tournament (A, AA, AAA) for the past three years.

The Bloomingon, Minn. native is a 2007 graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato with a degree in mass communications with an emphasis in public relations and a minor in speech communications. He earned his Master of Science degree in sport management at Minnesota State in the spring of 2009.