Ricky Nelson, who owns a decade of experience with UW-Oshkosh Athletics, has returned to the Titans’ sports information office as announced by UW-Oshkosh Sports Information Director Brady Halverson on Monday (Dec. 15).
“Thank you to all who played a role in my return to UW-Oshkosh”, said Nelson. “My alma mater is where I have always wanted to be. Hail Titans!”
A 2014 graduate from Oshkosh with a degree in news/editorial journalism, Nelson previously served as the part-time assistant sports information director under 2021 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee
Kennan Timm. The primary contact for a variety of sports over nine years, he created a wide variety of content for Titan Athletics, including releases, game programs and social media content. He also moderated press conferences, nominated for student-athletes at the conference, regional and national levels, assisted in hosting numerous postseason events, and assisted with the management and design of
uwoshkoshtitans.com.
While pursuing his undergraduate degree, Nelson served as a sports reporter for UW-Oshkosh's student newspaper, the Advance-Titan, for a year before being promoted to sports editor and then managing editor.
“I am extremely excited to welcome Ricky back to UW-Oshkosh!”, stated Halverson. “He brings a strong institutional knowledge of and deep for Titan Athletics, which will greatly help us in covering and promoting our very strong intercollegiate athletic programs.”
