Nicholls athletic department announced the hiring of Jamie Bustos as assistant director of media relations last week.

Bustos will serve as the main media contact for the Colonel football team as well as softball, men’s tennis and women’s tennis.

“I heard about the opening and heard it was going to be a football position,” Bustos said. “That’s something that intrigued me because I enjoy football and would love to be able to cover it. It’s really the biggest sport in college football. “

Bustos will work with football head coach Charlie Stubbs as the gateway for the media.

“I like him,” Bustos said. “He’s straight to the point and very structured. I think I’m going to enjoy working with him.”

Bustos hasn’t been in Thibodaux very long, but he has already decided he loves the food.

“One of the things I’ve enjoyed since I’ve been down here has been the food. I hear a lot of places around Thibodaux has some good food, so I definitely have to check that out,” Bustos said.

Before coming to Nicholls, Bustos served as sports information assistant for two years at Loyola University in New Orleans. There, he covered all 12 sponsored sports which included volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.

Bustos helped the sports information staff earn national and state publication awards for the 2009-10 Men’s Basketball brochure as well as for the 2010 baseball guide.

While in New Orleans, Bustos served as a game day member of the stat crew for the New Orleans Hornets and served as a communications volunteer for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament held at the New Orleans Arena in 2010.

Before Bustos’ stint in Louisiana, he completed an internship in 2007 with the Chicago Cubs minor league baseball affiliate, the Tennessee Smokies. Bustos worked in media relations, community relations, ticketing and stadium operations.

“Minor League baseball is a tough gig,” Bustos said. “Sometimes we put in a 100-hour work week. It was definitely a great experience though, as far as getting some experience in every department of media relations.”

Bustos graduated from Bowling Green with a bachelor’s in sports management. While completing his undergrad, he worked with BGSU athletics, University of Toledo athletics, the Toledo Mud Hens and the Ohio High School Athletic Association.