PRIMARY CONTACT FOR: football, baseball, M/W swimming, cross country, track & field

Tristan Hobbes begins his first year at Bryant University, serving as an Athletic Communications Assistant.  He is the primary contact for the football team, the men’s and women’s swimming team, the men’s and women’s cross country team, the men’s and women’s track and field team and the baseball team.  

In addition to his sports information duties, Hobbes assists with the publicity of Bryant's athletic teams, helping create media guides, press releases, game programs, brochures and other publications and also helps with website design and content.  He also helps updates the official Bryant Athletics Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts.

Hobbes graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University in May of 2009 with a degree in communication and graduated from Boston University in January 2011 with a master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. While at ECSU, he was a four-year member of the men's baseball team and helped the team win three Little East Conference championships, reach the NCAA Regionals all four seasons and advance to the Division III National Championships two years.  Hobbes was an all-conference selection and an all-New England selection his sophomore year and finished his career with 179 career hits.  He was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District I First Team for three seasons and the Academic All-America First Team in his senior year.  Hobbes was an active member in his campus Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), serving as the president in his final two years. 

At Boston University, Hobbes worked for the student-run radio station WTBU Sports as a beat reporter and broadcaster for women’s soccer and men’s ice hockey.  He was the voice of the Terriers’ hockey team for two years and was able to broadcast two Beanpot’s as well as the Hockey East Tournament. 

Hobbes is a native of Utica, N.Y., and currently resides in Smithfield, R.I.