Jake Edwards - Staff Directory
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- Athletic Communications Assistant (LAX, A&T, MGolf)
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Jake Edwards joined the Oregon Athletics Communications office in April 2026 as a communications assistant, serving as the primary contact for men's golf, women's lacrosse and acrobatics and tumbling while assisting with a wide range of communications responsibilities for Oregon football. Additionally, Edwards is responsible for live statistical input during Oregon volleyball matches
Prior to his arrival in Eugene, Edwards served as a strategic communications student assistant at the University of Tennessee, gaining experience in media relations, statistical operations and athletic communications across multiple programs, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball and women's soccer. His responsibilities included producing game notes, media guides, flip cards, program inserts and record book updates, as well as writing feature stories, game previews and recaps. Edwards also managed content on the Tennessee Athletics website and assisted with media credentialing, press conferences and press row operations. He contributed to live statistical operations, handling statistical input for soccer, baseball and softball while assisting with statistical calling for football.
Edwards further expanded his media relations experience at the 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover, Ala., serving as a media assistant and supporting conference-level game-day media operations.
Before entering collegiate athletics communications, Edwards spent the summer of 2024 as a marketing intern with the Baltimore Ravens. He previously worked in Minor League Baseball, spending the summer of 2023 with the Detroit Tigers' Single-A affiliate, the Lakeland Flying Tigers, in Lakeland, Fla., after beginning his career in sports with the Baltimore Orioles' former Single-A affiliate, the Aberdeen IronBirds, in 2022. Both positions involved game-day operations and fan experience.
A U.S. Army veteran, Edwards served six years in the Army National Guard from 2020 to 2026.
A native of Aberdeen, Md., Edwards spent one year as a student-athlete on the men's soccer team at Harford Community College before enlisting in the Army National Guard. He later continued his education at the University of Tennessee, graduating in December 2025 with a bachelor's degree in sport management and a minor in business administration.
