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Centerville, Mass. - Commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Rudy Keeling announced the hiring of Gordon Morton as the Director of Communications.  In his new role, Morton will manage the conference's publications, graphics, web site, media relations, as well as the awards program.  

Morton's background includes more than 10 years of athletic media relations experience at both Brown University and Dartmouth College. Most recently, he served as the Business Development Manager for Made In Museum. In that role, he found and developed clients in the sport and university markets for the international museum merchandising company. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Sports Information Director for the Big Green from 2003-2006. During his time at Dartmouth, he served as the primary contact for men's and women's soccer, women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, and sailing, and the secondary contact for football. His writing was honored with an award from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in the 2005-06 Fred Stabley Writing Contest

"As my first hire as commissioner, I am extremely pleased to name Gordon to this important position within the ECAC staff," said Keeling.  "In addition to his extensive communications background, he also has experience in other areas including marketing, and that knowledge will help us promote the ECAC more effectively." 

Prior to his tenure at Dartmouth, Morton worked for five years as the Director of Marketing and Communications at the Brown University Sports Foundation. His work there garnered him gold and silver medals from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and an Award of Excellence from the University and College Designers Association (UCDA). He began his career in the sports information office at Brown University.

A native of Barrington, R.I., Morton is a 1993 graduate of Brown University. He has also authored a book on the history of Brown athletics, entitled Brown University Athletics: From the Bruins to the Bears, which was published in 2003. He replaces Heidi Kravchuk, who relocated to Connecticut.

About the ECAC®
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference in the country with 321 Division I, II, and III colleges and universities. The ECAC stretches from Maine to Georgia and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors 98 championships in 37 men's and women's sports and assigns more than 5,200 officials in 15 sports. The ECAC also administers 10 affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and through the public relations arm of the conference, more than 4,000 student-athletes in 21 sports are recognized. Finally, the ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men's and women's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, men's gymnastics, wrestling, fencing and rowing.