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South Dakota State University Athletics
Staff Directory
Merriam, Tyler
Tyler Merriam
- Title:
- Associate AD - Media
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Tyler Merriam serves as the associate athletic director for media, continuing an association with South Dakota State athletics that dates back to the fall of 2003.
An SDSU graduate, Merriam had been the coordinator of broadcast services for seven years before taking on additional duties as an associate athletic director in May of 2016.
In his role Merriam serves as the lead voice for SDSU athletics and the Jackrabbit Sports Network. He handles radio play-by-play for Jackrabbit football, men’s basketball, baseball and softball while coordinating the on-site production for those events. He also hosts weekly radio shows highlighting the football and basketball programs, and voices a three-minute daily update on the Jacks. All of those productions are heard throughout the seven-state coverage area of the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
He also oversees all of the communications efforts of the department. That includes news releases, media relations efforts, video productions for GoJacks.com, the department's YouTube channel, and its radio and television ventures.
Merriam joined the department as a freshman in 2003, working under Ron Lenz and Jason Hove in the sports information office. During his sophomore year he became the radio voice of Jackrabbit baseball, a position he has held ever since. He also called softball, football and men’s basketball games while an undergraduate.
In 2008 he became the lead play-by-play man for SDSU volleyball and women’s basketball, while also serving as co-sports director of Brookings Radio. The following year he joined the WNAX broadcast crew, where he spent two seasons working alongside Steve Imming on football and men’s basketball games in addition to his women’s basketball and baseball duties.
Merriam was chosen as the 2012 South Dakota Sportscaster of the Year by his peers in the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, following in the footsteps of previous SDSU play-by-play voices Norm Hilson and Imming in receiving the honor. Last January, he was presented with the 2022 Bill Schwanke Award as the top FCS radio broadcaster in the nation.
Additionally, Merriam has been a member of the University's Recruiting & Marketing Committee. the Integrated Marketing & Communications Task & Force, and currently serves on the Campus Communicators Committee, working closely with the University in the marketing and promotions of both Jackrabbit athletics and the University.
His role in sports in the state isn't limited to SDSU. Merriam has served as the public address announcer at the South Dakota State Class A Senior American Legion Baseball Tournament since 2015. He is also a member of the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame committee.
Born and raised in Pierre, S.D., Merriam graduated from SDSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism. He lives in Brookings with his wife, Jill, and sons, Joseph and Wyatt.
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