Bio

David Rixham joined the Emmanuel Athletics Staff in the Summer of 2021 as an Assistant Sports Information Director and Department Coordinator. Now in his third year at Emmanuel, Rixham serves as the department's Director of Athletic Communications, following a promotion to the position in August 2023.

Rixham was a member of the 2022 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) SID Staff of the Year, bestowed to the Emmanuel SID office for the 2021-22 academic year.

Under the Sports Information role, Rixham is responsible for covering all 16 of the Saints NCAA Division III programs in a variety of areas including keeping statistics on each team, preparing post-game materials such as score updates and game story releases, and promoting each sport across the social media channels of the Emmanuel College Saints, among other duties. 

As a Department Coordinator, Rixham will oversee members of the Game Day Operations Internship Program.

Rixham comes to Emmanuel following two years as an Assistant Director of Athletic Communication at Becker College, where he oversaw communications for their 12 NCAA Division III programs.

While on the Hawks staff, Rixham was responsible for all statistical data, coordinating live video and stats for home games, and updates to the Hawks athletic website and social media pages, among other responsibilities.

Prior to Becker, Rixham served as the Sports Information Director at Newbury College for three years, where he oversaw communications for their 14 NCAA Division III programs.

Prior to his time at Newbury, Rixham spent two semesters as an Athletics Intern at Worcester State University in 2015-16, where he was responsible for play-by-play of Lancers home events, conducting interviews with student-athletes, and composing post-game articles following events.

A native of Northbridge, Mass., Rixham graduated from Worcester State University in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in Communication, concentrated in Journalism.

(Last updated August 14, 2023 - 12:15 PM)